One about making the most of shrinking space in New York City...
New York City unveils its vision for micro-apartments under 400 sq. ft.
Through to the other about how high rise living is killing us... through Alex Morton's latest think tank report about how terraced houses should be brought back and high rise blocks be knocked down...
Read the report here... Create streets
This Inside Housing article gives an overview of the paper and highlights the dichotomy facing urban planners, architects and community builders in global cities and suburbs...
Policy manager Rebecca Roberts-Hughes says:
‘Decisions on high rise developments and their future should be made at a local level and include the existing population. We would not advocate the demolition of all existing high rise residential buildings, especially in a time and of housing need and where existing communities may be flourishing.
‘Quality design is the most important aspect when it comes to homes of the future, our research has shown that people want space, light and privacy. We believe there are more than just a few types of buildings that can achieve this.’
And as someone who have been involved with the re-development of Erno Goldfinger's Brownfield Estate I am not so sure what the answer is to the growing demand for housing that is well designed with decent & lasting materials plus affordable to more people. Plus real consideration and investment being made for the external social and community areas in and around new developments...
What I do know is taking an active part in the debates and furthering proactive actions does make a different...
You can read more about Greening Brownfield - a community garden I co-founded in 2009 as part of the re-development of Brownfield Estate
It has been used as an example of Best Practice by The Green Alliance in their latest publication A Better Place to Live; A Toolkit for High Rise Green Living
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