Adrian Morgan
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I am an assistant planner at Manchester City Council working on a dissertation for a Masters degree at Liverpool John Moores University.
The dissertation will look at how the design of new blocks of flats / apartment buildings could influence the range of household types choosing to live in this type of housing and how long they stay there. In many other countries flats seem to be used as ‘lifetime housing’ much more than in England with, for example, a greater percentage of families with children living in flats than in England. Is this because the buildings themselves are designed to be more suitable for long term occupation or because of cultural and aspirational differences between populations – or just because of lack of choice?.
I would be grateful for any information or comments on the following points :-
Do you know of any examples of Design Guidance prepared by planning authorities specifically relating to flats?
What aspects of the design of blocks of flats / apartment buildings most influence their suitability for families?,
Any examples of succesful developments or research into the housing aspirations of any household types in any country would be very useful,
Thanks,
adrianm@beeb.net
The dissertation will look at how the design of new blocks of flats / apartment buildings could influence the range of household types choosing to live in this type of housing and how long they stay there. In many other countries flats seem to be used as ‘lifetime housing’ much more than in England with, for example, a greater percentage of families with children living in flats than in England. Is this because the buildings themselves are designed to be more suitable for long term occupation or because of cultural and aspirational differences between populations – or just because of lack of choice?.
I would be grateful for any information or comments on the following points :-
Do you know of any examples of Design Guidance prepared by planning authorities specifically relating to flats?
What aspects of the design of blocks of flats / apartment buildings most influence their suitability for families?,
Any examples of succesful developments or research into the housing aspirations of any household types in any country would be very useful,
Thanks,
adrianm@beeb.net