COMPE NDIUM

English Partnerships is the national force for regeneration and development. Our aim is to deliver high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work and enjoy. English Partnerships firmly believes in the importance of good urban design and environmental sustainability. Through policy developments we encourage: sustainable approaches to living throughout our developments, a mix of uses and tenures to create lively places to live and work, and innovation in design and construction of the built environment. Through collaborative design workshops new developments will enjoy vibrant but safe streets and places, and high-quality public realm. By encouraging an inclusive approach to design, we can create environments that can meet the needs of all users. In this way, English Partnerships can continue to play an important role in promoting best practice in design quality and sustainability in the regeneration and development industry. Establishing a management structure 181 5.3 Ensuring that communities are self-sustaining 187 CLOSING THE CIRCLE 195 List of case studies 197 Index 205 Acknowledgements 207 AIMING HIGHER 1 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk AIMING HIGHER The quality of the places we live in has an impact on all aspects of life. How well they are designed will influence how safe we feel, how easy it is to walk round, whether we have shops, community facilities and schools nearby, whether our children have safe places to play. It will also effect whether there is good access to public transport and a good choice of homes in which to live. It is essential that the places we create and improve embody the principles of good urban design. Good urban design is essential to deliver places which are sustainable on all counts: places that create social, environmental and economic value. Ensuring that places are well designed should be a priority of everyone involved in shaping and maintaining the built environment. URBAN DESIGN COMPENDIUM 2 2 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk Learning from the past Brunswick Town, Hove Brunswick Town in Hove is one of the best examples of Regency planning and urban design in the country. It was developed between 1824 and 1840 as a mini town, with a range of housing types and a mix of uses to cater for the wealthy upper and middle classes and those who would supply the goods and services they needed. The clear hierarchy of streets comprises a formal square with prestigious housing, smaller homes along the secondary streets and mews housing for artisans. Housing was accompanied by a market, police station, fire station, hotel, a public house, semi-private open space and a new public park. www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk An award-winning new neighbourhood Greenwich Millennium Village, London 002 Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV), an awardwinning new neighbourhood in London, has delivered high sustainability and design standards across the development. The first of English Partnerships' Millennium Communities the project has transformed a former gas works into a thriving, 21st century community grouped around a village green and newly created lake. The project is an ambitious mixed use development which will comprise over 1,300 homes, community facilities and commercial space. Contemporary architecture and high-quality public realm are designed to suit the local microclimate. Materials have been selected for green credentials and the latest technology ensures the construction of an environmentally sustainable village. GMV was the first development in the UK to achieve EcoHomes excellent. Homes benefit from large, high-performance windows, thermal insulation standards and non-polluting paint. The Combined Heat and Power system reduces CO 2 emissions by producing heat through energy generation. Creating an inclusive, sustainable community has been key to this development. This has been promoted through early provision of community facilities and a community website, development of a village trust to enable residents to influence their surroundings and a mix of housing types and tenures. The sense of community is enhanced through a design which places homes around garden squares and links neighbourhoods with tree-lined streets. Excellent public transport links help to make this a highly practical place to live. This project demonstrates what can be achieved through a partnership between public and private-sector partners, GMV Ltd (a joint venture between Countryside and Taylor Woodrow) which is committed to delivering quality. High sustainability and design standards have been achieved at Greenwich Millennium Village, the first of English Partnerships' Millennium Communities.

Establishing a management structure 181 5.3 Ensuring that communities are self-sustaining 187 CLOSING THE CIRCLE 195 List of case studies 197 Index 205 Acknowledgements 207 AIMING HIGHER 1 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk AIMING HIGHER The quality of the places we live in has an impact on all aspects of life. How well they are designed will influence how safe we feel, how easy it is to walk round, whether we have shops, community facilities and schools nearby, whether our children have safe places to play. It will also affect whether there is good access to public transport and a good choice of homes in which to live. It is essential that the places we create and improve embody the principles of good urban design. Good urban design is essential to deliver places which are sustainable on all counts: places that create social, environmental and economic value. Ensuring that places are well designed should be a priority of everyone involved in shaping and maintaining the built environment. URBAN DESIGN COMPENDIUM 2 2 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk Learning from the past Brunswick Town, Hove Brunswick Town in Hove is one of the best examples of Regency planning and urban design in the country. It was developed between 1824 and 1840 as a mini town, with a range of housing types and a mix of uses to cater for the wealthy upper and middle classes and those who would supply the goods and services they needed. The clear hierarchy of streets comprises a formal square with prestigious housing, smaller homes along the secondary streets and mews housing for artisans. Housing was accompanied by a market, police station, fire station, hotel, a public house, semi-private open space and a new public park.

Establishing a management structure 181 5.3 Ensuring that communities are self-sustaining 187 CLOSING THE CIRCLE 195 List of case studies 197 Index 205 Acknowledgements 207 AIMING HIGHER 1 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk AIMING HIGHER The quality of the places we live in has an impact on all aspects of life. How well they are designed will influence how safe we feel, how easy it is to walk round, whether we have shops, community facilities and schools nearby, whether our children have safe places to play. It will also affect whether there is good access to public transport and a good choice of homes in which to live. It is essential that the places we create and improve embody the principles of good urban design. Good urban design is essential to deliver places which are sustainable on all counts: places that create social, environmental and economic value. Ensuring that places are well designed should be a priority of everyone involved in shaping and maintaining the built environment. URBAN DESIGN COMPENDIUM 2 2 www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk Learning from the past Brunswick Town, Hove Brunswick Town in Hove is one of the best examples of Regency planning and urban design in the country. It was developed between 1824 and 1840 as a mini town, with a range of housing types and a mix of uses to cater for the wealthy upper and middle classes and those who would supply the goods and services they needed. The clear hierarchy of streets comprises a formal square with prestigious housing, smaller homes along the secondary streets and mews housing for artisans. Housing was accompanied by a market, police station, fire station, hotel, a public house, semi-private open space and a new public park.

urban design compendium english partnerships the housing corporation llewelyn -davies 2 urban design compendium english partnerships English Partnerships is the national force for regeneration and development. Our aim is to deliver high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work and enjoy. English Partnerships firmly believes in the importance of good urban design and environmental sustainability. Through policy developments we encourage: sustainable approaches to living throughout our developments, ; a mix of uses and tenures to create lively places to live and work; and innovation in design and construction of the built environment. Through collaborative design workshops new developments will enjoy: vibrant, but safe, streets and places; and high-quality public realm. By encouraging an inclusive approach to design we can create environments that can meet the needs of all users. In this way, English Partnerships can continue to play an important role in promoting best practice in design quality and sustainability in the regeneration and development industry.

2007

Planning and design standard for improving sustainability of neighbourhoods and precincts. Bibliography. ISBN 978 192096 514 3. 1. Tourist camps, hostels, etc. -Designs and plans. 2. Sustainable architecture. I. Hyde, Richard. II. Title. 720.47

Built Environment Sri Lanka, 2011

2013

The composition and dynamics of the urban environment have become increasingly complex. The planning and development approach of a specific area and its ajacent areas should primarily promote specific lively elements that will effectively enhance liveability, sustain meaningful and continuous community development and subsequently attract and retain more people to that particular place. However, cultural diversity in rigions, cities, towns and local communities has emphasised the need to reconsider and redesign, planning and design approaches that aim to harmonize the natural environment and resources of an area with the diverse needs and aspirations of the community. Resourceful design approaches, strategies and policies employed in the planning of sustainable communities and the redevelopment of existing areas, will ultimately lead to well managed and protected, healthier, safer, greener, economic sustainable and liveable communities. Varied use of activities and facilities such as employment centres, residential neighbourhoods, natural areas, parks, local trails, schools, and public places can lead to a physical connection to create authentic neighbourhoods. Sustainable communities tend to have lower transportation costs, less traffic, are more economic in terms of housing and market demands, decreasing costs in terms of infrastructure, reduced air pollution and the ability to create a safer environment.

2013

The economic and social challenges brought by globalization and the inevitable prospect of a commitment to sustainable development have induced the UE to put towns and cities at the heart of the current political agenda. Urban and metropolitan areas are considered as primary resources for the regeneration of the territory and for the distribution of wealth among the population. The initial and admirable example of Barcelona was soon joined by similar initiatives across the continent, according to a widespread process of urban renaissance driven by new instances of competitiveness and sustainability. In England this trend led the New Labour Government, properly addressed by the research report of the Urban Task Force in 1999, to renew the old planning system and to establish new rules and financial resources to stop the physical and economic decline of many urban areas, supporting initiatives and projects to bring people and jobs back in the heart of towns and cities. Urban design – the main focus of the book – is considered by the government one of the most effective tools for controlling the ongoing processes of transformation, raising the overall quality and degree of urbanity of places and ensuring a proper balance between the necessary aesthetic, environmental, social and economic requirements. The research describes the support given to local authorities for this purpose through new laws and powers, the publishing of planning and design manuals and the delivery of especially dedicated funds, bodies and programs. It also explores the character and purpose of new developments such as scientific parks, creative/cultural quarters, retail and commercial districts, public realm works, describing critically recurring design rules and features. Readers interested in urban policies, architecture and the built environment will find a concise yet comprehensive explanation, enriched by a lot of pictures, on why and how many towns and cities such as Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester or Sheffield have been changing during the last decade.

2007

DELIVERING QUALITY PLACES URBAN DESIGN COMPENDIUM 2 ENGLISH PARTNERSHIPS THE HOUSING CORPORATION

Conference Proceedings. National Seminar on Planning, Architecture, Construction and Engineering held in IPS Academy, Indore , 2018

Architectural narratives mainly stress on functional and aesthetic qualities of space but in reality architecture is the manifestation of the user experience in an environment. When a user participates in a space and engages with it and the user’s sense of self merges with the space, the space becomes sustainable in true sense. Sustainability is not only about constructing low impact efficient design but also about keeping them in existence and maintaining them over long period of time and without an associated attachment people rarely feel obligated or responsible to do so. Vitality is the energized state, a condition when people participate actively in the environment and is an essential quality of sustainable environments as vitality encourages belongingness in citizens and supports long term viability of urban spaces by bringing self -sufficiency, sustainability, adaptability, flexibility. Also, technological interventions can bring best results only when the user engages with the built environment and vital and lively community spaces are prerequisites for this. This paper explores the vitality of community spaces as a tool to achieve a sustainable environment by looking into a residential township in Haryana, India, and aims to establish this approach as a cost-effective and easily incorporable tool to bring sustainability into people’s life.