An Introduction to Urban Housing Design: At Home in the City

SHELTER IS NOT ENOUGH......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of figures and tables......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Foreword......Page 15
1. Introduction......Page 16
The geographical focus......Page 17
Implications of housing form......Page 19
The main themes......Page 22
2. Forming the multi-storey legacy......Page 26
Nineteenth-century initiatives......Page 27
Outlines of the urban transformation......Page 32
Slum clearance – the means......Page 37
Public policy – the ends......Page 44
Architectural theory – the ideals......Page 47
The context of the legacy......Page 56
3. Politics, economics and housing form......Page 58
The political framework......Page 59
The debate over standards......Page 65
The economics of access systems......Page 67
The utilitarian product......Page 74
Mixed development – the hidden option......Page 77
Living in multi-storey housing......Page 80
The extent of failure......Page 84
The revelation of community......Page 86
Community action......Page 89
Community architecture......Page 93
A new approach to urban development......Page 99
5. Redeeming the estates......Page 102
The changing framework......Page 103
Diverse responses to the multi-storey stock......Page 105
Islington – a practice study......Page 108
Exemplar 1: Hillrise Mansions, Islington......Page 111
Exemplar 2: Bentham Court, Islington......Page 112
The government programmes......Page 115
The dominant centre......Page 120
The scope of estate improvement......Page 122
The Priority Estates Project......Page 124
The ‘defensible space’ controversy......Page 128
The dynamite option......Page 131
The major repairs approach......Page 135
Exemplar 3: Harvist Estate, Islington......Page 138
Exemplar 4: Northwood Tower, Waltham Forest......Page 139
Re-forming multi-storey blocks......Page 143
Exemplar 5:Angell Town Estate, Lambeth......Page 146
Economic regeneration......Page 147
The case for plurality......Page 150
7. Building a model framework......Page 152
Component A: Participation......Page 155
Component B: Opening options......Page 158
Component C: Open design process......Page 159
Component D: Technical adequacy......Page 162
Component E: Social appropriateness......Page 163
Component F: Local management and maintenance......Page 165
Component G: Social and economic programmes......Page 166
Testing the model......Page 167
Tenements and tower blocks......Page 170
The problem estates – five case studies......Page 173
Case study A: Market Estate, Islington......Page 174
Case study B: Packington Estate, Islington......Page 176
Case study C: Gloucester Grove Estate, Southwark......Page 178
Case study D: North Peckham Estate, Southwark......Page 180
Case study E: Priory Court Estate, Waltham Forest......Page 182
Lessons from the case studies......Page 184
Completing the picture......Page 190
The ingredients of success......Page 197
9. Ending the estate syndrome......Page 200
Form follows funding......Page 201
New Labour policies......Page 203
An alternative strategy for regeneration......Page 208
Towards the mixed community......Page 210
The place of social housing......Page 214
10. On broader horizons . . .......Page 220
The main findings......Page 221
Europe’s problem estates......Page 223
Reflections of the British experience......Page 227
The sustainable city......Page 232
The future for multi-storey housing......Page 235
Bibliography......Page 238
Rationale and methodology......Page 252
The case studies......Page 258
Index......Page 266