people are attracted to cities every
week around the world over a million
people move to cities there are tracks
by better jobs their tracks by more
cultural opportunities but most of all
they’re simply attracted by the fact
there’s other people there but this
creates a problem because the attraction
creates pressure on space so this is
London where I live and work and London
has at a centre a small cluster of tall
buildings and then you have this
metropolis that spreads out as far as
you can see a mix of low density streets
and villages and as more people continue
to come to London we need to think about
where we’re gonna put them all because
we can’t simply keep pushing out and out
so our planning system is so important
to help us figure out what are we gonna
do with all of these people you see in
London and many other cities like it you
have a problem that people call a
housing crisis and what this means is
there’s a perceived shortage of space
and as a results the cost of living is
becoming increasingly unaffordable but
the thing is there’s lots of space I’m
going to show you I have three short
stories I bet the people who live in
cities and the spaces that are their
homes so Alex and Ani bought a rundown
end of terraced house and they dreamed
of turning it into a beautiful home full
of life and what they loved about this
house what attracted it to them in the
first instance was this view from one of
so when they thought about how they
could alter and extend this property to
suit their needs as a growing family we
thought about the volume that was
available but thinking about the space
in terms of height they were able to
create two spaces that are close to each
other but have different qualities of
views alike so while Alex works in the
kitchen
Annie can enjoy the view from the window
seat over to the park now what I think
is really interesting about this project
despite the fact it’s very small in the
scale of the city it’s like the thought
about the space in terms of volume and
that is the key to understanding how we
can use space better this is Richie
Richie is a 25 year old graduate and
he’s looking forward to moving to the
city to start his first job now on his
salary his options for finding
accommodation are either to live way out
miles away from all of the action or
else to live in a very small poor
quality space the kind of place that he
would be ashamed to ever bring anyone
back to here we looked at this warehouse
and how it could be rehabilitated
provide a co living space for young city
makers like Richie so by removing the
roof and establishing a volume one that
would not impact the light to
neighboring properties we’re able to
insert a series of seven small Studios
with shared communal facilities now by
virtue of being small these spaces can
be affordable but to compensate for that
you have all of these shared facilities
like outdoor areas kitchen games room
and utility space so for young city
makers like Richie you get the best of
both worlds you have your own private
affordable space but also space that
promotes the kind of social interaction
as they came to the city for in the
first place as Jessica and Jessica our
neighbors live in a Tara Street in East
London but they all got together because
they wanted to collaborate on a project
to work together to extend their homes
up for some the reason they wanted to do
this was commercial to realize the value
of that extra space but for all
the value of that extra space was a
difference between staying in the area
that they knew was home or relocating
further outside the city so we looked at
each house the houses themselves are low
density in comparison with their
neighbors
we established a volume one again that
would not impact the license the
neighboring properties and also take
into account the scale of surrounding
streets expanding into this volume would
allow each household the ability to
realize the potential of the space above
their homes
I would also allow them the opportunity
to create their own ideal home what was
so interesting about working with
Jessica our neighbors is how this real
enthusiasm and positivity for making
their own place in the city
unfortunately we often come across the
opposite to this enthusiasm because
human resistance to change a new
development is very powerful and in a
way it’s understandable but cities do
not have the same lifespan as people
cities must grow and adapt and change
it’s important we can serve the parts
that are of historic interest but it’s
equally important that we allow our
cities to be dynamic to welcome new
people in London needs 50,000 new homes
each year to satisfy the demand for all
these people who are coming but we only
have the capacity to build half of that
however we know the space is there so
how can we realize that how can we
manage to make the city more comfortable
for everyone well the tool that we have
to do this is the planning system at the
moment the planning system reacts to
proposals that are put forward for
development what if we could turn this
around what if instead of reacting the
planning system could promote the use of
space the planning system could identify
space and say here it is go
use it we can extend our space in our
own homes so we don’t outgrow them we
could find gaps between existing
buildings and certain new homes there we
can unlock the space above existing
existing buildings so that can be
brought into play
and identify modern housing solutions
like co-living the work for people at
different stages of their lives we can
even allow like – citizens to work
together towards the common goal of
realized in potential of their own place
within city these volumes are based on
simple calculations of light with the
resources we have now like 3d scanning
and artificial intelligence it’s very
easy to identify them all we have to do
then is to fill these volumes with with
creativity and intelligence so why do we
need to do this why is this important
well if we don’t do this all of these
people are gonna come anyway now the
city will just keep spreading out in
this sprawl but if we can find a way to
make the city comfortable for all these
new people it will not only be more
sustainable but the cities will come even more interesting places to live
week around the world over a million
people move to cities there are tracks
by better jobs their tracks by more
cultural opportunities but most of all
they’re simply attracted by the fact
there’s other people there but this
creates a problem because the attraction
creates pressure on space so this is
London where I live and work and London
has at a centre a small cluster of tall
buildings and then you have this
metropolis that spreads out as far as
you can see a mix of low density streets
and villages and as more people continue
to come to London we need to think about
where we’re gonna put them all because
we can’t simply keep pushing out and out
so our planning system is so important
to help us figure out what are we gonna
do with all of these people you see in
London and many other cities like it you
have a problem that people call a
housing crisis and what this means is
there’s a perceived shortage of space
and as a results the cost of living is
becoming increasingly unaffordable but
the thing is there’s lots of space I’m
going to show you I have three short
stories I bet the people who live in
cities and the spaces that are their
homes so Alex and Ani bought a rundown
end of terraced house and they dreamed
of turning it into a beautiful home full
of life and what they loved about this
house what attracted it to them in the
first instance was this view from one of
so when they thought about how they
could alter and extend this property to
suit their needs as a growing family we
thought about the volume that was
available but thinking about the space
in terms of height they were able to
create two spaces that are close to each
other but have different qualities of
views alike so while Alex works in the
kitchen
Annie can enjoy the view from the window
seat over to the park now what I think
is really interesting about this project
despite the fact it’s very small in the
scale of the city it’s like the thought
about the space in terms of volume and
that is the key to understanding how we
can use space better this is Richie
Richie is a 25 year old graduate and
he’s looking forward to moving to the
city to start his first job now on his
salary his options for finding
accommodation are either to live way out
miles away from all of the action or
else to live in a very small poor
quality space the kind of place that he
would be ashamed to ever bring anyone
back to here we looked at this warehouse
and how it could be rehabilitated
provide a co living space for young city
makers like Richie so by removing the
roof and establishing a volume one that
would not impact the light to
neighboring properties we’re able to
insert a series of seven small Studios
with shared communal facilities now by
virtue of being small these spaces can
be affordable but to compensate for that
you have all of these shared facilities
like outdoor areas kitchen games room
and utility space so for young city
makers like Richie you get the best of
both worlds you have your own private
affordable space but also space that
promotes the kind of social interaction
as they came to the city for in the
first place as Jessica and Jessica our
neighbors live in a Tara Street in East
London but they all got together because
they wanted to collaborate on a project
to work together to extend their homes
up for some the reason they wanted to do
this was commercial to realize the value
of that extra space but for all
the value of that extra space was a
difference between staying in the area
that they knew was home or relocating
further outside the city so we looked at
each house the houses themselves are low
density in comparison with their
neighbors
we established a volume one again that
would not impact the license the
neighboring properties and also take
into account the scale of surrounding
streets expanding into this volume would
allow each household the ability to
realize the potential of the space above
their homes
I would also allow them the opportunity
to create their own ideal home what was
so interesting about working with
Jessica our neighbors is how this real
enthusiasm and positivity for making
their own place in the city
unfortunately we often come across the
opposite to this enthusiasm because
human resistance to change a new
development is very powerful and in a
way it’s understandable but cities do
not have the same lifespan as people
cities must grow and adapt and change
it’s important we can serve the parts
that are of historic interest but it’s
equally important that we allow our
cities to be dynamic to welcome new
people in London needs 50,000 new homes
each year to satisfy the demand for all
these people who are coming but we only
have the capacity to build half of that
however we know the space is there so
how can we realize that how can we
manage to make the city more comfortable
for everyone well the tool that we have
to do this is the planning system at the
moment the planning system reacts to
proposals that are put forward for
development what if we could turn this
around what if instead of reacting the
planning system could promote the use of
space the planning system could identify
space and say here it is go
use it we can extend our space in our
own homes so we don’t outgrow them we
could find gaps between existing
buildings and certain new homes there we
can unlock the space above existing
existing buildings so that can be
brought into play
and identify modern housing solutions
like co-living the work for people at
different stages of their lives we can
even allow like – citizens to work
together towards the common goal of
realized in potential of their own place
within city these volumes are based on
simple calculations of light with the
resources we have now like 3d scanning
and artificial intelligence it’s very
easy to identify them all we have to do
then is to fill these volumes with with
creativity and intelligence so why do we
need to do this why is this important
well if we don’t do this all of these
people are gonna come anyway now the
city will just keep spreading out in
this sprawl but if we can find a way to
make the city comfortable for all these
new people it will not only be more
sustainable but the cities will come even more interesting places to live
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