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Building for Life 12 – collaborating to ensure better housing quality

Building for Life 12 – collaborating to ensure better housing quality James Wilson, Managing Director, Davidsons and Design for Homes Board Member Stefan Kruczkowski, Urban Designer, NWLDC . http://safe4work.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/put-your-hands-up.jpg (L)

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Building for Life 12 – collaborating to ensure better housing quality

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  1. Building for Life 12 – collaborating to ensure better housing quality James Wilson, Managing Director, Davidsons and Design for Homes Board Member Stefan Kruczkowski, Urban Designer, NWLDC

  2. http://safe4work.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/put-your-hands-up.jpg (L) http://www.scpc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hands_up.jpg (R)

  3. How many of you use BfL: All the time (i.e. on all applications)? Some of the time? Or: Don’t use BfL? Or: Haven’t a clue what we’re talking about?

  4. Why did Building for Life change? • Building for Life 12 – quick overview • Where should we go from here?

  5. Why did Building for Life change… surely it was F.A.B? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCW2T8NRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

  6. New administration, planning regime and localism • BfL was dated (2001) • Failing to deliver desired outcomes • Industry buy in • Dissolution of CABE – BfL was resource heavy • Deregulation • Quality growth agenda • Had failed to connect with consumers

  7. Highlighting urban design failures across the industry Ignored ignored ‘green shoots’ of change

  8. “It [BfL] was abused by CABE for political objectives to make house builders look bad… it lost its shine with house builders. CABE’s housing audits caused the industry to get defensive” James Wilson

  9. “‘Very good’ and ‘good’ the norm as opposed to the exception” How did we do?

  10. “So James, was Building for Life a downright failure?”

  11. Strong concept • A more objective design measure - clarity about what ‘good design’ was • Gaining (slow) momentum • Proving very effective where used well • Levelled the playing field, i.e. those that want to design well are not penalised by those who don’t • (if you can get planning for poor design…)

  12. Some issues with (old) BfL • Points ‘chasing’ rather than a true design led approach and dialogue • Lack of universal use • Confusion and interpretation (outline) • Q17 (space standards) – toothless

  13. WARNING! Box contains a BfL Assessor and will not open during pre-app

  14. “Rubbish” = industry frustration

  15. 2010 – time for change Government supportive of local or industry led change (anti ‘top-down’) Opportunity to remodel to secure BfL’s future, design out issues and secure better industry buy in

  16. Remodel led by Design for Homes supported by C@DC and HBF (18mth process) Piloted by NWLDC Soundings from industry Consultation with users

  17. BfL12 – a quick overview

  18. Building for Life was: “The national standard for well-designed homes and neighbourhoods” It’s now:

  19. Underlying principles: • Removing ‘duplication’ • More plain English • Assessment to dialogue based • Reflect rather than ‘overtake’ national policy • ‘Post bag’ concerns • Conform or robustly justify – 12 greens is the goal for basic urban design quality

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