Lessons from UK Housing
Place and Landscape
So much of good new vernacular design is about place making and landscaping. As Patel Taylor have shown with their courtyard housing, it isn’t the design of the buildings as such that makes the community thrive, it is their positioning around green space. In the same way, the ‘village green’ in Swindon is a huge part of why the Glenn Howells/Studio Engleback scheme pulls together so well, and why the residents feel a strong sense of community and love living there. Studio Engleback have gone on to work with HAB Housing on many more schemes, highlighting the strength of their partnership. Although residents at Clay Fields were not so enamoured with the appearance of the buildings, over time they will ...
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