Heritage is an important part of a cities character, it helps define the sense of place. In UK, older houses in London are demolished and transform into modernistic wonder homes. Koolhass (2013) explains that generic modern design can upset the existing residents, but also makes the building out of place with other homes. Ling looks…
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Ling offers a good explanation of the pros and cons with Live/Work units. She broadly talks about the environmental benefits, including reduced car usage and the time saved with the removed early morning commute. There are additionally, a few other broad topics to discuss here, such as young families raising children. Live/Work allows them to…
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Tomonaga’s  ‘Mossy living wall’ blog illustrates the key factors that maintain our health and wellbeing, biodiversity and effects to climate change. Greenspaces are crucial to our everyday existence. It is noted from Levitt Bernsteins ‘housing standards handbook’ (2016) that as a principle we should design with as much soft landscape as possible. The ‘Living Wall’…
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Runyu’s blog on commercial shared streets, illustrates how important their role is in day to day life. The mention of street hierarchy shows how primary streets are at the forefront of a city, such as Northumberland St, Newcastle. Additionally, during different periods of the day, those same streets can become lifeless and empty as they…
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Micro flats are around 15 – 25 sqm in size, these can be stacked in huge numbers helping raise the density of an area. They include a full self-contained unit with a kitchen, bedroom and en-suite. Additionally, as micro flats are in apartment buildings, they include communal facilities, such as a library, lounge, cafes and…
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Automotive Vehicles (AV’s) otherwise known as self-driving vehicles, operate by computer software driving you safely from A to B. This can be done in a shorter travel time and can run almost 24/7. I will explore the role AV’s and why would they be beneficial to us today. The technology is still being understood and…
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Rapid urbanisation in the UK has started to replaced agriculture land with residential development, plus transporting food takes longer to reach the city centre. This increases the amount of pollution and reliance on HGV’s. Moreover, people today rely on supermarkets to supply fresh food, without a thought as to the costs involved. I will look…
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The Trilogy site sits in Gateshead, having close connections to the city centre and access to the metro. Trilogy is a new brownfield site that replaces the green fields, that occupied the site beforehand. The homes are built to a high standard, however, the opposite can be said for the public realm and the landscape….
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Creating an academic blog has been an exciting experience. Being able to freely write and express opinions to a wider audience, has been a new and challenging experience for me. This encouraging module has pushed me more into writing compact text that hold a lot of weight. Reading other blogs on the website has inspired…
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Fabian’s post of inclusive public and private space, invites more questions about who controls the public realm. For example, protesting by the Monument Statue in Newcastle is allowed, but try doing the same thing in a shopping centre, will lead to your removable. Protest at Monument, Newcastle (1) Security has become a prominent part within…
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