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Sense of place ?

Cr 1

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Character: the “Marmite” effect

+ 13% + 56%

+ 11% + 23%

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Legibility

Architectural Integrity ? Cr 2

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Attention to Detail ?

Cr 1

2?

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Is this really necessary? Cr 6

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Speedbumps – the answer to everything? Cr 7

?

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Public Realm = Car Parking?

Cr 8

?

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Assessing Design Quality: Building for Life

Ask for digestible, bite-sized information

Use the design and access statement

See the development in its context

Green Space Figure Ground Highways

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Building for Life:Layout and legibility

Can you “read” the layout…

in plan ?

when built?

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Building for Life:Walk-ability and wayfinding

Can people get where they need to go ? Do footpaths lead anywhere?

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Building for Life:Walk-ability and safety

What happens… when it gets dark? when back gardens grow?

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Building for LifeWalk-ability and vehicle traffic

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Building for LifeWalk-ability and facilities

Desire Lines Diagram

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5/10 walk band

Building for LifeWalk-ability and facilities

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Park Central,

BirminghamCrest Nicholson / Gardner Stewart

Selwyn Street,

OldhamGreat Places / TADW

Highgate,

DurhamBryant Homes / RPS

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South at Didsbury Point,

Manchester

Countryside / Calder Peel / EDAW

Old Haymarket,

Liverpool

Maritime Housing / Urban Splash

Arkheion

Gun Wharf, Devonport

Devon & Cornwall HA/

Lacey Hickie Caley /

Sharing Best Practice:www.buildingforlife.org

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Butts Green,

WarringtonBellway / John Wilson

Chorlton Park,

DidsburyIrwell Valley HA / Urban Splash

Stephenson Bell

Mealhouse Brow.

StockportNorthern Counties HA /

TADW

Sharing Best Practice:www.buildingforlife.org

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Sharing Best Practice:www.buildingforlife.org

Vauban, FreiburgGreat Bow Yard,

Langport, Somerset

Hammarby Sjöstad,

Stockholm

Dominic Church, Senior Policy Advisor

dchurch @ cabe.org.uk

Thank you.