Urban Housing in Contemporary City Development Policies

Living in the City Problems and Challenges Associated with the Contemporary Housing

PolicyInternational Conference, Gdynia, Poland, June 23, 2016

Ric Stephens, President, International Society of City and Regional Planners

adequacy

Adequate Housing

Security of tenure

Availability of services, materials, facilities and infrastructure

Affordability Habitability Accessibility Location Cultural

adequacy

innovation

Innovative Typologies

Airbnb / Uber Mini and micro Modular Conversion Floating and

underwater Stilt and

treehouses Underground Biological /

organic Temporary and

transitional Thematic housing

zero carbon

Passive Housing

CEPHEUS Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standard

Passivhaus (DEU) Passivhus (SVE) Passive House

Institute (USA) Polski Instytut

Budownictwa Pasywnego (POL)

Minergie-P (CHE)

metrics

Environmental Assessment

BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (GBR)

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (USA)

ecodistrict

EcoDistrict Neighborhood-

scale sustainability

Green buildings Smart

infrastructure Sense of

community Experimentation

& innovation

biophilia

Biophilic Design

Street trees and urban orchards

Greenspaces and community gardens

Green streets and edible landscaping

Green walls and vertical gardens

Green roofs and sky gardens

live-work

Live-Work Housing Office

Studio Coworking space Gallery / Exhibit Commercial Café Workshop Micro-industry

flexible

Flexible Housing

Different layouts Adjustment over

time Incorporate new

technologies Responsive to

changing demographics

Conversion to new uses

smart

SmartHousing

Community connectivity and social networking

Energy efficiency Resource

conservation Health and safety Business

development Education and

training

culture

Arts & Culture

Public art Public space Shared space

streets Space

programming Artists and

artisans co-op For-profit shared

space Small-batch

manufacturing

Thank YouFor your Time Interest Endurance

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www.google.com/search?q=arts+and+culture+planning+a+toolkit+for+communities&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Biophilic Design http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/October-2015/What-Is-and-Is-Not-Biophilic-Design/

BREEAM http://www.breeam.com/ Coworking Spaces https://hbr.org/2015/05/why-people-thrive-in-coworking-spaces Flexible Housing http://www.afewthoughts.co.uk/flexiblehousing/ HABITAT III Housing http://

unhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Habitat-III-Issue-Paper-20_Housing-2.0.pdf Housing Type Definitions http://homebaseforhousing.org/Education/Definitions.cshtml International Passive House Association http://www.passivehouse-international.org LEED http://www.usgbc.org/leed Let’s Sea: Vibrant Urban Solutions for Baltic Cities http://urbantransformations.urbancloud.pl/ Making EcoDistricts https://

ecodistricts.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/making_ecodistricts_concepts_and_methods_for_advancing_sustainability_in_neighborhoods.pdf

Public Space Planning and Design Manual http://urbantransformations.urbancloud.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MSRL_public-manual.pdf

Urban Transformations: Towards wiser cities and better living http://urbantransformations.urbancloud.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/msrl-book.pdf

Zero Carbon Compendium http://www.lowcarbonhomesworldwide.com/