Urban Design Compendium 1 - Stoke-on-Trent

1 COMPENDIUMURBAN DESIGNL lewelyn-Daviesurban Design compendiumenglish partnerships the housing corporationllewelyn - davies22375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 12urban Design compendiumenglish partnershipsEnglish Partnerships is the national force for regeneration anddevelopment. Our aim is to deliver high-quality, well-designed, sustainableplaces for people to live, work and enjoy. English Partnerships firmlybelieves in the importance of good Urban Design and environmentalsustainability. Through policy developments we encourage: sustainableapproaches to living throughout our developments, ; a mix of uses andtenures to create lively places to live and work; and innovation in designand construction of the built environment.

2 Through collaborative designworkshops new developments will enjoy: vibrant, but safe, streets andplaces; and high-quality public realm. By encouraging an inclusive approachto Design we can create environments that can meet the needs of all this way, English Partnerships can continue to play an important role inpromoting best practice in Design quality and sustainability in theregeneration and development housing corporationThe Housing Corporation regulates Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in England and invests in the new housing that they provide. TheCorporation s role and strategy reflect the rapid growth of the RSL is a result of both the transfer of local authority housing to new orexisting RSLs and of new development and regeneration, supported with amix of public and private funding.

3 In all aspects of RSLs work, theCorporation encourages quality in Design and service standards andrecognises the need for close co-operation with residents and otheragencies. This is to ensure that resources are used to best effect to createsustainable Design Alliance: Message of SupportThe Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) is delighted to support EnglishPartnerships and the Housing Corporation in the second edition of theUrban Design Compendium 1 and the new publication of Urban DesignCompendium 2. UDAL brings together professional and membershiporganisations committed to improving the quality of Urban life throughurban Design , aiming to foster greater awareness and higher Design Compendium 2, like the first volume, will make a significantcontribution to achieving these goals, helping developers and otherpractitioners achieve good Design through best practice and creativethinking.

4 The Compendium is an important document for developers, urbandesigners, planners, architects, surveyors, landscape architects, engineers,building conservationists and a wide range of other people concerned withimproving the built Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 2urban Design compendium31the fundamentalscontents1 the The Importance of Urban Key Aspects of How the Compendium is Organised142 appreciating the Community20 Natural Resources25 Vision313creating the Urban structure32 The Movement Movement The Walkable Street Network36 Types of Grid38 Mixing The Neighbourhood Character Areas40 Compatible Mixed Forms, Uses and Density.

5 Facilities and Density and Density and Form47 Density and Interior Density and Energy and Resource Solar Earth Waste52 Open Space and Landscape Public Access to Open Open Space Wildlife and Urban Forestry6022375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 34urban Design compendium1the Landmarks, Vistas and Focal Focal Points 62 Perimeter Block Block Block Parcels and Parcel Plot Plot and Parcel Sub-divisions674making the connections68 The Pedestrian The Cyclist Cycle Cycle Public Public Transport Catchments74 Bus Streets and Street Main Streets as Social Tracking76 Traffic calming and Pedestrian Parking and Parking Positioning Car

6 Utilities Services Equipment Boxes82 5detailing the place84 Positive Outdoor Positive and Negative Building Lines and Animating the Active Frontage89 Richness and Beauty91 Building Size and Building Building Depth94 Building Width95contents22375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 4urban Design compendium51the Building for Multi-Use Adaptability and Re-use97 A Thriving Public Social Spaces99 Distinctive Street Furniture102 Lighting104 Safety and Sense of Build-in Crime Prevention and the Public Realm 106 6implementation and delivery108 Managing The Design One: Getting Stage Two: Appreciating the Three: Creating the Urban Structure and Making the Connections114 Stage Four: Detailing the Five.

7 Following Up117references and further reading119 index 121acknowledgements 122list of Key Principles of Urban Community and Policy Appraisal Character Appraisal Environmental Appraisal Movement Analysis Feasibility Appraisal The Benefits of Mixed Benefits of Higher A Typology of Open Types of Publicly Accessible Open Catchment Areas for Public Street Types that Combine Capacity and Indicative Set-Back Distances according to Locational Height to Width Active Frontage The Implications of Building Recommendations for Detailed Design of Mixed-use Management Flowchart110contents22375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page The importance of Urban Key Design How the Compendium is organised22375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 6 When the Urban Design Compendium was first published in 2000it noted that quality of Design was becoming one of the mostimportant criteria in determining whether a project should beeligible for public funding.

8 Since this time understanding of theimportance of Design quality in creating places people want to liveand work in has grown. All development proposals whether fornew development or redevelopment of small infill sites need todemonstrate that they will be delivering quality is therefore vital that those evaluating the quality of designproposals have some guidance on what forms of Urban designwork well and why. Similarly those developing proposals needinformation on what will be expected of them in terms of theirinvestment in project purpose of the Urban Design Compendium is to help equip allthose involved in the delivery of places with guidance on achievingand assessing the quality of Urban Design in developing andrestoring Urban is not an exhaustive text.

9 The Compendium provides an analysisof core Design issues through the different stages of the projectprocess, from assessment of overall context to deciding the detailof proposed developments. It is principally about the substance ofurban Design in creating the product. In other words, how do wechange the Urban landscape to create places where people want tolive, work and socialise, from the street corner to the brand newsettlement. The Compendium is not generally intended as a guideon how Design relates to the detail of the planning andmanagement process. However, we address these issues in thenew companion publication Urban Design Compendium 2:Delivering Quality Places . The material within the Compendium reflects good practice bothin the UK and overseas, relying on the stream of new andrediscovered approaches to Urban Design that emerged at the endof the twentieth century.

10 The regeneration movement has been atthe forefront of producing this new wave of thinking about howdesign can position development in the market, changeperceptions of place and create value. There is also a strong body ofresearch to be drawn upon what constitutes Urban Design compendium722375H Urban Design MASTER:22375H Urban Design MASTER 01/08/2007 10:22 Page 7 The Compendium was developed following the work of the UrbanTask Force, which was established by the Government to considerhow we can use a projected 20% increase in the number ofhouseholds in England over the next 20 years as a basis forregenerating our towns and cities. In its 1999 final report: Towardsan Urban Renaissance the task force callled fordesign-led regeneration.