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Recommendations For Living at Superdensity.

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July 2007

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Abstract

PRP has been collaborating with HTA, Levitt Bernstein and PTE to achieve a consensus between our four leading practices on the factors for success for residential development above the historic benchmark of 150 dwellings per hectare. The report, Recommendations for Living at Superdensity, was being provided to Building’s 25,000 readership. We have pooled knowledge to assess how this threshold is being crossed with new high density schemes that we have all rarely encountered in 120 years of collective experience. The pressure to deliver new housing in London, some 800 000 by 2016, is pushing new commissions to be designed at densities from 150 to 1000 homes per hectare, at least a third higher than what London has traditionally witnessed. The report suggests that these schemes require a more rigorous approach to procurement, design and management. We believe that there should be enhanced standards of design and management for homes at Superdensity, which will in turn have an impact on the business models used.

We produced the report to provide guidance for planning committees, officers and others involved in evaluating schemes for judging the success of new housing development in the long term, and as guidance to the GLA as they draft their Housing Strategy document.

Keywords

Superdensity, Housing