ManchesterResidential Quality Guidance

Stephen Hodder MBE hodder+partners

RIBA’s housing research

Building the Homes and Communities Britain Needs

Inquiry by The Future Homes Commission

The Way We Live Now

Social research and films by RIBA and Ipsos MORI

The Case for Space

Data on the size of new English homes by RIBA

Quality homes: needs and expectations of residents

What is the most important thing your home needs?

“Character! It has to be somewhere I look forward to returning home to!... New build housing is all too generic and not relative to its location.”

The way we live now

Housing development in Newport Wales, on Future Homes Commission visit

“Period features”

•Spacious living area (“huge living room” “big settee”)

•Large windows (“natural light” “sash windows”)

•High ceilings (“sense of space”)

What do people want from new homes?

Green Street, Nottingham, Blueprint

Space standards: minimum floor area of apartments

a place for everyone to live

make it manchester

Key actions• make the most of Manchester’s heritage

• protect and frame views• appreciate scale• consider materials and details• embrace and encourage new design approaches

make it bring people together

Key actions• ensure connections to a destination

• meet the neighbours• housing for all• design to encourage activity

make it animate streets and spaces

Key actions• understand the ground floor and the street

• orientate entrances towards the street• consider the threshold• increase visibility• use lighting effectively

make it easy to get around

Key actions• enhance walkability

• promote cycling• deliver a clear street hierarchy• provide easy access to public network• create a navigable place

make it work with the landscape

Key actions• incorporate landscape

• interact with the city's waterways• protect and enhance biodiversity• introduce street vibes• appreciate the microclimate• incorporate sustainability urban drainage

make it practical

Key actions• offer appropriate solutions to car parking

• provide cycle parking and storage• accommodate temporary stopping and emergency access• design for waste

make it future proof

Key actions• incorporate sustainable design approaches

• embrace new ideas• adapt to demographic changes• anticipate extreme weather conditions• think retrofit and reuse first

make it a home

Key actions• consider space and daylight

• get the internal circulation right• provide appropriate and sufficient storage• ensure visual and acoustic privacy• deliver private external amenity space

make it happen

Key actions• encourage peer review

• submit bay studies• submit quality method statement• design team retention• ensure good workmanship

manage it well

Key actions

• considered design to reduce management commitments

• an operational management strategy that is accountable

• delivery and ongoing management requirements