ABSTRACT
Residential density is a useful tool for describing and comparing the populations of towns and cities and how closely together people live. Medium density can accommodate a range of building typologies, heights and form. The way a place is designed is as important as its measurement of density. Higher-density development requires investment in good services, robust materials and ongoing management regimes to ensure their longer-term maintenance and durability. Medium-density schemes will begin to challenge the accepted planning overlooking distances of 18–22m between facades. Buildings have been reduced to several storeys with a simple brick facade designed to read as a street of town houses. The mews houses have been built with staircases and insulation already in place, allowing easy adaptation to provide additional bedrooms. The arrangement of the buildings means that 90% of the flats have a corner site with a dual-aspect living room.
