Housing rehabilitation or housing renewal? the Buildings Game

The Buildings Game is based upon the planning and design processes in the award-winning [ ¹ ] Buildings development in Eastwood, Nottingham, a sophisticated phased renewal and rehabilitation scheme in an area of some 200 19th century terraced dwellings (Figs 4.1 and 4.2). The game highlights the complexities of the planning process at local level and brings out the dilemmas facing local authority decision-makers when confronted with an activist resident group. Figure 4.3 itemizes Fig. 4.1 The Buildings, Eastwood, in the early 1970s. The central 'squares' had been largely cleared; the houses that remained were in run-down dilapidated condition. Photo reproduced courtesy of Broxtowe Borough Council. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315111780/63050512-bad6-47d5-8e16-042a0ed11c7f/content/fig56.jpg"/> Fig. 4.2 <target id="page_79" target-type="page">79</target>The major features of the Buildings scheme. Source: Broxtowe Borough Council. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315111780/63050512-bad6-47d5-8e16-042a0ed11c7f/content/fig57.jpg"/> related work undertaken at North-East London Polytechnic in conjunction with the running of the game at undergraduate level.