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'There are over 4,000 tower blocks [in the U.k], homes for perhaps
800,000
people........Tower Blocks are indeed where people live, and
many more
such places are needed. Government forecasts suggest that 4.4
million new
households may form in England by 2016. Much of this growth will
be
because young people are leaving home earlier, more people are
getting
divorcedand people are living longer.'
'There is now widespread concern about the environmental implications
of
green - field house building. As people leave the cities and
move into
suburbs and rural areas, pressures increase on previously greenfield
sites
for housing and related services, and inner - city economies
are weakened.
Research published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (May 1999)
warns that
the revival of Britian's cities is being threatened by 'abandoned
neighbourhoods' where the demand for housing has collapsed.'
Streets in the sky, the first report of the National Tower blocks
Initiative
www.towerblocks.org.uk
What part do you see tower blocks playing in social inclusion
strategies?
Although architecture alone cannot answer the housing crisis
that is
predicted, but what role does the built environment play in establishing
new living patterns?
On the panel there will be:
Hans Heijden, Biq Architects - Rotterdam
Glenn Howells, Glenn Howell Architects - Birmingham
Graham Marshall, Liverpool Vision - Liverpool
Emma King, Urban Splash - Liverpool
Toby Gale, Tower Blocks Initiative - Birmingham
James Weston, Shed KM - Liverpool
Beatrice Fraenkel, local councillor
Satwinder Samra, freelance architect - Sheffield
Tony Siebenthaler, Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust
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