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Housing density and housing preference in Bangkok’s low-income settlements
Posted on: 29 October 2013
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The traditional view of a low-income informal settlement is of overcrowded space that has both high population density within its land area and within each dwelling. This paper investigates whether this high density is observed in practice, and whether it is perpetuated in other forms of low-income housing, both community-developed (in settlements upgraded through participatory processes) and public housing. This is done through spatial analysis of housing and settlement form and function, household surveys of socio-economic characteristics and satisfaction with living conditions, and in-depth interviews with residents.
BIM Task Group
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The latest BIM Task Group newsletter is available online.
What’s the best post-war building?
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From large public buildings to sprawling private homes of concrete and glass, English Heritage is celebrating post-war era architecture with its exhibition Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the 20th Century (open until 24 November 2013 at Wellington Arch). Take a look at some of the striking images featured, with curator Elain Harwood.
Progress in delivering the Thameslink programme
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A report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee argues that while the Department for Transport has done well so far to deliver the first phase of the Thameslink infrastructure project to time and under budget, progress in securing new trains and letting a new franchise to run the route has been much less encouraging. The Committee also expresses concerns about the Department’s skills and capacity to complete Thameslink by 2018, alongside its ambitious wider portfolio of programmes and projects.
The management of asbestos containing materials in the retail sector
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Along with other major retail groups including Asda and Boots, M&S joined the Retail Asbestos Working Group (RAWG), set up by specialist remediation contractor Silverdell, to publish new guidance, designed to promote best-practice and provide guidance to retailers regarding their duties under the Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR) 2012.
BIM4FM: Overview of survey results
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RICS and other institutes and trade associations representing the built environment, have joined together to form the BIM4FM group, supported by the Cabinet Office Government Property Unit. Working in collaboration, the group’s purpose is to champion facilities management’s involvement with Building Information Modelling (BIM) projects. The BIM4FM group carried out a survey in early summer 2013 to establish the current levels of awareness on BIM among end users, owners and occupiers.
The building of the Sydney Opera House
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This film, thought lost for 45 years, presents the story of the building of the Sydney Opera House.
Places in the making: How placemaking builds places and communities
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Public places play a key role in building community and placemaking can empower local communities to create a sense of “belonging” through place. A new report from researchers at the Massachusetts Instiute of Technology examines the interactions between placemaking, community participation, and the expanding ways communities are collaborating to make great public places.
BREEAM Communities
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BREEAM Communities is a standard that helps developers, local authorities and design teams improve, measure and certify the sustainability of developments at the neighbourhood scale and beyond. It covers economic, social and environmental sustainability – assessing issues like housing provision, transport networks, community facilities, and economic impact. It helps make the concept of sustainable development tangible, by demonstrating sustainability on large planning applications. Updated in 2012, BREEAM Communities is now simpler, less prescriptive, and better aligned with the planning process. The scheme can also be applied internationally through a simple bespoke international process.
CODEBIM: Collaborative Design Education using BIM
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This project aims to examine whether collaborative design education can be improved using building information modelling (BIM) technologies; how best to adapt these technologies to existing Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) courses; and to develop new curriculum for collaborative building design courses in a variety of delivery modes. The project is being carried out in collaboration with UniSA, UTS and the University of Newcastle.
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