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There are three programmes of activity relevant to the delivery of the London Plan to which RIBA London can contribute.
Design Directions
RIBA London proposes a series of short Design Directions that extract generic findings from exemplary projects in the following categories:
• High density living – e..g.how to address planning issues (privacy, loss of light etc) and create delight and pride in the design and lifestyle of high density developments; how density should be measured; how to accommodate continuing demand for cars
• The local urban realm – e.g. how to achieve successful developments, with guidelines and checklists for best practice in planning, designing, funding, management and maintenance
• Mixed use,mixed tenure environments – e..g.what works, what doesn ’t and why; how can design overcome potential problems and produce united, successful solutions
• Transport interchanges – e.g.review of successful urban design around interchanges; analysis of major interchanges to see where improvements are necessary
• Tall buildings – e..g.how successful clusters work; how tall buildings meet the ground; how to address issues such as overshadowing, safety, technical standards.
It is proposed that,wherever possible,case study material should be drawn from London, to increase relevance and access for further inquiry.
The RIBA has a significant archive of material relating to scheme proposals,built projects, design analyses and urban strategies from across the world.The London Plan should draw from lessons of the past and can use this resource to inform current proposals.
A: Talkback Productions Buschow Henley Architects
B: The Barbican Chamberlin Powell and Bonn (1970)
- a successful high density, high rise design
C: Lillington Street Gardens, Pimlico Darbourn and Drake (1961-1971)
- a successful high density, low rise design
D: Camelot Street Housing, Old Kent Road (1970)
- a failure of city cramming
E: Thamesmead Housing (1970)
- a failure of social integration
B-E RIBA Library photographs collection