Why a manifesto? port loop history

Before the arrival of the canal in 1769 the area known as Rotton Park was a vast intentions, parkland used for deer hunting. In the next 50 years the whole of Birmingham was completely transformed into a city of motivations, a thousand trades and became a thriving industrial city with the canal at its declarations heart. Icknield Port Loop owes its existence to the industrial revolution.

Part 1 Intro, history, context the manifesto is a bold p02 – 11

Part 2 expression of objectives, The Ten Commandments p12 – 33 ideas & principles, the Part 3 Endpieces, thought leaders story that defines the p34 – 39 development. It’s not the masterplan and it’s not marketing but it will underpin both and inform everything.

A shared narrative Our manifesto for Port Loop Island and beyond, and the statements in it, are based The manifesto should be a story we all want on a set of predictions of the future (we know to tell, professionally and personally. An that there are lots of unknowns, and new likely important story, of local and sector interest but disruptors); how people will live, work and also of international and wider public interest. purchase new things, and how they’ll interact A story that resonates with wider narratives for with the spaces they choose to inhabit. the partners and the City. Map of the Birmingham Canal from William Hutton 1783 We talk about the technology that lives in ‘A History of Birmingham’ Not just a slogan our pockets and enables us to subscribe to just about everything that we need to live; A manifesto requires big ideas and genuine technology that will get us from A to B without intent, our idea is a future neighbourhood the need for petrol or steering wheels. We on an island in the inner city (because we discuss flexible housing and flexible working, have an island and because we are planning green streets and spaces to play. It’s about icknield port loop for the future). sustainable living in sustainable spaces.

An idea about place

Place is about difference, the unique qualities in landscape, architecture and community. We are looking for the defining opportunity presented by a site and Icknield Port Loop 1307 1533 1766 – 1769 1820 – 1827 1830 – 1900 1900 – 1918 1930s 2000s 2017 has an island. Accentuating the island creates unique qualities and unique possibilities. Parc de Rotton juxta The park area becomes Construction of Engineering works The Industrial Revolution The site is added to by The original refuse Mid to late twentieth Work begins to revitalise Birmingham was a large neglected as the De the Birmingham to straightens the canal – creates intense activity the construction of a destructor building is century sees a decline in and regenerate Port Loop. deer hunting park owned Birmingham family lose Wolverhampton canal bypassing the loop and within the loop – canal refuse facility and housing replaced with an Art Deco industry and by the early A new adventure begins. by Birmingham Lords. their manor. creates the loop that effectively creating the workshops, stables, swells to the South East building and exterior ramp twenty-first century the became known as island we know today. boat-yard, repair depot, of the canal loop to – both still standing today. area is run-down, under Icknield Port Loop – chemical factory, accommodate the growing used and widely derelict. taking its name from Edgbaston Reservoir was varnish factory, saw mill, number of people working the nearby Roman built in 1827 by Thomas glassworks and tubeworks in the fully developed Icknield Street. Telford as a top up for the all appear in this period. industrial zone. Birmingham canal system and is still used for that purpose today.

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01 / Map circa 1887 02 / View of the canal canals & industrial buildings circa 1960 03 / View from Icknield Port Road, present day 04 / Birmingham canal Old Line, present day 05 / Industrial Revolution in Birmingham 06 / Workers on the canal near Oldbury James Brindley date unknown 07 / Present day canal-side signage Canal pioneer (1716-1772). brindley was one of the early canal engineers who 06 worked on some of the first canals of the modern era.

He played an essential role

The Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal in shaping the was constructed in 1766-9, engineered by James Brindley on a winding alignment, largely dictated by the contours of the landscape. way canals were This was the first canal in Birmingham. In the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the Icknield Port Loop area was undeveloped land beyond the built-up area built during of Birmingham.

The loop forms a 0.6-mile (1 km) section of the the Industrial eighteenth-century Main Line canal west of the city centre.

Port Loop is just one mile from Birmingham Revolution. city centre .

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04 05 Intro A manifesto

for a future port loop Birmingham children’s hospital summerfield park

St Phillip’s Cathedral neighbourhood barclaycard arena symphony hall selfridges

Birmingham NEw street station on an island* birmingham city FC

City University, City South Campus

botanical gardens in the inner Birmingham Central Mosque city a select few ‘first mover’ cities will show Future neighbourhood Inner city In the lifetime of our project there will be Neither the cosmopolitan or suburban revolutions in work, transport and leisure cliché – but where we can have a richly every bit as dramatic as industrial and connected life as well as ample space and leadership and grab significant reputational technological revolutions. amenity. Areas of the city where through the decline or displacement of industry, new neighbourhoods can be created that should gains and a share of the people and investment Island rules be models for the present and future. In popular imagination an island is a place where the rules change – where we can create Thought leadership that go with them. our own rules. These rules give us a radical catalyst ideal for By creating strong principles the partners can the wider Icknield area. take a lead in delivering new neighbourhoods, new technologies and sustainable living. Getting our thoughts and actions into the We propose that new strategies must be The current methods of city design date back sustainable future society, we must deploy wider world as exemplars for others to follow. found for creating the places where people to the 17th century, when engineers and city emerging technologies to create a nervous *AND Its live and work, and the mobility systems that planners developed centralized networks system for cities that supports the stability of connect these places, in order to meet the to deliver drinking water, food, and energy. their government, energy, mobility, work, and challenges of the future. To improve life in Similarly structured centralized networks public health networks. surrounding our cities, cities need to become dynamic, were designed to facilitate transportation networked, self-regulating systems that take and remove waste. These infrastructure- Source into account complex interactions. heavy solutions, however, are becoming Changing Places increasingly obsolete. Modern cities MIT Media Lab districts designed around the private automobile, with single-function zoning, are becoming more congested, polluted, and unsafe. Citizens are spending more of their valuable time commuting, and communities are becoming increasingly detached. Many modern cities simply do not function properly. Rather than separate systems by function - water, food, waste, transport, education, energy - we must consider them holistically. Instead of focusing only on access and distribution systems, our cities need dynamic, networked, self-regulating systems that take into account complex interactions. In short, to ensure a

06 07 the blue mind

The mindfulness that can be attributed to living near water helps lower stress port loop levels, can create relief canal from mild anxiety, pain and system depression, improved mental water clarity and focus, and better ways sleep quality. transport links leisure since ancient times wellbeing establishing somewhere to live revolved around access Water has a calming effect on our minds. Marine biologist, Wallace J. Nichols, to water. that subconcious thinks we have a tendency to yearn for the sensory effects of water — physical need resides in us in his words; “a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peacefulness, uni- today as a desire to see, ty, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment” — hear and feel water. is triggered when we’re in or near water. port loop is a community where water is fundamental to its history and the key to its future.

Transport links Leisure Exercise Floating homes Floating gardens

Water taxis Canal boating Canoeing & Kayaking Dedicated residential moorings Communal gardens Paddle to work Sailing Canal path walks & rides Vistor moorings Communal allotments exercise Canal boating Kayaks & canoes wellbeing Trade routes Canalside strolls Canalside bike rides Trip boats A YouGov survey conducted in 10 countries Floating retail across four continents shows that one Tourist opportunities colour – blue – is the most popular across the board. Between 23% (in Indonesia) and 33% (in Great Britain) like blue most out of the colours listed, putting it 8-18 points ahead of any other colour. When asked people associate the words ‘Harmony’, ‘depth’, ‘wisdom’ and ‘calmness’ with the colour. Researchers believe that this love of blue is deeply rooted in all cultures precisely port loop because water is vital to our needs – reservoir both physically and mentally.

08 09 designing for a future neighbourhood

port loop vs the world

turn and – Future planning 2016 – Uber & Volvo launch driverless taxis – WeWork valued at $15bn – World’s first commercial drone delivery service – 3D Printing Industry surpassed $5.1 Billion – Manifesto 2017 – Donald trump becomes US president face the – Island party at Tubeworks cultural hub – Meanwhile uses for island 2018 – Audi pledges to be the first – First House completed car maker to introduce Level 3 – First Pop-up art show autonomy technology – Leisure centre onsite – Permanent restaurant 2019 – UK Brexit strange – Ford to release fully automated parking

The Changing – First Live/work formats 2020 – Honda launch WiFi-based

UK population 10.8m 13.0m 13.8m 11.5m – Installation of drop-off points and shelters vehicle-to-infrastructure technology

Millenials (those born between 1980 and in the near future we ADAPtIVE formats 1995) now form the biggest single age bracket in Britain today. – Parks & planting 2021 – Online retail sales double in 5 years – First mass production driverless vehicle They are, arguably, at the vanguard of the will witness revolutions greatest changes to our work/life attitudes and will embrace, adopt and drive these agendas over the next two decades. in transport, worklife – Carport for automated car drop-off 2022 – The average home has 500 connected devices Avg. age – 58 age Avg. – 46 age Avg. – 31 age Avg. – 13 age Avg. & subscription based

– Launch of Port Loop service 2023 – Birmingham Connected target: 5% of all trips in LIFEStYLES the city to be made by bike Born 1955 – 1965 Born Born 1966 – 1979 Born 1980 – 1995 Born 1996 – 2012 Born – Midpoint in building schedule 2024 new things and ways – 48% of workers expect to work flexibly

*Generation Jones (born 1955 – 1965) a sub-group of the Baby Boomer generation – Permanent art gallery 2025 – 1st of Generation X turn 60 (born 1945 – 1965) Jones* Generation X Generation Millenials Z Generation

2018 Progressive formats

Ch-ch-changes in the way we buy in over 100 years. using data or an internet connection. Their virtual reality will collide. Mobile devices and were working on their self-driving car as early 2026 – Millennials hold 60-75% of all jobs According to Goldman Sachs, the average service is an example of the scope and reach tablets will no longer require GPS or external as 2009, and claim to have already driven 2 “The best way to predict your future is to age of home ownership has gone up from age of subscription technology, and how it has signals, so application developers can come million miles autonomously. They’re not the create it” – Abraham Lincoln. 25 to 45, since the 1960s, and the number of hacked its way into the system of our day-to- up with apps for 3D mapping, augmented only company steering towards a safer future. 18-34 year old still living with their parents day lives. reality, and virtual reality games. Tesla already has two models, one of which is about 30%. Most of them are indifferent to has both an over-air and summon features, In Greek mythology, Prometheus is the 2027 Titan who brings the gift of fire, of light, to owning their own car too, preferring to use It leaves open the possibility that we can get with the promise of introducing self-sufficient – World population forecasted to reach humanity and is punished for all eternity. other methods like public transport, Uber, and anything and everything on subscription. Smarter-Living automobiles to the general public as early 8,288,054,000 It’s a good story, but not as interesting or car sharing. Author and economist, Jeremy as 2017. This means a future with less complex as the real history. We know that Rifkin predicts that ‘25 years from now, car Subscription food is more popular than ever, Although it sounds like the technology congestion, less pollution, and less car in reality early humans began fashioning sharing will be the norm, and car ownership with brand like Graze offering healthy snack dreamed up for Bladerunner, these futuristic ownership; a future with more green spaces, rudimentary tools and harnessing fire due to an anomaly.’ They’re forming a new ‘sharing alternatives from £3.99 per week. In the rise of high-tech houses and communities already where we have more leisure time, and are 2028 environmental pressures. Change has always economy’ that doesn’t rely on the capitalist the mainstream shift towards vegetarian and exist. These homes are integrated with the a more communal species. – Last house completed – More than a quarter of workers retiring at age been an inevitable part of human evolution; model of continuous spending to float. vegan lifestyles, ideas like the Vegan Tuck Box latest gadgets and particularly expensive 70 and above we’ve been adapting to new habitats for over Given that they are the first generation to on subscription could be cupboard staples. forms of A.I to help streamline modern life. two million years now. It’s safe to say we’re have grown up with access to the internet Uber are testing a subscription service, In Tower Bride, there is a lift that recognises Island Neighbourhoods getting pretty good at it. We’re already in the and smartphones - even creating the social called ‘Uber Plus’, in select cities like Boston, apartment residents and takes them to their next-generation of genetic sequencing, at networks that most people predominantly Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and personal floor. In Teddington, one owner’s Perhaps it’s the Darwinian connection, but DISRUPtION lower costs and with much more data than we use them for - it is also not surprising that Washington, DC. Users pay a monthly fee house has essentially become self-cleaning islands have always seemed like the ideal know what to do with. We’ve reached a point they are more likely to shop online, or hunt for a package of 20 to 40 trips, in model very and dirt-proofed with grime repellent paint. havens for evolving new ideas. We have been in human history when travelling to Mars is down a bargain in store; 57% of millennials similar to the one used by Amazon. In an age Security and safety in wealthier neighbours speculating about what kind of societies we no longer laughable; NASA is working on will compare prices while shopping. Despite where Google are promising deliveries by is top-notch, with a house in Knightsbridge could form in this isolation in fiction since sending humans on a year-long Mars mission outdated concerns that playing video games drone, you could probably have most of your introducing finger-print recognition for Eden, from Robinson Crusoe’s self-sustaining by the 2030s. The bell curve of development and staring at screens daily is detrimental to needs dropped to your door. residents. Not to mention, the tech that is Tobago isle to Tracy Island’s (chic) industrial our health, technology seems to be having a still in development. Soon, you could be military base. But, communities around the Formats designed Formats designed is lightning fast, and it sparks the fascinating question of what our future cities and societies positive impact on long-term health outlooks. welcomed into your living room by your own globe have also been testing the capabilities are going to look like. But we can make some Techno-generation RobotButler and Pavegen might have found of an enclosed eco-system. We take a look at reasonable assumptions for what’s just on So where are these trends leading us? a way to change your footsteps into islanders in Scotland’s Eigg Island, who have to adapt to to meet future the horizon. Technically, the first smart-phones were electricity. Is the future home smarter than found a way to make the majority of their PDAs but it wasn’t until the mass adoption the average future office? energy sources clean, and one millionaire Millennials are the ones who are going to be Subscription service lifestyle of Blackberries in the early 2000s that they returns to her childhood home to protect her shaping their communities and the world next, started to find their way into the pockets of community’s future. future needs needs to meet a new set of needs and interests that Netflix now has 65 million subscribers swathes of the population. Since their launch Autonomous Mobility are markedly different from their parents, worldwide and is streaming 100 million of the first generation of iPhone in 2007, Article by Andrew Beattie and in many cases they already are. Young hours of content per day. They’ve just Apple have sold over 1 billion units worldwide 94% of car accidents involve human error. Managing Director – Ethos Magazine Technological and social disruption is always people born between 1980 and 2000 seem to developed a new technology that allows and are churning out new models faster than With global investments into a number of self- around the corner – we must be prepared to be more preoccupied with access rather than their customers to download entire series customers can purchase them. Google Tango sufficient vehicles, the 1.2 million worldwide adapt and design accordingly. ownership, which is perhaps the biggest shift and watch their favourite content without seems to be the point where smartphones and deaths could be significantly reduced. Google

10 11 island rules 10 rules to live and design by

01. love thy neighbourhood an island is 02. play out ‘til tea 03. plant everything that doesn’t move a place where 04. no more ironing, ever the rules 05. be green without trying 06. live well by accident change - 07. be a native 08. LIVE HOW YOU LIKE where we can 09. CHANGE WHEN YOU WANt create our 10. work where you want own rules

Article by Andrew Beattie Islandism Island Tech Sustainable Island Living Island Well-being Managing Director – Ethos Magazine The word ‘Inuit’ means ‘people’; tribes Tracy Island, the camouflaged secret base Society has a long had a fascination with Peter Pan’s Neverland is an imaginary island If we create the right often refer to themselves using their native of the International Rescue Organisation, returning to nature. Robinson Crusoe is where community and youth triumphs. It’s a translation of ‘people’. ‘Tribalism’ itself with all of its secret entrances and gadgets, is the fictional embodiment of this lifestyle of place where children can enact their dreams suggests a strong cultural identity; it implies a what we all imagine a technological hive to self-reliance and sustainability. Making use of sailing, camping, fishing, exploring, and rules people will want to kinship, proximity, and a shared history. And look like. Whereas Tracy Island is the lair of of everything from parts of the ship from the pirating, away from the stuffiness of the adult it’s been an integral part of human evolution the Thunderbirds, Otaniemi is a technological wreck, he hunts, grows barley and rice, dries world. When Zita Cobb was growing up on for millennia. Perhaps that’s why islands and business district in Helsinki, Finland, grapes to make raisins, learns to make pottery Fogo Island, her fishing village was isolated live on and around the seem ideal places for propagating ideas. represented by the business incubator and raises goats. from the rest of the world. There was no Surrounded by water, the enclosed ecosystem Technopolis. It is home to the Aalto University electricity, no televisions, and no radios. Now naturally provides a good test space for engineering schools, the Micronova Center of With under 100 inhabitants, Eigg Island, a self-made millionaire, Cobb has returned to island, tell stories about the technological hub or the self-sustaining Micro and Nanotechnology, and the Centre Scotland, is a little bit Robinson-esque. Since her childhood home to preserve the island’s retreat. So the search for the new Eden for Scientific Computing. Tracy Island was 2008, Eigg has relied upon a mixture of hydro- history while reinvigorating the community continues - except we know now that it’s going inspired by a piece of Americana, Frank electric, solar, and wind power to provide with new life. She founded the Shorefast the island and travel to to be more creative, a little messier – and it’s Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House, Otaniemi’s around 95% of all electricity. The island no Foundation to create projects like the island’s exciting to see what communities around the buildings vaunt a unique architectural design, longer has to rely upon damaging diesel six art studios, a punt-building program for globe are going to come up with next. with modernist and functionalist themes; generators for its electricity, and now has a boat racing, and the remote Fogo Island Inn. see how we did it even the district’s glass edifice has echoes of 24-hour clean energy source. Isolated from Although it is now home to many studios and Tracy Villa - all that seems to be missing is a the UK’s electrical grid, its power supply comes art galleries, Fogo Island remains as difficult Thunderbird 2. from Eigg Electric; a local company run by as Neverland to find. Instead of following the island’s trained occupants. In recognition, the second star to the right, straight on ‘til Eigg Island was awarded a £300,000 prize morning, you’ll have to fly to Gander, rent a from the National Endowment for Science, car, drive for 60 miles, and catch a sporadic Adventure Possibility Romance Technology, and the Arts. ferry before hunkering down the night.

Places to explore, space to roam and social Who knows what’s next? Islanders have a In popular imagination islands are exotic, (and sociable) encounters make a good basis strong sense of self determinism and a desire have their own identity and often break the for new chapters and ongoing sagas. to do things their own way. An independent rules. All qualities we like to fall in love with. and cohesive community can put their collective minds to anything.

12 13 01. love thy neighbourhood distinctive neighbourhoods

anti monotony URBAN

CItY VIEWS WE WANt multi authored bank CHARACtER in our side neighbourhood bringing intimate

distinction and hierarchy URBANE modern old-town island

culture leisure hub focussed charming

01 02 03 04 scenic views CANAL sporty

yard tourist focussed Fields reservoir lively open

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01 / Irwell Riverside, Manchester Descriptive places Intimate places Navigable places Discoverable places Urban Splash / ShedKM 02 / South Gardens, Elephant Park, London, UK + Avenue and axis + Communal streets + Cycle ways + Reveals Maccreanor Lavington + Squares + Courtyards + Circuits + Nooks 03 / Southside, Birmingham + Parks + Canal-side + Pathways + Secret gardens Glenn Howells Architects 04 / Symantec Campus, Chengdu SWA Group 05 / Southside, Birmingham, UK Glenn Howells Architects 06 / Pedestrian Bridge, Leiria, Portugal MVRDV 07 / Irwell Riverside, Manchester Urban Splash / ShedKM 08 / Bank of The Meurthe, Raon l’Etape, France Atelier Cite Architecture 09 / Novartis Physic Garden, Basel, Switzerland Sweco Architects 10 / Southside, Birmingham Glenn Howells Architects 11 / The Smile, London, UK 14 Alison Brooks Architects 15 12 / Seeds of Change, floating garden, Bristol, UK Bristol University 126 127 126 125 130 02. play out ‘til tea port loop outdoor system™ 123

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More fun we want OUtDOORS our kids to 127 121 131 Play out120 & we more vitamin d 132

cultivating an outdoor 118 want to play outlook out too play without 120 digital An island’s boundaries afford a kind of safe haven121 for adventure, where greater freedom122 comes from 133 123 everyday containment and where island routines

rules can encourage free-ranging 123 family life

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In the past children had fun and 75% of UK children spend some were naughty but mostly less time outside than prison they didn’t die. inmates

According to a new survey revealing the extent to which time playing in parks, woods and fields has shrunk. A fifth of the children did not play outside at all on an average day, the poll found. 134 Experts warn that active play is essential 123 119 to the health and development of children, but that parents’ fears, lack of green spaces and the lure of digital technology is leading youngsters to lead enclosed lives.

Most of the parents polled said their children 0–5 yrs 5–13 yrs 13–18 yrs 18–70 yrs 70 + yrs have fewer opportunities to play outside Safe Haven Park keepers vs pesky kids Opportunity for adventure Island life/city life Neighbourliness than they did when young. The new research is strongly supported by previous work, + No through roads + Let them run wild + Wild pockets and green streets + Free roam + Retirement perks including a government report in February + Unadopted green streets – (as long as Parky doesn’t catch them) + Playgrounds and sports-ground + Water activities for all + Dog walking circuits that found more than one in nine children had + Pedestrian priority + Single access point + Planned & unplanned activity + Easy access to reservoir + Neighbourhood parks not set foot in a park, forest, beach or any + Enclosed private gardens & supervised play + Island Concierge + Whole family events + Summer lovin’ + Easy access to the ‘outdoors’ other natural environment for at least a year. + Natural surveillance of communal streets + Proximity to the city + Pedestrian friendly 118 + Central parcel collection hub Source + Car Pooling From an article by Damian Carrington + and other new technology The Guardian

16 17 03. plant everything that doesn’t move we want green

streets not 01 02 mean streets

We are all prIMAL at heart, subliminally craving trees, 03 04 water and sunlight

service road green streets WAtERWAYS

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01 / Seeds of Change, floating garden, Bristol, UK Bristol University 02 / Roof Garden, Housing Development Board Singapore 03 / Green Wall, Biarritz, France 04 / Payley Park, New York, USA Zion & Breen 05 / Alzingen School, Luxembourg 06 / New York Highline, USA

Make space for green space Plants everywhere Rooms with a view Sunny disposition Waterways How trees calm us down In 1984, a researcher named Roger Ulrich property the trees possessed, how were they hundred and thirty thousand trees planted on Source noticed a curious pattern among patients who casting it through a pane of glass? public land, and the second measures health, By Alex Hutchinson Restrict vehicle movements to create + Private gardens Every window must have a substantial view Every habitable room must have the prospect of Every resident should be able to access the 10 additional trees per block equals the health were recovering from gallbladder surgery at as assessed by a detailed survey of ninety-four The New Yorker alternating green streets and service roads, + Green streets of either green space or waterways, all living sunlight for 75% of the year and 25% of the day. waterways – for leisure & transport. benefit of being 7 years younger. a suburban hospital in Pennsylvania. Those That is the riddle that underlies a new study thousand respondents. After controlling for http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/ courtyards and car-parks. + Courtyards rooms must have a scenic aspect. who had been given rooms overlooking a in the journal Scientific Reports by a team of income, education, and age, Berman and his what-is-a-tree-worth + Linear parks small stand of deciduous trees were being researchers in the United States, Canada, and colleagues showed that an additional ten trees + Green walls discharged almost a day sooner, on average, Australia, led by the University of Chicago on a given block corresponded to an increase + Floating allotments than those in otherwise identical rooms whose psychology professor Marc Berman. The in how healthy nearby residents felt. + Hanging gardens windows faced a wall. study compares two large data sets from the + Pocket wilderness city of Toronto, both gathered on a block-by- “To get an equivalent increase you’d have to + Water verges The results seemed at once obvious — of course block level; the first measures the distribution make people seven years younger”. + Orchard car-parks a leafy tableau is more therapeutic than a drab of green space, as determined from satellite + DIY schemes brick wall—and puzzling. Whatever curative imagery and a comprehensive list of all five

18 19 04. no more ironing, ever community & facilities

the village Incentivising mending

square To combat its ‘throwaway consumer we want culture’, Sweden has announced tax breaks on repairs to clothes, bicycles, fridges and The return to a working community hub – washing machines. On bikes and clothes, A concierge provides a multi-functional VAT has been reduced from 25% to 12% service for islanders; overseeing parcel drop and on white goods consumers can claim offs, organising deliveries to our door and service Electric back income tax due on the person doing overseeing a maintenance team. team charging the work. Useful facilities would include electric car The incentives are intended to reduce the charging points, community owned 3D environmental impact of the things Swedes printers and onsite laundrette. SERVICE buy. The country has ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but has found that the impact of consumer choices Port Loop Service is actually increasing.

A subscription model for residents that The scheme is expected to cost the state offered handyman, gardening, laundry, some $54 million in lost taxes, which will future home- delivery and maintenance services would be more than outweighed by income from ensure the community was ‘looked after’, bring a new tax on harmful chemicals in white peace of mind and convenience for goods. Moreover, Sweden’s economy is buyers & busy lifestyles. growing strongly and the government has an $800 million budget surplus. tenants will parcel 3d From an extract written by Alexander Starritt increasingly have drop-off printing Editor – Apolitical https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/ service sweden-is-tackling-its-throwaway-culture- a subscription with-tax-breaks-on-repairs-will-it-work/ mindset Parcel pain

Waiting around: Time off work: The average Briton spent 142 minutes waiting 41% of people have taken time off work to wait for gifts to be delivered at Christmas time* in for a delivery in the past. – and almost 32 hours over the course of the whole year. Waiting in for online shopping to be delivered cost the British Economy £868 Million during *2013 research figures by CollectPlus Christmas 2013.

Mens workshop, Stroud, UK

The changing expectations of future The Subscription Lifestyle from a one-off transaction to a longer term services and telecom brands, many traditional economy. The largest contributor is increased generations is geared towards fewer relationship. According to a 2014 report industries are beginning to show signs of availability of products and services through possessions whilst seeking more experiences, In 2008 Spotify, the music on demand service from the Economist Intelligence Unit, 80% developing new subscription services. communications technology – of convenience willing to pay for services of all kinds, on and app, launched to the world. It began of consumers now demand these new – but changes in the way we work have also demand. The desire to ‘own stuff’ is taking a life with two subscription levels – a free consumption models. Two such examples are YoYo and Birchbox. played a large role. lower priority. service agreement in which adverts played YoYo, a Silicon Valley on-demand car intermittently between songs and a monthly In the UK, four out of five people – which is subscription service start-up, will allow users The European Union saw a 45% increase in paid subscription for advert-free unlimited around 40 million adults – have at least to pay a monthly subscription and access a the number of independent workers from music, all the time, on your smartphone or one subscription service, and in the US fleet of cars from hatchbacks to 4x4s; users 2012 to 2013 alone and by 2020, 50% of the computer. By 2016 the service had a catalogue subscription spend was $415 billion, up can have the car they need on any given day, workforce in both the UK and US is expected of over 30 million songs available to users, from $215 billion in 2000. without ever owning one. New York-based to be self-employed or freelance. Many of 50% of 25-34 year olds have expressed 100 million monthly active users and 40 Birchbox sends out make-up samples to users these freelancers work from home – or at interest in signing up to a new subscription million paying subscribers. Companies like Salesforce.com, Amazon, each month, depending on their profile and least remotely from clients – and this work service allowing them to rent clothes from Spotify, Netflix, and Dropbox were the some preferences, and now boasts over one million is enabled largely by subscription-based high street stores. from ownership to ON DEMAND In the nine years between 2008 and today, of the earliest names with subscription subscribers. technology. As more and more workers move the way we consume products and services models – all online platforms and services. into this way of working between now and and our relationship with the companies that As technology has permeated all facets of In an article written by Tien Tzuo, CEO of 2020, subscription services that are the tools provide them, has drastically changed. Terms modern life – and most of the world now software company Zuora, which works with of the trade will chop and change, depending like ‘sharing economy’ and ‘subscription carries a powerful computer connected to brands to help develop new subscription on need and affordability – increasing the economy’ are now becoming common place the rest of the world, in their pockets – access services, Tzuo says that corporate giants demand for switching life’s day-to-day in the purchasing decisions of many people, to new products and services on the go is such as GM, News Corp, and Schneider services and purchasing decisions in this way. from possession to experience easier than ever before. are predicting that anything from 40% to and consumers are moving from ownership to accessing services and products for a low 100% of their revenues will eventually be Article by Andrew Beattie regular payment. The relationship between But whilst this new economy is currently subscriptions. There are a number of factors Managing Director – Ethos Magazine the business and the consumer has shifted dominating media, entertainment, consumer at play in the growth of the subscription

On demand & 01 / Spotify subscription services – On demand music subscription. 02 / Adobe Photoshop Express – Photo editing on the go. Island Concierge Home delivery hub Carpools & swimming pools Make & Mend 03 / Laundrapp – Dry cleaning service that collects + Active management Home deliveries are growing exponentially and + Carpool + 3D printing hub from your home. + Subscription services so is the amount of time we waste waiting for + Self parking docking stations + Collective workshops + Plumbing & electrical them – an average of 4hrs per delivery. + Pick-up and drop-off bays + Collective garage 04 / Babylon + Cleaning & laundry + Electric car charging points – Real-time healthcare advice. + Gardening & waste The Port Loop Island home delivery hub will 05 / Deliveroo + Handy-person receive parcels when you’re out - for collection – Restaurant food delivered to your door, when you’re in. on demand.

+ Home delivery hub 06 / Uber – Cashless, on demand taxi service paid via the app. 07 / Rated People – Hire rated tradespeople for your home 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 jobs & projects.

20 21 05. be green without trying Sustainable living we want to

electric save the charging generous planet & our green space

energy efficient bank balance housing

A future neighbourhood is green by default, A rich and liveable neighbourhood no-carbon planned commute drop off making sustainability points Second nature

The liveable Neighbourhood 62% of young people indicate that they prefer These newer communities are within short including the Buffalo Building Re-use to live in mixed-use communities, typically commuting, or even walking, distance from Project, which provides loans for businesses Most people in the UK, particularly those born found in US cities; a higher rate than any major metropolitan centres, but increasingly to improve property downtown, and the in or around urban centres, will instinctively previous generation. have a self-contained village feeling and are Urban Homesteading Program which understand that a neighbourhood means a as complex and independent as much larger offers abandoned homes for $1 for qualified hyper-local community of place. This is most apparent in places with socially metropolitan areas. They are walkable, applicants. The waterfront has also been conscious and creative environments. environmentally conscious, incorporate mixed turned into a recreation zone for skating and The phrase ‘a good neighbourhood’, will These communities are often value led, housing types, work and leisure opportunities curling, and a masterplan has been submitted probably inspire feelings of neighbourliness with a high number of people that are self- and have a range of public spaces and parks to make the city bike-friendly. A large number and community; visions of open and walkable employed or involved in the gig-economy. to gather – sharing many of the values of of craft beer breweries and distilleries have tree-lined streets; bustling high-streets, Austin, Texas, is a good example of a city the millennial and young families that flock also moved into the city and created a and spaces to gather and interact. And on with an vibrant art and music scene, full of to them. Shek O, in Hong Kong, is one such thriving new economy - one of a number of the other side of the coin, many visions of a walkable mixed use neighbourhoods that community. A beachside village with 2,500 examples of increased work opportunities in ‘bad neighbourhood’, will inspire feelings of appeal across generations. residents and only a 45-minute (30km) drive recent years in Buffalo. danger, anti-social behaviour and isolation, from the bustle of Hong Kong is increasingly and will feature derelict and unloved structures. City-dwellers are also less likely to own cars. appealing to families in the creative industries. In the Colombian city of Bogota, a weekly For example, the percentage of car owners This may be because of its affordable, event draws more than 1.5 million people back For the most part, the feelings inspired by under 25 fell from 73% in 2007 to 66% in 2011, spacious accommodation and the fact that to the streets to walk, bike, skate and enjoy the idea of a neighbourhood aren’t just and those that can drive are choosing more the village’s local shops, restaurants and bars more than 70 miles of street usually used inspired by the physical realm, the structures environmentally friendly cars or increasingly, are supplying fresh locally sourced food. This by cars. Ciclovia started in 1976, but grew in A study by the government-funded Carbon Typical domestic Food 1.39 tons Clothing 1.00 tons Education 0.49 tons and spaces that actually constitute a car sharing. means that the locals and the year round the 1990s under Mayor Enrique Peñalosa Trust puts the annual carbon footprint of the Generated by cooking, eating and drinking, Energy and emissions generated in These are emissions relating to schools, neighbourhood – but by a number of other tourists are flocking to the beaches. and his brother, Gil Peñalosa, who was the average Briton at 10.92 tons of CO2 – roughly carbon scores including food miles and production of raw producing, transporting and cleaning clothes educational travel, books and newspapers. social and economic factors. But as the cost of living in cities across the park’s Director. Today Ciclovía covers 70% half of the 19 tons of CO2 produced each year materials. Includes food transport in UK - and shoes. In a year, the average person will School buildings, for example, made up 172kg west increases caused largely by housing In the US, the city of Buffalo, an hour and a of 20 different neighbourhoods, with four by the average American. The research also Recreation 1.95 tons equivalent to 300kg per person a year - and expend 70kg of energy on new clothes, 100kg of energy; books accounted for 13.6kg; and The single largest source of emissions. Tribal tendencies don’t just manifest shortages – 75% of the world is expected to live half by plane to New York City, is undergoing loops through the city linking the different demonstrates that our leisure and recreation driving to supermarkets - another 40kg. by using washing machines and 36kg by the 4x4 school run (1.2 miles five times a week Researchers analysed CO2 caused by leisure themselves online. The modern resident in cities by 2050 and meeting that increased a resurgence. Between 2000 and 2012, the neighbourhoods together so that people and pursuits – activities as diverse as watching A restaurant meal generates 8kg per diner. using tumble dryers, for example. during terms) was 200kg . activities plus the production of goods and prefers to live in dense urban villages, where a housing demand is proving increasingly number of college graduates living in Buffalo families can visit different areas of the city a football match or taking a trip to the seaside services. Examples include seaside trips, diverse range of opportunities – for both work difficult for even the largest cities – many jumped by 34%; a bigger increase than that with friends. – account for most of our emissions, rather Household 1.37 tons Commuting 0.81 tons Phones 0.1 tons which create 200kg per person each year, and leisure - and most importantly, social owners and tenants are choosing to move to seen in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. than a lack of insulation or a predilection This covers non-heating emissions generated Travelling to and from the workplace on All sources of CO2 emanating from and TV, videos and stereos - another 35kg . interaction is directly outside their front door. smaller cities, or in suburbs along commuter Article by Andrew Beattie for 4x4 cars. in the home from appliances, furnishings and both public and private transport including communications including computing. Mobile belts of major cities, particularly as they begin The city has implemented a number of Managing Director – Ethos Magazine from the construction of the building itself. aviation. Assuming a journey of three miles phone chargers, for example, accounted for to have families. programmes for the re-use of property Heating 1.49 tons A fridge is responsible for 140kg of carbon undertaken five times a week, the use of a car between 35 and 70kg per person per year. Second biggest source of CO2 resulting annually, while lighting in a house contributes represents 500kg of energy for the average Sending letters, by contrast, represented only from burning of gas, electricity and oil. It a further 100kg. commuter in a year. 0.01kg. is one of the easiest sectors to reduce, say Energy efficient housing Green transport links Communal facilities Liveable neighbourhood campaigners. The easiest way is to turn down Hygiene 1.34 tons Aviation 0.68 tons From a report by the Carbon Trust heating: every extra degree on thermostat Includes emissions from the NHS and from The fastest growing source of CO2 emissions, accounts for 25kg of CO2 each year . + Super-insulated homes + Carpools + Composting + More reasons to stay and play local individuals bathing and washing. Typical thanks in part to the boom in low-cost air + Cycle routes + Household swap shop examples include taking a bath instead of a travel. A return flight to Malaga, for example, + Walking routes + Bike fleets shower, which adds 50kg of carbon in energy would represent 400kg of energy per + Electric car charging production, or heating up a house’s water, passenger. A short break to Prague would + Canoes which adds 150kg . expend 220kg of energy.

22 23 06. live well by accident birmingham city centre – a short walk

Mainline canal 12.30pm / Wednesday / we want our September 21st / 2016 environment to make us healthier

easy access to healthier routines {we have unhealthy routines and compensate at the gym}

Canal & pathway usage

The mainline canal and the Ladywood Middleway cycle path are currently well utilised – both for leisure, health and commuting. Daily cycle journeys Our image demonstrates that even on a dull 2015 mid-week September lunch hour there are a variety of canal and pathway users. Peak April – August High (July) – 1296 Low (June) – 989 Off-peak October – March High (October) – 894 Low (December)– 276

Cycling data Birmingham Cycle Revolution 10% by 2033. This will help to make our city Benefits of a Cycle Boom Birmingham is well known for its extensive healthier, greener, safer and less congested. Figures for 2014 (3.5 billion vehicle miles) canal network which provides traffic free 1. Safety 3. Quickest Way to Get to Work routes through many parts of the city. Improvements include According to the Jacobsen’s Growth Rule, A 2004 survey by the Chartered have been revised upwards since they were – Provide quiet cycling routes and 20mph if the amount of cycling doubles, the risk per Management Institute found that the most first published in 2015, suggesting a very Working in partnership with Canal and River areas within residential areas. cyclist falls by 34 percent. If cycling halves, reliable way of getting to work is by bicycle. healthy c.13% increase on 2013 (3.1 billion Trust, we have almost completed resurfacing Transport as leisure Circuit training Keeping us on the streets Clean air acts – Upgrade canal tow-paths. the risk per cyclist increases by 52 percent. vehicle miles). over 50km of canal tow-path in the city with – Develop new cycling green routes through Source: Safety in numbers, more walkers and 4. Solution to rising oil prices a clean, well-drained, grippy grit surface. Using the daily commute as purposeful Imagining the island as an outdoor, easy We know that being outside more is good We want our island to set examples and lead parks and open spaces. bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling, Cycling typically saves users money. Cycle use increases have been higher in Getting onto and along the canal is easy too, exercise can top and tail the day nicely. access gym (without as much effort) would for our health. Extra vitamin D, fresh air, the way in air quality measures. Less cars on – Improve local links to cycle routes. some urban areas: in London, for example, the with improvements at access points and the Proximity to the city centre means that a 20 be part of our health by stealth routine. proximity to green space and water will make our streets, less deliveries to our front door and – Provide new secure cycle parking hubs. 2. Health 5. Less Pollution number of daily average journey stages made opening up of tow-path gates and barriers. minute walk to work is a viable proposition. us feel better – encouraging a more outdoors active encouragement of more cycle use will – Develop cycle loan and hire schemes to Cycling at least twenty miles a week reduces Research published in 1991 suggested that by cycle in 2014 went up to 0.65 million, a leap And we’re making the lighting in key tunnels Mixing personal transport types gives us Mapping out routes based on step count, focussed lifestyle, especially during the contribute to the cleanest air in the city. make it easier for people to get started. the risk of heart disease to less than half that a tenfold increase in cycling from car use of 71% from 2004. better too. variety in our options too. or time to complete, means we can plan our warmer months. for non-cyclists who take no other exercise. could save up to three quarters of a million days to incorporate some good old fashioned + Reduce car dependency Source Whatever your age or cycling ability, taking The scheme will be supported by the Big [13] 70% of women and 60% of men fail to take tonnes of carbon monoxide,100,000 tonnes + Cycling to work outdoors – making it easier to hit our 10,000 + Sitting out + Home delivery hub Travel in London Report 8 to the tow-paths on two wheels is a great Birmingham Bikes programme of free bikes, sufficient exercise (30mins walking per day). of nitrogen dioxide, and 16 million tonnes of + Walking to town a day. + Soaking it up + No through routes TfL 2015 way to escape rush hour traffic, get cycle training and activities with employers, Obesity is forecast to rise. carbon dioxide from being emitted into the + Canoeing to dinner some exercise and enjoy a little bit of the schools and communities to encourage atmosphere (CTC (1993). Bikes not fumes:) and + Island itineraries countryside in the city. cycling. You can even get rewarded for 2. Less Congestion 70kg per person per year. Sending letters, by

+ Walking the dog cycling with the Better Points app. Congestion costs the UK economy over contrast, represented only 0.01kg. Our vision is to make cycling an everyday + Taking kids to school £20bn per year, cycling can play a role in way to travel in Birmingham over the next 20 + Canoeing to work limiting congestion. From information published by Birmingham years. We want 5% of all trips in the city to be + Weekend walks City Council & TravelWise made by bike by 2023 and to double this to

24 25 07. be a native tUBEWORKS HUB

AWARENESS regen LEGACY

POP-UP MEANWHILE PERMANENt Village activity community heritage

the white building squares & – hackney wick

highline rbma cultural – madrid – new york

MOMA PS 1 hubs – New York Kødbyen – Copenhagen kitchen tables victoria warehouse & campfires – Manchester

– places to woodstore congregate, eat, drink, Existing site 01 02

The corner plot of the island on its southern dance, chat & entrance is home to a collection of industrial buildings of differing ages, spanning the 20th century. The buildings form an interesting and philosophise ideal cluster of spaces that will be home to our cultural hub – from pop-up to permanent use Michelberger over the next decade. – Berlin The precedents depicted below demonstrate great uses of similar building typologies and placemaking features that have helped build Cultural hubs + Gallery cultural hubs and their communities within + Restaurant the surrounding districts. We instinctively know that successful + Bakery neighbourhoods fulfil more than our housing + Canal-side pub needs; a future neighbourhood is a rich and + Café & coffee 03 04 liveable neighbourhood; a great place to be + Microbrewery with lots to do. + Artist studios + Venue Strong foundations for a community can be + Markets built through social activity and the places we gather at – whether through leisure or work.

Eating, browsing, talking, drinking, shopping, contemplating, viewing, dancing, listening, relaxing – all need amenable venues driven by MoMA, PS 1 Victoria Warehouse The White Building The Highline Kødbyen RBMA Michelberger Hotel an engaging events calendar. – New York, USA – Manchester, UK – Hackney Wick, London, UK – New York, USA – Copenhagen, Denmark – Madrid, Spain – Berlin, Germany

The venues and activities can begin in pop- MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 Built in the 1900s as warehousing Conversion of former canal- The High Line (also known as the The Meat District is a district of Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro The Michelberger Hotel is housed up form to help put Port Loop on the map as the Institute for Art and Urban space for Manchester’s industrial side peppermint cream factory; High Line Park) is a 1.45-mile-long Vesterbro in Copenhagen. Arquitectos filled a Madrid in a converted factory building – eventually growing into permanent and 01 / Constellations, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK Resources Inc., an organisation might, the massive structure & situated amongst a community of (2.33 km) New York City linear park warehouse with makeshift huts featuring a brick facade, high 05 06 The newer white area is a 400 × established propositions. 02 / Town Mill Bakery, Lyme Regis, UK devoted to curating exhibitions flexible floor space means the artists on Fish Island in Hackney built in Manhattan on an elevated and a wilderness of plants to ceilings, large windows and a 600m enclave of white modernistic 03 / Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA in underutilised and abandoned venue can adapt to a variety of Wick into artists’ studios, event section of a disused New York accommodate a nomadic music courtyard that acts as the social structures, built in 1934. The area To have all this on your doorstep is a 04 / Psychfest at Camp and Furnace, spaces across New York City. events – staging art exhibitions, spaces, microbrewery, cafe and Central Railroad spur called the academy organised by drinks hub of the hotel. is listed for conservation and is compelling and desirable ambition. Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK music and theatre, sporting events gallery. West Side Line. brand Red Bull. In 2000, PS1 Contemporary Art still serving its original purpose of The 119 room hotel is located next 05 / Xiringuito, Pop up restaurant at Northern Lights, and cultural happenings. Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK Center became an affiliate of The The legacy is an Olympic fringe Re-purposing of the railway into housing businesses relating to the Spanning five weeks beginning to the famous Oberbaum Bridge 06 / Vauxhall art car boot sale, London, UK Museum of Modern Art to extend A boutique hotel, spa, bar and project by David Kohn Architects an urban park began construction meat industry and the Copenhagen October, 2011, the derelict and the river Spree. 07 / Fabrikken – The Factory of Art and Design, the reach of both institutions. restaurant now occupy part and muf. in 2006, with the third and final Hospitality College. A municipal warehouse building was Michelberger’s rooms could be Copenhagen, Denmark of the first and second floor of phase officially opened to the master plan aims to create a transformed into a musical Located in the borough of Queens, described as designer bunk-rooms 08 / Black Lodge Brewery, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK the Victoria Warehouse Hotel, public on September 21, 2014. mixed-use area, encouraging wonderland, the Nave de Música. New York City, PS1 is an exhibition – a hostel based approach that adjacent to the event space. cultural, design, and gastronomy 60 participants from 34 countries space rather than a collecting focuses on fun. Demand is strong businesses to settle there, while collaborated, schemed, recorded institution, spending its energy and thanks to the eclectic, high quality retaining the meat industry and generally nerded-out on the resources to displaying the most events programme and lively businesses and infrastructure. possibilities contained within the experimental art in the world. restaurant. brick walls.

07 08 26 27 08. live how you like personalised living we want homes to suit who we are and

A modular revolution

Urban Splash’s hoUSe (pictured) allows home buyers to personalise and tailor the how we live space to suit their needs. Typical Uk newly built houses average 76sq m, whilst hoUSe gives options of 93sq m for two storeys and 140sq m for three storeys.

hoUSe is just one of the housing choices for bespoke homes Port Loop. short, tall, flat or floating

modern house that could be flexible and some space for the buyer to live in the way thermally efficient and airtight. Claiming to + Superfast connectivity hoUSe For Urban Splash chairman Tom Bloxham, adapt. The catch? It had to be built for around they want to, to suit their budget, taste and be 25 per cent bigger than the average new + Canal moorings Seeking an alternative to mass housing schemes frustrated by the mediocrity of the UK’s new- £1,000/sq m. Says Bloxham: “We wanted to lifestyle,” explains Jonathan Falkingham, build, there’s an emphasis on quality of space, build homes with their typically low ceilings, make houses with great space standards - creative director of Urban Splash. “The rather than square footage, with high ceilings, + Personalised space usage across the country, Urban Splash has teamed up with architecture practice shedkm to create small windows and tiny rooms, hoUSe was high ceilings, big windows - and we wanted wall arrangements actually give us 10,000 large windows and an exposed pitched roof + Homes that are ready to adapt a prefabricated housing scheme in Manchester born from a desire to create well-designed, to give customers the ability to alter and variables they can have as a customer, but on the top floor. to technolgy that is customisable and quick to construct. generous homes in space-poor, inner-city change the layout both initially when they we’ve tried to distil that back and give our areas. “We have been thinking for years now buy or if they are on a budget the option of a customers a clear way of thinking about how The prefabricated pods are energy efficient + Flexible family housing Noticing a gap in the market between the about how we can break the mould, inject “base model” now and over time improve and they want to live in their home and the option and reduce both construction time on site and + Canalside apartments cheap, soulless, red-brick boxes favoured by some new ideas and disrupt the house- adapt.” Buyers choose between loft living or to live in a different way.” excess waste. volume housebuilders and costly, bespoke building industry, just as we did when we garden living, depending on whether they architect-designed homes, property helped create the city-centre living boom want to use the light-filled top floor as a living The timber modules are built by a company For Falkingham, the long-term aim is for developer Urban Splash has come up with and loft-apartment trend in the Nineties,’” or sleeping space. Shedkm came up with a called Insulshell, which has created thermally hoUSe to evolve into the ‘designer brand a new concept to give buyers the power to says Bloxham. “We noticed that in UK cities simple composition that can be configured to efficient, closed-panel structural timber of volume housebuilders’, comparing it to choose the layout of their home. there is a real lack of diversity in terms of tailor up to five bedrooms in two- and three- systems for schools and homes as well as furniture brands such as Vitra and Alessi, new residential stock, and our traditional storey terraced blocks of 93sq m and 140sq m. the London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins which frequently team up with designers hoUSe is being developed with Liverpool and customers would ultimately get older, richer Homeowners choose between loft living and Architects. Says Falkingham: “We worked and architects. “We want there to be a London-based architecture practice shedkm and end up moving to Victorian or Georgian garden living; whether their living room will intensively with Insulshell for three years to strong design philosophy running through as an alternative to established UK mass terraces in the suburbs. hoUSe is our way of be on the top floor with an exposed pitched develop an approach; initially it was going everything, and our designers to live and house-building schemes. Made of modular offering them something in the city.” roof or, in a more conventional arrangement, to be built as a panelled system on site. Then breathe the product,” he adds. timber pods, prefabricated in a factory and on the bottom floor overlooking the garden. Insulshell said if you reduce your house width delivered to site fully finished, hoUSe draws Homeowners can choose the layout of Always in the centre is a core of services by 15cm, we think we can build these [the From an article by inspiration from the ubiquitous long rows of their homes, opting for a bare shell or all the including stairs, bathrooms and risers, but the whole homes] in the factory.” By Cate St Hill Victorian and Georgian terraces with slender extra add-ons, including fitted kitchens and rest of the space is free to be split up or left Blueprint plots for its two and three-storey homes. bathrooms The journey started four years open depending on the buyer’s preferences. With all the structure on the external walls, Advocating that customers are buying ‘space ago, when Urban Splash approached four it freed up space inside for flexible layouts, http://www.designcurial.com/news/at-home- not rooms’, it gives house buyers an empty architects – Glenn Howells, Alison Brooks Urban Splash likens the process to buying as well as reducing construction time, wet with-blueprint-4945427/ shell to customise with a range of internal Architects, Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects a car, with optional extras from fully fitted trades on site, excess waste and, ultimately, layouts, from spacious, open-plan living to and shedkm – to come up with an idea for a bathrooms and home offices to floor finishes cost. The homes take eight weeks to make more traditional fixed rooms. simple and easily constructed, light, spacious, and furniture. “The idea was that we’ll create in the factory before being delivered to site,

28 29 09. change when you want adaptive formats WE Want to pick‘n’mix carport ‘n’remix

a place that home office adapts with our changing needs

Outdoor space for: Adaptability Expandability

+ Carport + The scheme grows with us as + Pre-approved extension, + Home office technology evolves bolt-ons and re-purposing + Yarden + Allotment When we first arrive to live in Port Loop our Creating housing that can be easily expanded needs will be very different from when we and re-purposed is sustainable, useful & come to retire. desirable. Likewise – the services and facilities on-hand Why move if our homes can flex? must evolve as technology does – being able The practicalities will mean that we can choose to react to what’s next is vital for longevity; the kind of outdoor (and indoor) spaces that as cars become less owned and less welcomed suit our needs. on our doorsteps, Port Loop must have inbuilt plans to accommodate our changing habits. At the start of the scheme car-ports may be all the rage – but as our cars learn to park Gradual greening ‘wins back’ public and Yarden themselves or disappear from our immediate private space and creates safer places to grow neighbourhoods (as subscription, on demand up and grow old. travel arrives) we may want to swap for Being ready for drone deliveries, drop-off and something else – home office, yarden or set down, collection points and whatever else allotment all become attractive alternatives. gains traction and feasibility over the next decade (and beyond) must stay at the heart of our intentions.

staying in our homes for longer means allotment building stronger communities

30 31 10. work where you want flexible working we want work to work for us the whole world’s a stage (and an office) 65% of millennials expect to work away from the office 01 regularly. by 2025 75% of all workers will be millennials live / work 03 04

03 + Configurable home interior for office 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / + Outdoor space adaptability for garden office + Pre-approved planning for live / work space Working from home Mobile office Paid for work-space Bringing the office to you + Co-working hub + Café culture + Studio units The kitchen table The local café Co-working Running an office from home Informal, formal, sociable, unsociable, public, private, free, paid for, at home, in the office – Requirements – the kitchen table, a laptop Requirements – your laptop, phone, a pocket Requirements – subscription to a space Requirements – business owners can turn our working practices today and in the future and possibly a notebook. full of change – but remember your chargers provider, there may be a permanent or hot- a floor of their home into a fully fledged 02 05 06 and adapters! desk type of arrangement. commercial office, with employees on site. 01 / Wework, Sony Center, Berlin, Germany will increasingly mix things up for convenience, Pros Pre-approved planning consent for usage flexibility and quality of life. Convenient, uncomplicated. No specialist Pros Pros 02 / Garden office with bike shed by Green Studios as standard. equipment and no need for investment. Food and drink on hand, human contact. All the facilities you’d expect from a traditional 03 / Kitchen table in HoUSe Good atmosphere. office with more flexible terms. Great for Pros Cons by Urban Splash & ShedKM Architects freelancers. Potential to collaborate. Lively. Seriously convenient. Potential to create the The lure of the toaster and TV, can feel Cons perfect working environment. 04 / Small home office design temporary, lack of face to face contact. Caffeine overload, can be noisy, can be costly. Cons Can feel transient, privacy can feel Cons 05 / Camp and Furnace Lobby, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK compromised. If your team is working late – how does it feel? 06 / Wework, meeting booth, Weteringschans, The mini home office Amsterdam, Netherlands. Studio units Requirements – a defined area or room 07 / 08 / 09 /Live_Work_Grow House by Susan Fitzgerald Architecture, Halifax, Canada 07 08 09 within the home. Requirements – usually a small unit for small Pros businesses – a more traditional rent model, Many of the benefits of being ‘at work’ albeit often with shorter terms. – e.g.. printer, book shelves, storage. new type of worker in new markets. In 2015 on eBay or Etsy; driving your own car as a cab with families, may choose to work from co-working is now big business. The fastest Pros The way we’ll work almost 54 million Americans did some type of on platforms like Uber; and renting your home home. However, independent workers are growing, and perhaps best known is WeWork Cons Informal office – do what you like with your independent work, which is almost 33% of the on AirBnB. Studies show that half the U.S. increasingly choosing to join communities of which has around 50,000 members and The potential lack of distinction between space. Good for start-ups. In the pre-industrial age, there were at entire workforce and an increase of 700,000 population will move into the gig economy freelancers and small businesses in locations in 29 cities in eight countries; ‘work’ and ‘home’. most 2,000 different trades. Today there Cons are around 500,000. And in the west, as workers from the previous year. Half of U.S. within the next five years. co-working spaces. recently launching a new model which Can be cramped, requires investment. manufacturing jobs move offshore, the nature households already rely on independent bridges the gap between home-working The garden shed of our work has changed too - with almost work for more than half of their income and it The driving force behind these new ways As of 2015, there were over 2,000 co-working and co-working. WeLive is a work-live space, 80% of the UK economy now made up by the is predicted that half the entire UK workforce of working is undoubtedly technology, spaces in America and all major cities and which they anticipate will make up 21% of will be self-employed by 2020. particularly mobile devices which allow towns in the UK have a number of co-working their total revenue in 2018. Today WeWork is Requirements – dedicated outdoor structure service industry. immediate access to online marketplaces spaces to pick from. These co-working spaces valued at more than $15bn. with power and connectivity. But the way we work is also evolving, albeit at According to a Pew research report, 24% of from anywhere in the world, and global typically offer 24/7 access to a desk, with Pros a slower pace. The eight hour day, beginning Americans have also now participated in the communication via social media. 45% of internet and services provided, on an ongoing Article by Andrew Beattie Well specified, clearer distinction between at 9am and finishing at 5pm, is now over 200 peer-to-peer or sharing economy. “These this target audience already uses personal monthly membership model, giving the Managing Director – Ethos Magazine ‘work’ and ‘home’. Potential to shut-out years old as a way of working, and whilst platforms also allow users to earn money in smartphones for work and 80% use social flexibility to use the space as often or as little distractions. still commonplace for most of the workforce a range of other ways, such as sharing their media as a means of finding work. as you need. possessions with others or selling their used Cons is being eroded by those in the service goods or personal creations,” it says. Jobs As the way we work changes, so have the Such is the demand for co-working spaces, Can be isolating if undertaking for long periods industry, whose hours fit the demand for the on these platforms include taking a task on a places in which we do it. In 2016, many and the confidence in the growth of the of time. service they provide, and increasingly by a digital platform like TaskRabbit; selling items independent workers, particularly those independent workers that use them, that

32 33 transport & technology the future of cars

Why limit yourself to one car?

As we’re gradually moving away from outright car ownership, we’re edging closer to subscription models that allow you to choose what kind of ride you’d like – depending on what you’re doing.

In the, not too distant, future these options will no car be driverless and even arrive at your doorstep = status ready for your day.

We are at the threshold of private cars are stationary a revolution in personal 95% of the time transport, as we move from car ownership to rental to subscription and on demand. With a concurrent investment in public transport infrastructure car autonomy levels explained pop into town (Birmingham Connected)and ever 1 - 5 more effective wayfinding apps*

How we got to The tale of the car industry has always been milestone in September 2016. The Nissan Leaf, The first self-sufficient cars were invented in from photo aluminising powder for road signs, Level 0 date night one of gritty determination, survival, and released in December 2010, is the world’s the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University’s solar roadways, to traffic lights synchronised Automated system has no vehicle control, but autonomous cars reinvention. In other words, it’s the metallic all-time top selling highway-capable electric Navlab and ALV projects in 1984, Mercedes- across a city. may issue warnings. symbol of the American Dream. car, with almost 240,000 units sold worldwide Benz and Bundeswehr University and On September 27th 1908, The Ford Model T through September 2016. It is expected that Munich’s Eureka Prometheus Project in 1987. In 1908, Henry Ford’s Leaping Lena was a Level 1 rolled off the new assembly line at the Ford So how did we get from here to our modern Germany’s automotive industry will produce In August 2012, Google announced that their drive-away success; a technological marvel Driver must be ready to take control at any Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan. hatchbacks, sedans, and Japanese imports? In about 1.3 million electric vehicles in 2021. self-driving car logged 300,000 autonomous of a culture that had yet to go through two time. Automated system may include features It is widely considered the first affordable the fifties, the public became more interested driving miles. It might not sound like much of world wars. But by 1927, despite his attempts such as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), automobile, expanding the travel possibilities in engine power and speed. This decade Following the industry’s long and winding a sample, but it’s a striking contrast with the to cling to the success of the past, the general Parking Assistance with automated steering, of middle-class America, and eventually introduced luxury and the sugar-sweet, ice- journey, the next place it will take us is to 10.8 million reported traffic collisions recorded public grew bored. In fact, colloquially, the and Lane Keeping Assistance (LKA) Type II in gardening supplies the rest of the world. This tiny Tin Lizzie cream toned colour of the Cadillac Eldorado the autonomous car. The advantages here in the United States in 2009. Tesla’s AutoPilot phrase ‘go the way of the Tin Lizzie’ refers any combination. transformed how cars were made. No longer Boughman. Cars like this faded into nostalgia seem obvious: it could lead to a significant project already has two versions; the 7.1 is set to the decline of a popular product, to an handcrafted, Ford’s assembly line made by the time the 1973 oil crisis struck. It meant reduction in road accidents, lower insurance to have an over-air feature and self-parking outdated historical relic that has been Level 2 vehicle fabrication more efficient. stricter rules about emission control, and costs, less congestion on our roads, enhanced capabilities. It seems like every nation is replaced by something new. The automobile The driver is obliged to detect objects and people’s interest shifted from the internal mobility for the elderly and people with revealing plans for this technology, from has travelled a long way since then, becoming events and respond if the automated system By the 1930s, headlights, boots, and fenders combustion engine to electric cars in the wake disabilities, freeing the time spent commuting Apple’s self-driving autonomous car, to the sleeker and faster, but also more globalized, fails to respond properly. The automated were integrated to car design and full closed of the economic crisis of the Reagan/Thatcher hours for work or leisure. The environmental Lutz Pathfinder pod in Milton Keynes. electric, and environmentally friendly. It has system executes accelerating, braking, bodies began to dominate sales. Although administration. Although Thomas Parker built impact alone could be astonishing. Services never been afraid to change direction. The and steering. The automated system can the Great Depression saw the number of the first practical electric car as early as 1884, of the Sharing Economy would lead to an Our roads and highways have the potential self-driving car is the next inevitable gear shift, deactivate immediately upon takeover by the manufacturers crash with the stock market, it interest is always renewed during times of overall reduction in car ownership; less to be as smart and as digital as our tablets and and nobody wants to be the curmudgeon in driver. weekend camping was also the era that brought the Volkswagen financial turmoil. fuel consumption and less air pollution. It mobile phones. Rinspeed made the interior the corner still saying ‘any customer can have Beetle to the national consciousness; a design is an opportunity to seriously reduce the of the electric Tesla Model S with seats that a car painted any colour that he wants, so Level 3 that would be continuously produced for over The modern Electric vehicle renaissance consequences of global warming for the next swivel, tilt and slide into 20 positions, with a long as it is black’. Within known, limited environments (such 60 years. followed the financial crisis of 2008, and the generations. And it’s no longer a special effect wide-screen television and an Italian espresso as freeways), the driver can safely turn their cumulative global sales of highway-capable in a Michael Bay film. maker. Ideas are already underway about Article by Andrew Beattie attention away from driving tasks, but must electric vehicles passed the one million unit what these future motorways should look like, Managing Director – Ethos Magazine still be prepared to take control when needed.

Level 4 Commitment issues *Wayfinding The automated system can control the vehicle in all but a few environments such ikea run Generation Jones (a subset of the Baby 1983 – 2014 saw a drop of 47% in 16-year- Apps such as Citymapper allow you to plot as severe weather. The driver must enable Boomers generation born slightly later – olds with driving licenses. Those aged 20 – 24 your travel routes around the city offering a the automated system only when it is safe to 1955 – 1965) traditionally love their cars. showed a 16% decrease. And for those ages variety of methods to get from A to B. do so. When enabled, driver attention is not Subsequent generations, however, are ending 30 to 34, the decrease has been about 10 required. the affair. percentage points. For example the app lets us know that walking to Birmingham New Street from the centre Level 5 Millenials (b.1980 – 1995) and the generations Several factors have precipitated this drop of Port Loop island would burn 143 calories, Other than setting the destination and after them are not learning to drive in their in licence ownership; living at home longer, cycling would burn 47 – but only take us starting the system, no human intervention droves. A study by the Transportation staying in cities (rather than moving to the 15mins, the cost via Uber would be £6-9 and is required. The automatic system can drive Research Institute at the University of suburbs) the state of the economy and the number 80 bus is every 15mins. to any location where it is legal to drive and Michigan found that in every year examined increasing private and public transport make its own decisions. (1983, 2008, 2011 and 2014), the number of 16 options. Getting around without the reliance – to 44-year-olds with driving licenses in the on a car has become easier for most people. Source USA dropped dramatically. Wikipedia

34 35 docking not parking statement

shelters 01 02 as drop-off points for taxis and deliveries become more commonplace – it’s time to explore design 03 04 opportunities Taxi pickup/ drop-off

Water taxi

2. Car auto- docks

1. Arrive 05 06 home Docking zone

The rise of the bus shelter

With more drop off points and improved transport However, BUS:STOP was not merely a vanity links. the humble transport shelter is something project: Verena Konrad, Director of vai we can take more pride in. Vorarlberger Architektur Institut, noted that – the project was important for “the successful A year in the making, Krumbach in Austria has connection of infrastructure and mobility for the unveiled seven eye-catching bus shelters which rural area.” have turned the world’s gaze on the tiny village. Designed by internationally renowned architects Source Parcel such as Wang Shu, Sou Fujimoto and Smiljan Archdaily drop-off Radic, who worked in collaboration with local BUS:STOP Unveils 7 Unusual Bus Shelters by World architects and craftsmen, the whimsical structures Class Architects will put the village of 1000 residents on the map. By Rory Stott Curator Dietmar Steiner praised the commitment 15 May, 2014 of those involved, saying “the entire project succeeded because it was supported in the most http://www.archdaily.com/506961/bus-stop- generous fashion by more than 200 people. unveils-7-unusual-bus-shelters-by-world-class- 07 architects 01 / Ensamble Studio ” This included the architects, who took up 02 / Smiljan Radic their projects for little more than a free holiday Further reading 03 / Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu in the area and the chance to engage in an http://www.krumbach.at/Bus_Stop_Krumbach/ 04 / Sou Fujimoto 05 / Alexander Brodsky unusual challenge. English 06 / Rintala Eggertsson Architects 07 / Amateur Architecture Studio (Wang Shu)

36 37 60+ the GOLDEN YEARS

by 2028 generation Jones will be well into the retirement zone & the first of generation x will turn 60. What will their needs be?

In an age when data can predict almost selves? Millennial popular neighbourhoods families closer together, which is both good for at 73 as it stands, although the likelihood of anything about the future world we’ll live are commonly defined by a number aspects the youngest and oldest members of society that being put back increases by the day. in, or struggle to live in perhaps, there is like walkability, ease of access to leisure - young people growing up more accepting As a generation they’re likely to still be disappointingly little to find online about the activities, amenities, services and strong of age differences and peoples changing co-working into our 60s and be the first Jetson-style futuristic retirement villages that public transport links. They tend to swap behaviours as they grow old, along with the generation to hear the words, ‘My grandad is you might expect to live in when you throw in out the baby-boomer dreams of picket- opportunity for grandparents to help with an app developer’, or ‘can you ask your Nan the towel on your working life. Searching any fenced gardens and extra bedrooms for childcare to ease parents transition back what programming language she used to variation of terms that contain, ‘millennial’, more compact living spaces - they both own into work, are just a couple of positive connect the kettle to the internet.’ ‘retirement’ or ‘communities’ does however less stuff and eat out more than any other potential outcomes. bring up a lot of articles about how there’s a generation and so space for dining rooms According to a Brookings Institute Study very real possibility that the large majority and a basement full of gym equipment And a look over to Japan shows examples of eighty percent of retirees now still live in of millennials in the west won’t be able to are not priorities. And neither are garages this shift already happening. car-dependent suburbs and rural areas but as afford to retire at all due to their current or driveways for cars. This list of living the spaces millennials choose to live and work spending habits. requirements sounds a lot like you’d find in The ageing mountain community of Shikoku now are social, connected and increasingly yesterdays Florida retirement community in Japan, with a population of 1,700, two walkable, ‘car-dependent’ and ‘rural’ are At present millennials are increasingly brochures, but with the addition of being thirds of which are over 60, has committed to unlikely to be terms featuring in our retirement choosing to live in mixed-use city closer to a major urban centre, and a lack of go zero-waste by 2020 and has built a craft community pamphlets. neighbourhoods with walkable access to work golf carts. beer brewery at the centre of the town not in and leisure - cafe’s, co-working and green an effort to increase its population of young Article by Andrew Beattie spaces - and this shows no signs of abating, The charity 8-80 Cities, works to ‘create safe people, although that seems like a good move Managing Director – Ethos Magazine with 75% of the world expected to live in and happy cities that prioritize people’s well- if you wanted to, but rather as a move to cities by 2050. They work for themselves in being’. The basis of their work is that if a place increase quality of life for its current citizens, increasing numbers and at a higher-rate than is great for an eight-year-old and an 80-year- many of them senior. any generation that’s come before us. They old then it will be great for all people. tend to rent or access products or on demand And they’re probably right. Elsewhere in Japan, the city of Toyama, services over owning them. And they like to with 28% of its 420,000 population already live close to their peers, in neighbourhoods Access to green spaces is perhaps one of the seniors, is also focused on bettering the close to urban centres. most important factors in all of this. Walkable quality of life of residents by improving its access to free to use public green spaces is public transport network and facilities in the And in the middle of all that probably lies the important for both young people and the city centre for all ages, adding a new museum, truth about how we can expect millennials elderly - they are the spaces to play, relax public library and seniors health centre and to live at retirement age - remembering that and meet. Proximity to them is also good for offering subsidies to people to buy homes millennials are also the retirees of 2050. By mental health; with the sensory stimulation of in the redesigned city centre to make the 2037, one in four of them will be over 65 just seeing nature being proven to increase whole place more compact and liveable. And (its one in six at present) and by 2050 the recovery time from illness, and interaction Toyama is proof that all of this works – 98% of population aged 60 or above will, for the first between people reducing loneliness which people born there in 1969 still live there. time, outnumber those aged 15 or under. effects all ages. But a trend of retirees choosing to move to urban areas and out It is of course likely that retirement for But are the places millennials are choosing to of old people’s homes or remote retirement millennials will come much later than any live today, suitable for their future retirement- communities by the coast will also bring other generation – they are expected to retire

38 39 ACtION LISt /

Here’s our ambitious list of aims for Port Loop over the next ten years and beyond.

01 / Love thy neighbourhood 03 / Plant everything 05 / Be green without trying 08 / Live how you like that doesn’t move Descriptive places Energy efficient housing + Superfast connectivity + Avenue and axis + Super-insulated homes + Canal moorings Plants everywhere + Squares + Personalised space usage + Private gardens + Parks Green transport links + Homes that are ready to adapt + Green streets + Carpools to technolgy + Courtyards Intimate places + Cycle routes + Flexible family housing + Linear parks + Communal streets + Walking routes + Canalside apartments + Green walls + Courtyards + Floating allotments + Canal-side Communal facilities – + Hanging gardens + Composting + Pocket wilderness Navigable places + Household swap shop + Water verges 09 / Change when you want + Cycle ways + Bike fleets + Orchard car-parks + Circuits + Electric car charging + DIY schemes Adaptability + Pathways + Canoes + The scheme grows with us as technology Rooms with a view evolves Discoverable places – + Every window must have a substantial view + Reveals of either green space or waterways, all living Expandability + Nooks rooms must have a scenic aspect 06 / Live well by accident + Pre-approved extension, bolt-ons + Secret gardens and re-purposing Sunny disposition – Transport as leisure + Every habitable room must have the + Cycling to work – 02 / Play out ‘til tea prospect of sunlight for 75% of the year and + Walking to town 25% of the day + Canoeing to dinner 10 / Work where you want 0–5 yrs Waterways Safe Haven Circuit training Working + Every resident should be able to access the + No through roads + Island itineraries + Configurable home interior for office waterways – for leisure & transport + Unadopted green streets + Walking the dog + Outdoor space adaptability for garden office + Pedestrian priority + Taking kids to school + Pre-approved planning for live / work space – + Enclosed private gardens & supervised play + Canoeing to work + Co-working hub + Weekend walks + Café culture 5–13 yrs 04 / No more ironing, ever + Studio units Park keepers vs pesky kids Keeping us on the streets + Let them run wild Island Concierge + Sitting out – (as long as Parky doesn’t catch them) + Active management + Soaking it up + Single access point + Subscription services + Island Concierge + Plumbing & electrical Clean air acts + Natural surveillance of communal streets + Cleaning & laundry + Reduce car dependency + Gardening & waste + Home delivery hub 13–18 yrs + Handy-person + No through routes Opportunity for adventure + Wild pockets and green streets Home delivery hub – + Playgrounds and sports-ground + The Port Loop Island home delivery hub + Planned & unplanned activity 07 / Be a native + Whole family events Carpools & swimming pools + Carpool Cultural hubs 18–70 yrs + Self parking docking stations + Gallery Island life/city life + Pick-up and drop-off bays + Restaurant + Free roam + Electric car charging points + Bakery + Water activities for all + Canal-side pub + Easy access to reservoir Make & Mend + Café & coffee + Summer lovin’ + 3D printing hub + Microbrewery + Proximity to the city + Collective workshops + Artist studios + Central parcel collection hub + Collective garage +Markets + Car Pooling + Robovalet and other new technology

70 + yrs Neighbourliness + Retirement perks + Dog walking circuits + Neighbourhood parks + Easy access to the ‘outdoors’ + Pedestrian friendly

Concept and design Miles Falkingham & smilingwolf.co.uk

Additional articles Andrew Beattie ethos-magazine.com

www.port-loop.com