Creating an attractive high density development building

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Lancaster City Council development competition to fundamentally improve the quality of the housing stock in Morecambe’s, which suffered a complex set of social issues, including a transient population, high crime rates and benefit dependency based in buildings in multiple occupation, poor quality large properties formerly used as guesthouses.
Place for people in Morecambe’s have responded with an innovative solution to this seaside location, which works with the existing street network and tackles the sometimes difficult interaction between public and private space by taking most of the private space to roof terrace and creating a block pattern of single aspect dwellings. Nearly all properties have a private courtyard which includes services, refuse, storage, and cycle parking leading to their own front door, spacious home and private roof terrace. All homes have an allocated on street parking space viewed directly from adjacent, whilst two pocket parks create a community focus and promote social interaction.

Creating an attractive high density development building