The thesis proposal looks at how developer lead housing in the UK is proving unsuccessful, with little supporting infrastructure being built alongside new homes and how this does not support communities. In Britain people often aspire to the low-rise garden plot with space around them yet this method is becoming unsustainable and without supporting infrastructure communities can become individualistic with people not even knowing their neighbour. The housing crisis is meaning that more young people are staying in the family home for longer and elderly people are choosing to move back in with their children. Multi-generational and co-housing schemes offer self-contained homes with shared community spaces where residents can join together, share activities and have access to amenities that may not be available to them through traditional housing. By changing the boundaries of public and private, spaces are becoming more flexible, offering more facilities and focusing on the community. The scheme hopes to offer multiple housing types suited to different demographics and integrate the wider community by creating links and pathways from housing developments to the high-street using high-rise, high-density housing. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic people are realising how important social interactions are in everyday life and this may alter the way we design in the future. The future of housing has been considered throughout the design process, with the scheme utilising an unused infill site to create an entire new community of people situated around the existing bowling green.
