Research Themes
Key People:
Designers
Politicians
Architecture:
Landscape +
Amenity:
All 6 of the case studies have strong links to modernism. Architects designed high rise tower blocks to facilitate affordable housing in high densities. In order to situate these blocks within their setting they were designed to either sit amongst other buildings to create a mixed density scheme and utilised different landscaping techniques.
A key research theme across the 6 case studies was landscape and amenity. The planning and design of social housing landscapes was an important consideration for the lives of residents and designed landscapes from this period are now of historic interest to the landscape architecture profession and British post-war landscape heritage. The design of some of these landscapes were successful, appreciated and well-cared for. However many of the landscapes have been neglected or completely removed due to being misunderstood, misused, or unmanaged.