Handbook of Urban Landscape by Cliff Tandy (Eds.)

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It is thus '. . quite futile to talk about housing standards and costs in terms of architecture and building without relating them to the basic background of housing finance and to standards of living generally. . 05 In 1963 Lewis Womersley reported the detail breakdown of the economic rent of a throe-bedroom house, with 6 per cent interest rates and GO year repayment period as follows: Interest payments . 53 per cent Cost of building . 17 per cent Land . .. 3 per cent Rates . .. . 15 per cent Maintenance .

They minimise reusable waste by adapting from one system to another the waste products of the former, these in turn become the raw material for the next. This should bo the guiding principle for urban residential renewal; reuse of existing social and physical fabric— through conservation and rehabilitation—being added to new development as interdependent parts of the same system 4. As Habraken remarks 'there is a need for housing which can become old without being outdated and to remain modern without losing its history*.

In dealing with a large organisation it is helpful to have a 'liaison officer' formally made responsible for external wrorks Client's brief One is fortunate if the briefing comes through another professional, as some definite guidance may then be expected. If not, then brief might bo negligible. Apart from specific uses (eg sports pitches, car parks) clients are notoriously vague about their need for, and use of, oxternal space. In the majority of jobs the architect may have to write his own brief Client's interest in site: Once type of client has been established, client's interest irrsite may be determined: absentee landlord Investment interest only owner occupier Direct user and financial interest tenant Temporary user interest owner Client's financial capacity Determine at early stage whether client has financial capacity and intention to adequately finance project.

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