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Introduction
This piece explores a sample of housing formed around courtyards, into
clusters, or otherwise composed as groups. This second of seven in our
typologies series looks at the role of contemporary grouped forms of housing
in urban and rural settings. Illustrated by mapping, photography and scale
drawings, our aim is to show the linkage between design of the house and
the place of which it forms a part.
The farm steading and urban court continue to provide models for composing
and grouping contemporary housing. These are tried and tested adaptations
to Scottish social, climatic and topographic conditions, whether in urban,
coastal or rural contexts. Combining shelter and enclosure with common
outdoor space; housing in clusters can contribute to meeting local policy
objectives for townscape and sustainable design.
^ Courtyard in Shoregate, Crail, East Neuk, Here we illustrate built examples where architects and urban designers have
Fife sought to reconcile contemporary living with the wider roles and functions of
(image: SwaloPhoto, CC BY-NC 2.0) the individual house that are integral to placemaking.
1. Economic Value
• an efficient and economic use of land through common
driveways
• eliminating the need for large front gardens
2. Townscape Value
• visually containing car parking off-street
• providing street enclosure
• synergy with indigenous architecture and townscape models
3. Cultural Value
• creating secure and sheltered living environment
• creating small neighbourly groups
• providing domestic scaled outdoor space
• providing supervised space for children to play
4. Environmental Value
• providing climatic shelter
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Muirhouses Square,
Bo’ness
An enlarged courtyard grouping of
housing overlooking and activating a
popular local garden that is well used by
immediate and surrounding residents.
The square is organized as a home
zone where pedestrian use is prioritised
through a shared surface; where visitor
parking is integrated and where the
space is animated by street trees, a
distinctive tiled wall and public seating.
Credits
Design: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Images: A&DS
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Credits
Design: Gaia Group
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Carriden Place, Bo’ness
Groupings of three or four houses are
arranged around shared parking courts.
This format serves the dual purpose of
containing the visibility of car parking
whilst keeping street proportions narrow
and enclosed, which contributes to
changing driver perceptions and is
consistent with indigenous streetscapes.
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