Sustainable region development vision
Oxford - Cambridge corridor, United Kingdom. Virtual workshop.
Researched by: Matan Golan
Natalie Deimel
Laurence Evans
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Graphics by: Matan Golan
The Oxford Cambridge corridor is intended for future development of 37,000 housing units. This process is the first step on a wider planning, perhaps - region regeneration of the settlement and open space strip which is stretching between the cities of Oxford and Cambridge. This vast development was seen as an opportunity by the British government to create a debate among planners for idyllic visionary settlement scheme, that could be implemented in other regions in the UK. This futuristic precipitation aims to create urban strips which hold within them great open green and agricultural spaces while allowing people to enjoy modern life and influences of the global economy.
When approaching the area, we aimed to first survey the current conditions within it, in order to create a suggestion rising from the bottom and not forced on the region. The first diagram shows the built areas within the region. We can gradual aggravation, becoming less dense as getting farther from the global city of London. Around the two major the cities in the region, Oxford and Cambridge, and the town of Milford-Kenys we witness an increase in the density of the independent settlements. Although all settlement appears in the same morphological way, a key point is understanding that each polygon (or settlement) has a unique character, unique cultural and social patterns. This should be understood and respected when aiming to increase housing unit within the region. Housing, should not be seen as a technical step, rather but as a complex increment of the economic and social capacity of a settlement. Planners should survey the living rhyme of a settlement, understanding, if it’s capacity, can absorb more housing units - increment of individuals in its community.