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ACADEMIC RESEARCH
For a summary of current space syntax research see:
The Common Language of Space,
by Professor Bill Hillier.
Urban Quality: A Common Method Built Through
Comparation and Coordination
Alfa Programme
European Commission
Directorate General I - External Economic Relations
Directorate for Latin America
Participating Institutions
Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Lead Partner)
University College London, England
Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Alfa Programme is an EEC exchange programme between universities
of the European Union and of Latin America. The objectives of the programme
is the structural improvement of higher education by allowing researchers
in Europe and Latin America the opportunity to meet and devise common
research goals, identify potential projects of cooperation, conduct
preliminary activities with regards to the mobility of researchers,
especially postgraduates.
The purpose of bringing together the particular forms of expertise available
at these participating institutions is to identify and devise the objectives
of a future collaborative research project in the field of environmental
studies. In order to achieve this the participating institutions will
take part in three meetings over the next three months to present methodologies,
the examination of case studies and to set the final research proposal
to the EEC.
Dates of Alfa Programme Meetings
12-16 December 1998 in Sao Paul, Brazil
20-25 January 1999 in London, England (tentative)
27-31 January 1999 in Milan, Italy (tentative)
PROFILING THE HOUSING STOCK FOR OLDER PEOPLE: the transition from domesticity
to caring
Research supported by the EPSRC's Extending Quality Life (EQUAL) in
the Built Environment Initiative in the Engineering for Infrastructure,
Environment and Healthcare Programme
Research Aim
This is to develop a method for profiling the full spectrum of the housing
stock for older people that will replace the outmoded categories currently
used by UK local and planning authorities. The new classification will
be based on primary research in 120 residential settings in 6 localities
in 2 regions of the country. The objectives will be first to build a
broad regional population study and picture of the housing stock for
older people, second to derive a prototype classification from the literature
and previous research by the co-investigators and third, to test the
value of the new descriptors in characterising the range of housing
and domicilliary care options that are available by applying the new
classification and profile to the 120 representative residential settings
in the 2 regions. The validity of the new classification will then be
further tested by a detailed ethnography of 60 older people who are
considering a move to change their current residential and care regime.
Sampling will be taken within a transect through the South-East of England
from East Anglia through Central London to Dorset and through the North-West
of England from the Fylde coast through Merseyside and Greater Manchester
to rural Cheshire. The project will run from April 1998 to March 2000.
Research Objective
To produce a new classification for housing for older people which:
moves from a provider description to a consumer description
profiles the range of domestic settings found in practice
harmonises the descriptors across all the housing sectors for older
people
covers key quality of life variables
accurately describes the space standards, standards of mobility and
range of functions served
harmonises descriptions of domicilliary care and health packages provided
incorporates a measure of 'value for money'
Beneficiaries
The profile will provide information which is accessible and in a format
which informs decision-making and judgement by the providers, purchasers
managers , regulators and end-users of mainstream and specialised housing
for older people. It will be useful to all who are involved in the delivery
or receipt of housing and care in later life. It may provide the basis
for future self-regulation and it should enable older residents to develop
a better understanding of the buildings they live in. It is envisaged
that the profile will equally apply to housing for other special needs
groups.
Keywords
older people's housing, classification, profile, quality of life variables,
value for money, domesticity, home
Co-investigators
Ms. Leonie Kellaher, Director of the Centre for Environmental and Social
Studies in Ageing, University of North London
Professor Mike Rowlands, Department of Anthropology, University College
London.
For further details please contact:
Dr. Julienne Hanson
The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
(Torrington Place Site)
University College London
Gower Street
LONDON WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
tel +44 (0) 171 391 1740
fax +44 (0) 171 813 4363
e.mail: j.hanson@ucl.ac.uk
SANTIAGO DE CHILE: A Research Project Into The Role Of Spatial Configuration
In Neighbourhood Consolidation And The Quality Of Urban Life
Summary
Rapid urbanisation in Santiago has led to a large
number of informal settlements on the periphery of the city which from
an initial common origin, now exhibit very different degrees of social
and physical consolidation. This on-going joint research project addresses
the extent to which the spatial configuration of these settlements has
an effect on the level of household and neighbourhood consolidation.
The method of configurational analysis known as Space Syntax is used
to model the spatial structure of Santiago allowing differences in the
spatial configuration between urban areas and between individual settlements
to be quantified and correlated to economic and social indices of consolidation.
At the macro level of the city as a whole the spatial model has been
correlated with social and demographic data from the 34 metropolitan
districts. At the micro level, a pilot study has related the model to
observation data on space use in a peripheral settlement. In the further
course of the research, the model will be related to questionnaire data
on the consolidation of informal settlements that were legalised through
the 'Sites and Services Programme'. By exploring the relationship between
the social indicators and the spatial variables provided by the configurational
model, an attempt will be made to isolate the role of urban spatial
structure in the process of neighbourhood consolidation and the quality
of urban life.
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
For
details on application and admisssion procedure please see the Bartlett
Graduate School's website: Research Degree (MPhil and PhD) Programme.
For more information contact:
Anne Pink
Postgraduate Clerk
The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
(1-19 Torrington Place)
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
tel +44 (0) 171 391 1738
fax +44 (0) 171 916 1887
e-mail: a.pink@ucl.ac.uk
LIST OF RECENT PH.D. STUDENTS
PhD in Architecture 1997-98
Supervisor: Professor Bill Hillier
Full-time Students
Shu, Simon
Gebauer-Munoz, Maria
Huang, Hsu
Amorim, Luiz
Al-Sayyed, Waleed
Paksukcharern, Khaisri
Martinez, Maximo
Kasemsook, Api
Campos, Beatriz
Conroy, Ruth
Courti, Assimina-Mina
Part-time Students
Mark David Major
Supervisor: Dr Julienne Hanson
Full-time Students
Suvanajata, Rapit
Tansukanun, Pranom
Supsook, Sarayut
Dufaux, Francois
Ahn, Jung Hyun
Hadjichristou, Christos
Part-time Students
Butler, Gary
Adeokun, Cynthia
Ekundayo, Folake
Supervisor: Alan Penn
Full-time Students
Kim, Young Ook
Zhou, Catherine
Desyllas, Jake
Hossain, Nasreen
Spiliopoulou, Georgia
Vaughan, Laura
Part-time Students
Stellakis, Emmanual
Matthews, Andrew
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