http://www.spatialdesign.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/climate-futures_152.pdf
The provided reading explores the impact of climate change both nationally and globally. Climate change is a significant concern within design. Sustainable resources and materials will be incorporated within my own work, in order to establish an environmentally friendly approach to design.
- Fossil fuels and greenhouse gases lead to climate change, destroying the ozone layer.
- Rise in sea levels, meaning that 100 million people, globally, will need to retreat from coastlines in the near future.
- Climate change introduces a new level of social responsibility because the issues are global and have major long term implications for future generations.
- Dealing with such fundamental changes in a small part of the world takes us into new dimensions and requires a collective social response.
- Fundamentally, the public debate about climate change is not so much about the merits of the science (although this is critical), it is more about values and beliefs.
- We need to identify the barriers to behavioural change, and focus efforts where they are likely to be most efficacious.
Text of personal interest: New Housing Forms for Future New Zealand by Susan Bates, Karen Bayne, and Chris Kane (research into the NaeNae area, the demographic, and heating systems)
http://www.spatialdesign.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FutureHousing_10.pdf
This text explored the future housing in New Zealand in terms of:
- The advent of technology (building forms, functions, changes in materials and building processes may eventuate.
- More mass-produced/factory housing.
- Capability changes within the construction industry.
- Increase in the number of household relative to the population.
- Ageing of population.
- Climate change.
- The need to address the quality of existing housing.
- Regulatory changes to the New Zealand building industry.
Future housing:
- Affordability.
- Customised services.
- Health and safety.
- Comfort and energy efficiency.
- Social responsibility.
- Quality — fit for purpose and high performance.
- Compatibility with denser living requirements.
- Ease of maintenance.
- Environmental performance.
- Adaptability/flexibility of design.
- Ease of (dis)assembly.
- Desirability.
- Self sufficiency in terms of water and energy.
- Resilience to the impacts of climate change.
- Smart technologies.
This text explored the future housing in New Zealand in terms of:
- The advent of technology (building forms, functions, changes in materials and building processes may eventuate.
- More mass-produced/factory housing.
- Capability changes within the construction industry.
- Increase in the number of household relative to the population.
- Ageing of population.
- Climate change.
- The need to address the quality of existing housing.
- Regulatory changes to the New Zealand building industry.
Future housing:
- Affordability.
- Customised services.
- Health and safety.
- Comfort and energy efficiency.
- Social responsibility.
- Quality — fit for purpose and high performance.
- Compatibility with denser living requirements.
- Ease of maintenance.
- Environmental performance.
- Adaptability/flexibility of design.
- Ease of (dis)assembly.
- Desirability.
- Self sufficiency in terms of water and energy.
- Resilience to the impacts of climate change.
- Smart technologies.
Dwelling Size and Residents
Households in Naenae tend to have more residents than averages for Lower Hutt City, or Wellington. In Taita and Naenae overall 18 percent of households (varying from 14 percent in Naenae South to 22 percent in Taita North) had more than four residents; regional and national averages were 11-12 percent of households with more than four residents. The most common households were those with one or two residents.
Households in Naenae tend to have more residents than averages for Lower Hutt City, or Wellington. In Taita and Naenae overall 18 percent of households (varying from 14 percent in Naenae South to 22 percent in Taita North) had more than four residents; regional and national averages were 11-12 percent of households with more than four residents. The most common households were those with one or two residents.
Number of usual residents in households:
Dwelling Heating
Over three-quarters of the dwellings in Naenae and Taita were heated with electricity. Although mains gas is available in much of Taita and Naenae, only 13 percent of dwellings were reported to be heated by gas, which is lower than the regional averages. In contrast, nearly a third of dwellings were reported as heated by bottled gas, a rate greater than regional averages. A recent analysis of the price of heat per kW/hr among common New Zealand heating methods had bottled gas as the most expensive of the tested forms of heating. Just over two percent of dwellings in Naenae and Taita South were reported as not being heated. Electricity was the fuel most commonly used for heating among residents of all tenures. Dwellings owned either by a family trust of the residents, or directly by the residents, were much more likely to report heating through mains gas in Taita and Naenae, than households which rented their dwelling. Dwellings owned by a family trust of the residents had lower reported use of bottled gas than the residents of other major tenure forms. Coal as a fuel was most frequently reported by households renting from Housing New Zealand.
Over three-quarters of the dwellings in Naenae and Taita were heated with electricity. Although mains gas is available in much of Taita and Naenae, only 13 percent of dwellings were reported to be heated by gas, which is lower than the regional averages. In contrast, nearly a third of dwellings were reported as heated by bottled gas, a rate greater than regional averages. A recent analysis of the price of heat per kW/hr among common New Zealand heating methods had bottled gas as the most expensive of the tested forms of heating. Just over two percent of dwellings in Naenae and Taita South were reported as not being heated. Electricity was the fuel most commonly used for heating among residents of all tenures. Dwellings owned either by a family trust of the residents, or directly by the residents, were much more likely to report heating through mains gas in Taita and Naenae, than households which rented their dwelling. Dwellings owned by a family trust of the residents had lower reported use of bottled gas than the residents of other major tenure forms. Coal as a fuel was most frequently reported by households renting from Housing New Zealand.
Heating fuels:
Heating fuels by tenure:
Crime, Safety and Stigma
Many of the informants were concerned, not just with economic poverty, but with lowered intergenerational expectations - the dampening of experience and aspirations that is associated with living in a deprived area. The amount of gang activity, and access to drugs, in the areas was mentioned by a number of informants.
Many of the informants were concerned, not just with economic poverty, but with lowered intergenerational expectations - the dampening of experience and aspirations that is associated with living in a deprived area. The amount of gang activity, and access to drugs, in the areas was mentioned by a number of informants.
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