Design Buy Build Issue 16 2015 | Page 40

Woodview Mews Geraghty Taylor Architects T he unique Livinhome design has flexibility at its core and can be easily customised using different designs and layouts to reflect personal choice and life changes. There are a number of standard layouts onto which a range of exteriors and interiors can be fitted, reflecting the owners’ design / life choices. Flexibility and adaptability: Livinhome allows alterations and additions to accommodate different life patterns and lifecycles. It can also change its use to adapt to an evolving urban or commercial context. The three principle plan layouts are easily modified to create a range of alternative accommodation arrangements. Its flexibility allows for change to occur with minimum physical intervention resulting in an increase in the ability of individuals and communities to recycle and re-use their housing assets. Density and urban form: Livinhome offers low-rise, high density housing that maintains a good relationship with street. The design is transferable, scalable and is suitable for single houses through to urban blocks. 040