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Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments - jcubav - 10-04-2017 Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments [attachment=1000] Introduction Apartments 1 are becoming an increasingly popular form of dwelling in urban areas. There are a number of reasons for this trend, including the impact of both the urban renewal measures promoted by this Department since 1986 and of the Residential Density Guidelines issued in 1999, as well as smaller average household sizes. The primary aim of these guidelines is to promote sustainable urban housing, by ensuring that the design and layout of new apartments will provide satisfactory accommodation for a variety of household types and sizes including families with children 2 - over the medium to long term. The guidelines are intended to replace the Guidelines on Residential Developments in Urban Renewal Designated Tax Incentive Areas published by the Department in 1995. Those guidelines were framed in the context of Section 47 of the Finance Act 1994 which required that a house or apartment in a designated urban renewal area would not qualify for residential tax incentives unless it complied with the minimum standards set out in the guidelines. In the absence of any guidelines with wider applicability, the 1995 standards were referred to in the 1999 Residential Density Guidelines. There is no longer any valid reason why the scope of guidelines on apartment standards should be confined to urban renewal areas. Moreover, there has been a general trend towards larger average apartment sizes over the past decade. A number of urban development plans, together with Planning Schemes in Dublin Docklands and in Adamstown in South Dublin, now specify minimum floor areas for apartments which are significantly higher than those contained in the 1995 guidelines. Recommended Internal Design Standards The research study commissioned by the Department indicates a general need to increase the minimum floor areas as originally specified in the 1995 guidelines, particularly with a view to meeting the space and amenity needs of families who choose to live in apartments. Accordingly, the Appendix to this document outlines the recommended minimum space standards and dimensions for apartments. However, even with these increased recommended space standards, it would not be in the interests of sustainable development if all apartments barely met those standards. Accordingly, both planning authorities and developers should take appropriate steps to ensure that a significant proportion of apartments in a proposed scheme exceed the minimum standards. Shared circulation areas Shared circulation areas should be well lit, preferably with some natural light and ventilation. The apartment building should be navigable by all users, including people with buggies. Internal corridors should be kept as short as possible, with good visibility along their length. Acoustic wall and ceiling treatments should be considered. Entrances to apartment buildings should be clearly identified and welcoming; hallways should not be unduly narrow. RE: Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments - JeevanKumar - 12-31-2018 Thanks a lot |