HOUSING IN THE UK: Further ongoing research - Revision history

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−	* "This interlocking nd restrictive system can be broken apart at a key point by changing one of the fundamental rules of the game — the notional 'life' of the building. Such a lever only becomes valuable, however, if the pressure applied to it can produce the fundamental changes:	+	* "This interlocking and restrictive system can be broken apart at a key point by changing one of the fundamental rules of the game — the notional 'life' of the building. Such a lever only becomes valuable, however, if the pressure applied to it can produce the fundamental changes:

	# "Ability for the individual to match desired mobility to performance.		# "Ability for the individual to match desired mobility to performance.

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	Thus the purpose of this follow-up article is:—		Thus the purpose of this follow-up article is:—

−	* to ~~initiate~~ further ongoing research into housing in the UK.	+	* to enable further ongoing research into housing in the UK.
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	* "After the Second World War a new type of state-subsidized [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House house] appeared in [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Britain Britain]. The two-[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bedroom bedroom] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Temporary temporary] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bungalow bungalow] was produced ostensibly to provide much needed [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing housing] in the immediate post-war period and some 156,623 [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House houses] were [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Supplied supplied] between 1945-1949 as [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Part part] of the scheme. The [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bungalow bungalows] differed from pre-war state-subsidized [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing housing] in a number of ways including their method of [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Construction construction].For the first time in [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Britain Britain] one of the ideals of the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Modern Modern] Movement was realized: a [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House house] was [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Manufactured manufactured] on a production line in a [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Factory factory]."		* "After the Second World War a new type of state-subsidized [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House house] appeared in [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Britain Britain]. The two-[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bedroom bedroom] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Temporary temporary] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bungalow bungalow] was produced ostensibly to provide much needed [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing housing] in the immediate post-war period and some 156,623 [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House houses] were [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Supplied supplied] between 1945-1949 as [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Part part] of the scheme. The [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Bungalow bungalows] differed from pre-war state-subsidized [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing housing] in a number of ways including their method of [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Construction construction].For the first time in [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Britain Britain] one of the ideals of the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Modern Modern] Movement was realized: a [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/House house] was [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Manufactured manufactured] on a production line in a [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Factory factory]."
−	* ('~~Prefabs: A History of the UK~~ [https://~~www~~.~~designingbuildings~~.~~co.uk~~/~~wiki~~/~~Temporary Temporary] [https:~~//~~www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/~~Housing ~~Housing] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Programme~~ Programme]', p.viii)	+	* ('[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wQGFcL0KK0y0U3-wmzENYPVGMS5n9JmG/view Prefabs: A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme]', p.viii)

	Given the infinite regress argument against so-called “permanent" housing built in the UK between 1918 and 1968 it seems rational to take the THP as a starting point for further ongoing research. [1]		Given the infinite regress argument against so-called “permanent" housing built in the UK between 1918 and 1968 it seems rational to take the THP as a starting point for further ongoing research. [1]
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	Ministry of Public Building and Works (1944) '[https://archive.org/details/b32179480/page/50/mode/2up Demonstration Houses: A Short Account of the Demonstration Houses & Flats erected at Northnolt]', HMSO		Ministry of Public Building and Works (1944) '[https://archive.org/details/b32179480/page/50/mode/2up Demonstration Houses: A Short Account of the Demonstration Houses & Flats erected at Northnolt]', HMSO

−	Brenda Vale (1995) '[https://~~archive~~.~~org~~/~~details~~/~~prefabshistoryof0000vale~~ Prefabs: A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme]', ~~archive~~.~~org~~	+	Brenda Vale (1995) '[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wQGFcL0KK0y0U3-wmzENYPVGMS5n9JmG/view Prefabs: A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme]', drive.google.com

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−	~~Thus this next phase of research assumes:—~~	+	In 'Housing in the UK', Norman Fellows identified an infinite regress in housing in the UK from Tudor Walters in 1918 to Parker Morris in 1968.

−	* … that for a variety of reasons the term “temporary” should be re-~~defined as “short life” or “fixed life”.~~	+	However, this follow-up article assumes:—

−	~~In 'Housing~~ in the ~~UK', Norman Fellows identified an infinite regress~~.	+	* ... that the state-sponsored houses (prefabs) built in the Temporary Housing Programme may be described as progressive.

−	~~The~~ purpose of this follow-up article is ~~therefore~~:—	+	Thus the purpose of this follow-up article is:—

−	* to initiate further ongoing research into ~~short life~~ housing in the UK.	+	* to initiate further ongoing research into housing in the UK.
	\|width="50%"\| [[File:Item_26320_-_Progress_graph.png\|[[File:Item_26320_-_Progress_graph.png]]]] • Progress graph, Paddington. Source: Hutton Archive/Getty Images		\|width="50%"\| [[File:Item_26320_-_Progress_graph.png\|[[File:Item_26320_-_Progress_graph.png]]]] • Progress graph, Paddington. Source: Hutton Archive/Getty Images
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	* … that for a variety of reasons the term “temporary” should be re-defined as “short life” or “fixed life”.		* … that for a variety of reasons the term “temporary” should be re-defined as “short life” or “fixed life”.

−	The purpose of this article is therefore:—	+	In 'Housing in the UK', Norman Fellows identified an infinite regress.
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		+	The purpose of this follow-up article is therefore:—

	* to initiate further ongoing research into short life housing in the UK.		* to initiate further ongoing research into short life housing in the UK.
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−	• Progress graph, Paddington. Source: Hutton Archive/Getty Images	+
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	* to initiate further ongoing research into short life housing in the UK.		* to initiate further ongoing research into short life housing in the UK.
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−		+	• Progress graph, Paddington. Source: Hutton Archive/Getty Images
−	• ~~Drawing outlining progression of THP 1944-1949~~. Source: ~~Norman Fellows~~	+
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	== CONCLUSION ==		== CONCLUSION ==

−	~~'Housing in the UK' by Norman Fellows ...~~	+	This article concludes:—

−	In the ~~same investigation of housing~~ in the UK ~~(see AD 9/69)~~ Cedric Price ~~created the [https://www~~.~~designingbuildings~~.co.~~uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK#~~.~~E2.80.A2_1967_SHORT_LIFE_HOUSING_STUDY.E2.80.94U.K. SHORT LIFE HOUSING STUDY—U.K.]~~.	+	* ... that the prefabs built in the UK from 1944 to 1949 as part of the THP were a precedent for Cedric Price's short life housing study UK.
		+	* ... that Cedric Price's short life housing study UK was a precedent for Domestikit.

−	~~The prefabs built in the UK from 1944 to 1949~~ as ~~part of the THP were a precedent for~~ Cedric Price's short life housing ~~study UK~~.	+	However, there is an argument against progressive housing as exemplified by Cedric Price's short life housing and hence Domestikit.

−	~~Thus~~ this article ~~has provided sufficient evidence to support the argument~~:—	+	Therefore this article also concludes:—

−	* ... that Cedric Price's short life housing study was progressive; and	+	* ... that further ongoing research is required.
−	* ... that further ongoing research is ~~needed~~.	+

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	== • DOMESTIKIT ==		== • DOMESTIKIT ==

−	[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/~~Dome Domestikit~~] ~~is a~~ [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/~~Works work] "in [https~~:~~//www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Progress progress~~]~~" started~~ in 1972 with the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/~~Completion completion~~] of [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/~~Housing_Research_by_Cedric_Price Housing Research by~~ Cedric Price].	+	[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Works Work] on [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK Domestikit] began in January 1972 with the publication of the second [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Part part] of the summary by [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Cedric_Price Cedric Price], namely:—

−	{\|	+	* '[https://cedricpricesupplement.wordpress.com/2020/07/01/supplement-no-5/ Housing]'
−	\|	+	* ([https://cedricpricesupplement.wordpress.com/2020/07/01/supplement-no-5/ Cedric Price Supplement No.5], [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/AD:_A_great_little_mag!#.E2.80.A2_AD_1.2F72 AD 1/72], pp.24-29 and 38-43)

−	\|	+	However, the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Title title] was not coined by [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Norman_Fellows Norman Fellows] until October 1972 after a reading of a soliloquy entitled 'I Figure' published in 'Ideas and [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Integrity Integrities]' in 1963 in which [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller Buckminster Fuller] discussed the idea of a "World-Wide [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Dwelling Dwelling] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Services Service]" (p.109).

		+	[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK Domestikit] itself was not actually published by [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Norman_Fellows Norman Fellows] until 10 January 1978 at a meeting with [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Cedric_Price Cedric Price] at [https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/380477/cedric-price-fonds/409704/professional-and-personal-records/411000/38-alfred-place 38 Alfred Place].
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		+	• Selected digitized items from the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Dome Domestikit] [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Catalogue Catalogue] — Source: [https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/by/Domestikit Domestikit on 3D Warehouse]

	For further information see '[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK#PERIOD_THREE:_1972-1977 PERIOD THREE: 1972-1977]', DOMESTIKIT: UK		For further information see '[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK#PERIOD_THREE:_1972-1977 PERIOD THREE: 1972-1977]', DOMESTIKIT: UK

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	# Maximum separation between the housing product and the land upon which it alights, enabling rapid response to greater mobility.		# Maximum separation between the housing product and the land upon which it alights, enabling rapid response to greater mobility.
	# Maximum speed of 'on-site' erection and removal of the housing unit to eliminate as far as possible the loss-making effects to the community of fallow ground caused by development. Mediaeval cultivation must cease.		# Maximum speed of 'on-site' erection and removal of the housing unit to eliminate as far as possible the loss-making effects to the community of fallow ground caused by development. Mediaeval cultivation must cease.
−	# Maximum environmental 'plateau' for each dwelling coupled with minimum time lapse before such a plateau can be up graded by every individual through the selection of a new ~~one'~~.	+	# Maximum environmental 'plateau' for each dwelling coupled with minimum time lapse before such a plateau can be up graded by every individual through the selection of a new model. (see [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing_Research_by_Cedric_Price#Textual_records AD 9/71 p.569])
		+	# If the likely period of occupancy of a dwelling by the same occupier cane be forecast, then it is possible to make some estimate of the frequency of major changes in the function of the dwelling, and to select the materials and equipment of the dwelling in such a way that their life will be expended at times of major functional change or that they can be re-used in a different way or a different dwelling.
		+	# A model has been developed which approximates to the pattern of residential mobility existing in the UK at the present time.

	* (ib. pp. 621-622)		* (ib. pp. 621-622)
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	For further information see '[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK#PERIOD_THREE:_1972-1977 PERIOD THREE: 1972-1977]', DOMESTIKIT: UK		For further information see '[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/DOMESTIKIT:_UK#PERIOD_THREE:_1972-1977 PERIOD THREE: 1972-1977]', DOMESTIKIT: UK

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		+	[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Dome Domestikit] is a [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Works work] "in [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Progress progress]" started in 1972 with the [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Completion completion] of [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing_Research_by_Cedric_Price Housing Research by Cedric Price].
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	== CONCLUSION ==		== CONCLUSION ==