Best Practice Design and Planning Guidelines for Family-Friendly Apartments

In the context of planning moves to densify Australian cities, an apartment building boom attracting many families with children, and a regulatory regime which ignored the design challenges posed by this cohort, a mismatch has emerged between apartment design policy and the needs of families. This p...

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Published in:Urban policy and research 2023-04, Vol.41 (2), p.164-181
Main Authors: Andrews, Fiona, Tucker, Richard, Johnson, Louise, Palmer, Jasmine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apartments
Australia
Best practice
children
Density
design
Families & family life
family-friendly
guidelines
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Summary:In the context of planning moves to densify Australian cities, an apartment building boom attracting many families with children, and a regulatory regime which ignored the design challenges posed by this cohort, a mismatch has emerged between apartment design policy and the needs of families. This paper reports on research exploring how Australia and other countries transitioning to high-density living could provide more child-friendly apartment design guidelines. The unmet needs of families in apartments highlighted in the international literature was synthesised with international good-practice to inform recommendations for family-friendly apartment design guidelines. These best-practice recommendations have Australian and international application.
ISSN:0811-1146
1476-7244
DOI:10.1080/08111146.2022.2146669