A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This handbook for architects, developers, housing agencies, and community groups addresses the problem of security in residential environments in the initial stages of the design and planning process. The incorporation of security measures into the initial design of housing requires an understanding of many factors: the security needs of different types of resident groups, the use each group makes of its respective home environment, the capacity of each group to contribute to its own security, the building types available to answer the needs of different groups at different densities, the design options possible in site planning, and how all these interact to maximize residents' control of their living environment. This handbook examines how these different social, physical, managerial, and economic factors combine to produce secure housing. It also examines security hardware requirements and building and site plan configurations that produce the most effective and economical use of security personnel. Defensible space design enables residents to become the critical force in providing their own security. By creating housing projects that are defensible, architects can facilitate residents' adoption of those territorial attitudes and policing measures which are the strongest deterrents to criminal and vandal activity. The following factors help promote territorial attitudes and resident policing: designing housing developments in which dwelling units are grouped to facilitate associations of mutual benefit, delineating areas of particular functions, clearly defining paths of movement, defining outdoor areas of activity for particular users through their juxtaposition with interior living areas, and providing inhabitants with natural opportunities for the continued visual surveillance of the public areas.
This handbook for architects, developers, housing agencies, and community groups addresses the problem of security in residential environments in the initial stages of the design and planning process. The incorporation of security measures into the initial design of housing requires an understanding of many factors: the security needs of different types of resident groups, the use each group makes of its respective home environment, the capacity of each group to contribute to its own security, the building types available to answer the needs of different groups at different densities, the design options possible in site planning, and how all these interact to maximize residents' control of their living environment. This handbook examines how these different social, physical, managerial, and economic factors combine to produce secure housing. It also examines security hardware requirements and building and site plan configurations that produce the most effective and economical use of security personnel. Defensible space design enables residents to become the critical force in providing their own security. By creating housing projects that are defensible, architects can facilitate residents' adoption of those territorial attitudes and policing measures which are the strongest deterrents to criminal and vandal activity. The following factors help promote territorial attitudes and resident policing: designing housing developments in which dwelling units are grouped to facilitate associations of mutual benefit, delineating areas of particular functions, clearly defining paths of movement, defining outdoor areas of activity for particular users through their juxtaposition with interior living areas, and providing inhabitants with natural opportunities for the continued visual surveillance of the public areas.
Design Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space
O. Newman (author)
1975
213 pages
Report
No indication
English
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