How can we redesign housing for a sustainable future?

00:00:02:06 - 00:00:05:10 We need to bring back dignity, to how we all live. 00:00:05:23 - 00:00:09:12 Climate change, population growth and urbanization converge 00:00:09:12 - 00:00:13:07 to create unprecedented human displacement and economic disruption. 00:00:13:18 - 00:00:17:14 Current housing approaches are inadequate for the scale of challenges ahead, 00:00:17:21 - 00:00:21:09 making the transition to sustainable and resilient housing 00:00:21:16 - 00:00:25:18 not just beneficial, but essential in building for an uncertain future. 00:00:26:06 - 00:00:29:08 Housing is increasingly recognized as a basic human right. 00:00:29:09 - 00:00:34:06 Yet more than 10,000 citizens from around the world, surveyed as part of FDA's 00:00:34:06 - 00:00:38:20 Crossroads Research, rated housing affordability as a significant concern. 00:00:39:10 - 00:00:43:02 Creating sustainable and affordable housing solutions is key. 00:00:43:10 - 00:00:45:13 how do we build these communities? 00:00:45:13 - 00:00:49:06 How do we make it sustainable and more resilient? 00:00:53:04 - 00:00:55:13 The UAE and the Middle East, 00:00:55:13 - 00:00:58:05 it's young, but it's also aging. 00:00:58:05 - 00:01:01:02 So we're looking at quite aggressively into asset transition 00:01:01:02 - 00:01:04:07 and solving the housing issues, the housing crisis. 00:01:04:17 - 00:01:07:04 We have very high density housing. 00:01:07:04 - 00:01:09:22 And we've got very, very low density housing. 00:01:09:22 - 00:01:13:00 And the medium density housing is completely missing from the market. 00:01:13:10 - 00:01:18:09 So looking at assets our clients own, and they don't know what to do with them next. 00:01:18:15 - 00:01:21:07 And we are helping them solve those challenges 00:01:21:07 - 00:01:24:11 We need to bring back dignity, to how we all live 00:01:24:23 - 00:01:29:17 just because it's a new place, you know, in this booming area 00:01:30:02 - 00:01:33:14 that we should create boxes, sell as many apartments as we can. 00:01:33:18 - 00:01:38:18 is it really livable, or is it like a little room that's worth 1.5 million? 00:01:39:21 - 00:01:41:04 New models and materials 00:01:41:04 - 00:01:45:00 are emerging to help tackle housing accessibility and affordability. 00:01:45:01 - 00:01:46:01 Head on. 00:01:46:01 - 00:01:49:13 Additionally, Build to Rent offers tenants the flexibility 00:01:49:13 - 00:01:52:12 of renting with the security of long term tenure. 00:01:52:13 - 00:01:56:21 Reimagination and design of existing social and affordable assets 00:01:56:21 - 00:01:59:07 create mixed use communities. 00:01:59:07 - 00:02:04:00 So the designs you're creating and shaping and building today. 00:02:04:23 - 00:02:07:20 How long? What's the design life for a home these days? 00:02:07:20 - 00:02:13:07 Well, technically, it should be around, 40 years, but I don't see that happening 00:02:13:16 - 00:02:17:17 because 20 years and you're like, oh, I don't think it's time for a refresh. 00:02:17:17 - 00:02:18:03 Yeah. 00:02:18:03 - 00:02:21:15 So you just knock it down, which is not the way that I want it to be. 00:02:21:21 - 00:02:22:14 Yeah. 00:02:22:14 - 00:02:26:02 if we start thinking our buildings in a circular way, we start designing it 00:02:26:02 - 00:02:26:13 that way. 00:02:26:13 - 00:02:29:16 So we start to disassemble our building rather than knock it down. 00:02:30:00 - 00:02:34:13 So bringing all those concepts in, currently, so that we have something 00:02:34:13 - 00:02:37:13 that we can flexibly work with in the future as well. 00:02:37:13 - 00:02:41:11 obviously the earlier you start and start contemplating dismantling the building 00:02:41:11 - 00:02:45:15 in next life for it, and building that into the design process, the greater 00:02:45:15 - 00:02:48:18 the chance that's going to happen cost effectively. 00:02:49:02 - 00:02:52:05 There's rising awareness of how infrastructure and land 00:02:52:05 - 00:02:56:21 can be repurposed to deliver economic, environmental and social value. 00:02:57:10 - 00:03:00:06 when we talk about buildings, we're just not talking about the facade 00:03:00:06 - 00:03:03:03 and how we do it, but everything around it as well. 00:03:03:03 - 00:03:06:23 So the integrated and holistic idea on how we build it 00:03:06:23 - 00:03:13:02 Housing is a key contributor to the fabric of any city, suburb, regional, town or rural community. 00:03:13:14 - 00:03:17:09 As communities face unprecedented challenges brought about by climate 00:03:17:09 - 00:03:21:21 change, societal divide, urbanization, and technological advancement. 00:03:22:07 - 00:03:25:03 Decisions amade today shape future generations.