Friday, 14 May 2021, 6:21 am
Unitec School of Architecture Senior Lecturer Dr David
Turner is calling for better oversight of Auckland’s
housing design to ensure developments improve housing supply
while maintaining privacy and social amenities.
In an
article published in the architectural journal Asylum last
month, Dr Turner says that regulations under the 2016
Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) have permitted housing
developments that don’t meet the standard needed for
higher density urban housing.
The AUP’s goals are to
intensify housing within the city, with the new rules
reducing earlier minimum site sizes, set-backs and external
space, and increasing allowable building heights.