Incremental housing extensions and formal-informal hybridity in London, United Kingdom. Questioning the formal housing imaginaries in the ‘North’

《Incremental housing extensions and formal-informal hybridity in London, United Kingdom. Questioning the formal housing imaginaries in the ‘North’》

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作者: Jakub Galuszka;Anna Wilk-Pham

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.130,P.102692

语言: 英文

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作者单位: Habitat Unit, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany;School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK;Habitat Unit, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany;School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK;Center of Geo-Informatics for Public Security, School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China;Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA;Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo, OH, USA;Department of Building and Real Estate. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing Jiaotong University, No.66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China;WISSENSARCHITEKTUR-Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, TU Dresden, Zellescher Weg 17, BZW-B 009, 01069, Dresden, Germany;Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong;Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041, Bucharest, Romania;Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Zandpoortvest 60, 2800, Mechelen, Belgium;Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, 12800, Czech Republic;Department Geography, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, India;Department Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

摘要: The incremental housing development is rarely discussed in the context of the North. While perceived as a niche modality, its analysis provides a valid opportunity to question the perceptions of local housing markets as fully formal and document the spatial and morphological outcomes of more inconspicuous, long term and decentralised housing processes. This paper fills this gap by analysing obscure yet prevalent processes of backyard extensions in London, United Kingdom. The morphological analysis presented documents this phenomenon's scale and main characteristics through tracing changes in built form using remote sensing imagery between 2003 and 2021. It focuses on changes in the backyards of four residential blocks in four case study areas with varying income levels across the London metropolis. By discussing these transformations in the context of legal ambiguities, densification, and deregulation, we point to the informal/formal hybridity of the local housing market. This nascent study documents that incremental development happens at a rapid pace and scale and occurs across all income levels. In theoretical terms, the paper questions the dichotomic categorisation of informality and formality in a context of a Northern city and points out the benefits of engaging with experiences of incremental development across geographic boundaries.