Housing Management and Spatial Composition of Brentham Garden Suburb, London

Study on British Co-partnership Housing in the Cradle Period

Abstract

IN THIS PAPER, WE ANALYZED THE CONCEPT OF SO-CALLED CO-PARTNERSHIP HOUSING INVENTED BY HENRY VIVIAN(1868-1930) AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY, BY PICKING UP THE BRENTHAM GARDEN SUBURB, WEST LONDON AS THE FIRST INNOVATIVE EXAMPLE. CHARACTERISTICS OF VIVIAN'S CONCEPTS ARE SUMMARIZED SUCH AS COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO HOUSING FOR THE ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION AND DWELLER'S PARTICIPATION TO THE WHOLE HOUSING PROCESS FROM PLANNING, BUILDING TO MANAGEMENT. AND VIVIAN'S APPROACH IS HIGHLY EVALUATED FROM THE RECENT THIRD WORLD HOUSING SITUATIONS.