Terrace Upcycle concept key to solving UK housing crisis

All manner of ideas have been proposed to address the UK housing crisis, but none have so far managed to resolve the multiple issues that have led to that crisis becoming so acute in the first place. Now, Adams+Collingwood Architects have revealed their innovative yet simple concept for transforming the UK’s housing market. The key? Traditional terraced homes.

Since the elegant, desirable townhouses of the 17th century, England has embraced the terraced house in all its forms. It is this quintessentially English property that is at the heart of Adams+Collingwood Architects’ Terrace Upcycle concept.

Using a simple set of design rules, the Terrace Upcycle strategy creates two homes where previously there was one. It addresses not just the basic issue of the housing crisis (there not being enough homes) but also the issue of developments encroaching upon green belt land and the increasingly importance to focus on developing more homes as sustainably as possible.