Rethinking Housing: Flexibility, Affordability, & Social Value with Félicie Krikler

In this episode, Paul is joined by Félicie Krikler of Barr Gazeta. She and Paul discuss
changing the way buildings are designed to make them easier to repurpose and the idea of
making tried and tested, cost effective home designs that work for most sites that are highly
likely to pass planning available for builders.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Reworking our existing buildings makes sense. Félicie provides examples that
  demonstrate what works and what doesn´t.
• Designing buildings in a way that makes them easy to repurpose is desirable.
• Repurposing is a balancing act between cost effectiveness, embodied carbon and
  planning gain.
• Collaboration is key to repurposing.
• Prioritising quality of life for residents is an important component of any successful
  development.
• Build to rent is genuinely making housing more affordable.
• The cost of building a 40 sq. meter property is 20% lower than for a 50 sq. meter
  one. Far more affordable for buyers or tenants.

BEST MOMENTS
“We are in a time where buildings should be viewed in a flexible way.”
“We were looking at a construction system that could be accommodating for a number of
different uses.”
“As architects, our projects don´t end on the day of completion…our responsibility lasts
throughout the whole life of the building that impacts people´s lives.”
“More and more there’s a realisation of the importance of social value.”

EPISODE RESOURCES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/f%C3%A9licie-krikler-37945350
https://barrgazetas.com
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/good-homes-for-all-why-we-are-showcasing-20-of-
the-nations-best-housing-schemes

ABOUT THE HOST 
Paul Higgs is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor with 40+ years' experience
in land, planning and development and a 100% success track record in winning planning
consents.
Paul undertook his first refurb project when he was just 17 and then worked his way up from
labouring on building sites to becoming Head of Land for renowned plc housebuilder, Barratt
Developments. He managed to escape the corporate world in 2002 to set up what is now a
multimillion-pound award-winning property development company, Millbank Group.
In 2013 Paul founded the Millbank Land Academy, the UK’s first training company dedicated
to property development; to teach established and aspiring developers the insider secrets
the big housebuilders don’t want you to know! 
Paul is also a founding investor and former board director of the industry-leading PropTech
Co, LandTech, and has lectured on Advanced Development Valuations on the MSc Property
Development at London South Bank University.
 
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