Homes fit for future generations

Green, Edmund ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-3480, Lannon, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4677-7184 and Wilkins, Chris 2022. Homes fit for future generations. Presented at: SEEDS international conference, Bristol, UK, 31 August - 02 September 2022.

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Abstract

The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (WFGA, 2016) was developed in parallel with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This unique piece of legislation requires that all Welsh public bodies think longer term in their decision-making, by working together with people and their communities “to create a Wales that we all want to live in, now and in the future.” (WFGA_The Essentials, 2015) The Homes for Future Generations (HFFG) project (2020-2021) investigated how the seven goals enshrined in WFGA can be applied to deliver sustainable housing in Wales, “without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). To achieve this aim, six architectural practices each designed a housing case study that complies with WFGA. The case studies were connected by a shared set of emerging guiding principles (one for each WFGA goal) and a single masterplan. These principles were tested and refined through the design process. This paper articulates key lessons learnt through the HFFG project. The seven guiding principles are explained, with reference to seven themed essays that were developed in response to the design work. The paper describes potential benefits of compliance with WFGA (and, by implication, the UN SDGs). The paper also identifies and challenges key barriers that currently limit application of the WFGA goals to new housing. Conclusions drawn have relevance to planners and policy makers, designers and constructors, and to future owners and occupiers.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Schools > Architecture
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 October 2025
Date of Acceptance:	16 June 2022
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2025 02:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181885

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