Public Amenity
Public Landscaped Amenity Space
Entrances
Public Hardscaped Amenity Space
Private Amenity Space (Back-gardens)
Figure 12: Map of the sites amenity provision and entrance. Source: Authors Own adapted from maps obtained from EDINA Digimap Service
Around the time of designing Someford Grove gibbered was starting to formulate his ideas around combining landscape architecture and street design into the one discipline that he called Town design. Gibbered Began to understand that his concerns regarding the space between the building differed him from his contemporaries.37 Upset with the current modernist discord which he believed had little consideration for the domain beyond the building facade. "The architect regarding his building as being an abstract composition with an existence independent of its surroundings”.38 He put this down to an increasingly introverted and specialised profession that had little interest in disciplines outside of pure architecture.
greater importance on how elements of the built environment complemented and related to each other than there individual form. This picturesque approach diverts from the functionalism of modernism, believing all elements must not only function but should collectively create an aesthetically satisfying composition. Gibberd's consideration of all elements of the site and how they relate to each other can be seen through the level of detail and thought given to the interstitial space and amenity provision the at Somerford grove. The paving an often overlooked element is given as much consideration as the composition of the facades of the buildings. Coined floorscapes they consisting of a mix of different materials and patterns used to define space and provide “contrast” and “interest”.40 The paving in front of the terraces notable for having a dialogue with the adjacent facades, through its composition (fig 13 & 14).41
Gibbered believed all elements that composed of the built environment should be considered collectively when designing, be it the paving, a tree, lamppost or the building itself, they all equally contribute to how we perceived the built environment and therefore required the same level of attention. Instead of designing a building as a complete and independent architectural composition to then be related to a site, Gibbered believed in designing the full composition what he referred to as the "urban scene".39 Placing
Shared facilities such as bin stores, often regarded as utilitarian aspects are not seen as purely functional, equal consideration given to there aesthetic contribution to the urban ensemble. The flatted houses (Type C) Bin stores have wooden barn-like doors referencing the traditional 10
