BIMBY - Choosing popular local building types

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Identify what materials and design features are vital to the character of your area
Share ideas and photographs of features and elements liked by the group
Draw together what your group would like the buildings/houses in any new development to ultimately look like

Identifying what makes your area unique using our ‘5 essential qualities of place’ matrix
Finding and rating local building/house types
Identifying local building elements and materials

You’ll need to brief people in advance of the workshop to gather photos and come prepared with ideas.

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Where

In a public space with large tables to work on, good natural lighting, overhead lights or power outlets for desk lamps, wall space suitable to stick worksheets up, projector/screen and laptop for presentation/s and Google Earth.
When

This should be a day-long event, preferably a Saturday say, 10 am - 4 pm but with a week allowed for preparation of material in people’s own time.
Who

Everyone who has been involved in the BIMBY process so far –those who came to Workshop 1 and any others that have expressed an interest. The more people involved, the more the BIMBY manual will represent what your community wants.
How

Make sure the meeting is well publicised so that everyone is aware of it. You’ll need to organise people before the meeting so that everyone comes prepared with what is needed.

Things you will need