+Home responds, not to the drive for profit, or the fantasy of the designer, but to the needs of people.
The Design Council, as part of the Home of 2030 competition, engaged with people across the country to find out what people really wanted.
This resulted in a 20-point people’s manifesto, a vision for the home of 2030, which starts with homes that work, and that are easy and affordable to run.
It made clear that people want to be involved in the design of their homes, to have a nice home, not an identikit home, and to be able to fix and adapt them easily themselves.
They want homes that are good for the climate and good for their health. Homes with gardens, homes that can be worked from, homes for all times of our lives.
That want homes in neighbourhoods that have all the amenities everyone needs and a strong community.
Finally of course, they want a home they can afford.
This all seems obvious but too often the large housebuilders fail to deliver these basics.
+Home helps communities to build green, walkable, vibrant neighbourhoods themselves, bypassing traditional housebuilders.
Instead of standard house designs on soulless housing estates, +Homes can be community-led and support self-build homes that people can design themselves.
+Homes are simple to build, with flexible, affordable frames and components, and are climate friendly to make and run.
+Home has been independently assessed as exemplary by leading experts for the Home Quality Mark, Building with Nature, Building for a Healthy Life, HomesPlus and HAPPI.
+Home uses disruptive innovations to transform the market with digital design, manufacturing and onsite assembly under the cover of a Site Build Barn.
+Home will be built as part of the Sunderland Future Living Expo 2023.
