They are looking at a number of areas that will influence
demands from consumers, businesses and government including population,
technology, work, energy, water and transport.
Population is thought to be the driver of change in Newcastle and the
surrounding areas. Growth in the city is expected to grow from its current
157,000 to 192,500 by 2050 and if that rate continues, it could reach 350,000
in 100 years with the surrounding areas climbing to two million.
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Drawings from Hidlay Architecture |
They believe higher density living will be the norm. Prefabricated,
modular housing will be commonplace, and that has a lot of positives. Housing
modules constructed in factories and assembled on site will be cheaper, of a
higher quality, more flexible and faster to deliver. They are already
seeing apartment buildings and houses built this way. It will involve new
thinking, new materials and new manufacturing technologies.
Our city planners are including modular construction in
their plans as well as witnessed by the numerous high rise projects currently
being built in New York , Philadelphia and other major cities.
It is predicted that modular apartment buildings will be
half of all new construction in US cities by 2050.
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