Princes foundation

THE PRINCE’S FOUNDATION

Transforming lives by building enduring and harmonious places

THE CHALLENGE

The world’s urban population is set to rise from 3.4 to 6.4 billion people in 36 years and the greatest challenge will be to plan efficient and well designed settlements that allow communities to thrive.

WHAT WE DO Championing Principles Enabling Projects Educating People

CHAMPIONING PRINCIPLES

Housing London How to help the average Londoner on the housing ladder exemplified by Holloway Gardens that won the Mayor's Award for 'best place to live’. Living with Water Researching Sustainable Urban Drainage at Upton

Healthy Homes Two years of research ready to disseminate from the Prince’s Natural House

ENABLING PROJECTS

We run an enabling team to help create the right vision, frameworks, processes and professional teams to get good quality projects built. Over the last 15 years we have created framework plans for over 100 projects from regenerating existing places to designing new mix use communities and buildings such as universities, churches and hospitals.

EDUCATING PEOPLE

Or current programmes include: Masters in Sustainable Development with Oxford University Masters in Sustainable Urbanism with the University of Wales Crafts Training Programmes Summer School Live Building Project Programmes we have piloted include an NVQ in Heritage Building skills and sustainable urbanism modules with Strathclyde University and the University of Vancouver

PLACE

RUDENTOCAL

WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

DAPTABLEOHERENTQUITABLE

PRUDENT

Knockroon is a development in Scotland and forms part of the Dumfries House estate. Together with this thriving visitor’s attraction it draws upon the region’s architectural history to create a new development that can form part of a long term, heritage-led, regeneration plan for the area.

LOCAL Coed Darcy is located on one of Europe’s largest former brownfield sites, formerly home to a BP oil refinery. Draws on Wales’ vernacular to deliver a thriving new town of 4000 homes, including schools, community services and retail.

ADAPTABLE

The Prince’s Natural House, located at the BRE in Watford, showcases how an eco home can still take traditional inspiration, whilst providing all the comforts of modern living. Its adaptable layout means that it can be built as a single house, or split into two flats. Versatility, health, natural materials and a fabric-first approach all play key parts in what make the Natural House an exemplar new home.

COHERENT

Upton, Northampton, is a sustainable urban extension that challenges the conventional cul-de-sac model. It presents a new development with pepper-potted housing, beautiful architecture and Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) that not only prevent flooding, but offer much needed green space.

EQUITABLE

Our Enquiry by Design process brings together different communities voices to ensure that the planning process reflects an array of opinions, needs and desires. In doing so we can create and maintain vital, diverse and thriving communities across the world.

HIGHBURY GARDENS

Highbury Gardens is a mixed-tenure development in the heart of London. It blends the best of traditional living with functional contemporary living. It is an excellent example of where our principles have been put into practice

“How we perceive the world… will mean replacing our obsession with pursuing unlimited growth and competition with a quest for well-being and co-operation. If we can rebalance our perception and restore a sense of proportion of how we relate to the world… it seems possible to me that we could create the conditions that ensure human societies thrive indefinitely.”