MIXED USE MASTER PLAN, MILTON KEYNES, UK
Mixed Use Development Milton Keynes, U.K.
Similarly to a short and precise shot in a tennis or golf game, the LOB (Low Occupation Block, or Lo(w)-Block) acts in a minimal yet highly effective way, maximizing residential density while minimizing occupation of the territory. Its purpose is that of promoting zoning diversity (commercial, residential and public/open space) and proximity while im-proving urban density and keeping large portions of the site unoccupied. The site occupies one of the originally named “Reserve Sitesâ€, whose intention is that of adding needed community program within highly residential “enclaves†outside Milton downtown area. This unique programmatic intuition can become a valuable asset for local communities if rerouted into a development that seeks to maintain the “open†nature of the reserve sites, while promoting a strat-egy of urban relations between the remaining reserve sites.