A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Suburban multifamily housing is ubiquitous throughout this country and currently comprises nearly one in four units of suburban housing. Although typically located near commercial development, it is often developed without connections to its surrounding and hence fails to reach its potential for promoting active travel and supporting smart growth goals. Through interviews with architects, planners, developers, and property managers of case study multifamily developments from Oregon, Arizona, Florida, and Massachusetts, this report focuses on the ways regulation, typical development practice, and design culture have propagated the typical disconnected and enclaved forms of suburban multifamily development. The report then proposes ways in which current planning, development, and design practices might shift in order to take advantage of this growing housing trend and create more livable, less congested, and multi-modal suburban communities.
Suburban multifamily housing is ubiquitous throughout this country and currently comprises nearly one in four units of suburban housing. Although typically located near commercial development, it is often developed without connections to its surrounding and hence fails to reach its potential for promoting active travel and supporting smart growth goals. Through interviews with architects, planners, developers, and property managers of case study multifamily developments from Oregon, Arizona, Florida, and Massachusetts, this report focuses on the ways regulation, typical development practice, and design culture have propagated the typical disconnected and enclaved forms of suburban multifamily development. The report then proposes ways in which current planning, development, and design practices might shift in order to take advantage of this growing housing trend and create more livable, less congested, and multi-modal suburban communities.
Overlooked Density: Rethinking Transportation Options in Suburbia
N. Larco (author)
2010
36 pages
Report
No indication
English
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