The point is not intended to discourage new housing development, but to avoid a crisis in housing where what is provided is out of reach of most of the community. These considerations are important issue for all of us.
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Housing: An Introduction
It is important to have some understanding of the framework in which housing is designed, constructed, accessed and occupied in order to address housing problems.
Read MoreThe Non-Architecture of Our Time
In this new period of urban renewal, it begs the question, “What is the architecture of our time?”
Read MoreA Manifesto Against Guidance
We believe the guidelines essentially guarantee a false and bland uniformity by describing the restrictions in such detail that all designs will be essentially the same. There's a reason buildings looked the way they did in the 19th century. Aren't there different opportunities in the 21st? Our cities are living organisms, not period backdrops. New construction should proudly claim our point in history.
Read MoreRCOV and the Urban Transect
In urban planning there is a concept called a “urban transect.” The urban transect divides development patterns into six categories, from lowest intensity (rural preserve) to middle intensity (general urban) to highest intensity (urban core). The urban transect concept is useful because it organizes complex patterns into an understandable map and it clarifies how one category transitions into another.
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