The Legacy Project Best Practices in Affordable, Sustainable, Replicable Housing Design
PlaNYC, the Mayor’s long-term visioning statement for the city’s future, projects that New York will add one million more residents by the year 2030. This publication documents the evolution of a new stage in the development, design, and construction of one of the most important services of the city of New York: affordable housing.
The New Housing New York Legacy Project brings together progressive approaches to affordable housing in the elds of design, architecture, planning, and public policy. The collaborative nature of the New Housing New York Legacy Project reflects the need for communication and exchange across the public and private sectors.
The publication discusses the lessons of two international competitions and complementary revisions to procurement and implementation processes. As America’s urban population grows, its cities will be called upon to draw inspiration from one another’s successes. This document is an important step in promoting such dialogue.
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A Clear View How Glass Buildings in the Inner City Transformed a Neighborhood
A Clear View is the first book published by Washington, DC–based architect Suzane Reatig, FAIA. Exploring new interpretations of small-scale urban in f ll housing, it addresses the changing needs and the real demands of city dwellers. Filling the void in the urban puzzle, in narrow and constrained sites, all of Reatig’s new structures ensure comfortable and safe spaces. The majority of the work in this book is located in one neighborhood of Washington, DC, Shaw, demonstrating the powerful effect architecture can have on transforming and reviving a neighborhood. Through the use of simple materials and innovative clear design, Reatig reveals how community can be achieved among inhabitants without giving up privacy or independence. All projects share the same spirit; they are imaginative, rigorous, and give priority and value to their inhabitants and enhance their quality of life. Each project has its own unmistakable identity.
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