Restructured Affordability
Sponsored by TAMLYN
Learning Objectives:
- List at least four innovative development strategies that are being used to expand the options for—and pull down the costs of—multifamily housing.
- Discuss ways to deliver “stealth density” through thoughtful design.
- Describe ways that basic palettes of materials can be used to enliven facades while exercising restraint.
- Discuss how well-designed roofs can become a building’s “fifth elevation.”
Credits:
1.5 AIA LU/Elective
This test is no longer available for credit
From superblocks to revamped office and industrial spaces to new structures that combine supportive and market-rate housing, home takes on a whole new meaning in the 21st century.
West Pyramid Scheme: A daring apartment building reshapes the New York skyline along the Hudson River.
House of Commons: A fresh design elegantly combines commercial space with market-rate and affordable housing.
Top Flight: A complex explores siting and massing to downplay density and elevate quality of life.
Elder Care: A simple but bold design brings distinction to affordable senior housing.
Soul Sister: A new structure completes an unfinished, century-old building by replicating its scale and adding some funk.
Living Small in the Big City: A building of micro-units introduces a new housing typology for New York's changing demographics.
Originally published in March 2017
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