Multifamily Design Innovations: Innovative Structural Systems

Sponsored by TAMLYN

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe design strategies for opening multifamily projects to the community while still maintaining safety and security.
  2. Explain strategies for manipulating a building’s section to achieve higher densities within existing height restrictions.
  3. Define innovative structural systems that can open up the floor plates of multifamily housing projects.
  4. Discuss design approaches for breaking down the mass and impact of large, horizontal housing projects.

Credits:

AIA
1 AIA LU/Elective
This test is no longer available for credit
Highpark
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A West Side Story: A market-rate residential tower in Manhattan makes the most of its unusual structural system.
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Originally published in March 2017

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