Get Connected - Multifamily Housing Site Design for Livability (Free HKC Webinar)

When:  Nov 3, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)

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While there are over 9 million units of suburban multifamily housing in the country - many directly next to commercial strips - their typical, disconnected site designs create a barrier for walkability and livability. This session will present 10 key elements of multifamily site design that practitioners can easily incorporate into their design process and can use to help communicate and persuade planners and developers towards more livable designs. Elements include: Pedestrian Networks, Street Networks, Access Points, Edges, Automobile Parking, Street Design, Building Massing and Orientation, Open Space and Landscape Design, Bicycle Facilities, and Relationships to Neighboring Projects. 

Presented as a 'toolkit' each element is broken down into typical and recommended approaches, includes best practices and key guides, and includes examples from around the country of how these principles have been incorporated into projects.  We will also review a project checklist as well as a code guide related to this topic.

 

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Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the dramatic effect connectivity has on promoting walking and biking in suburban areas – especially suburban multifamily housing.
  2. Understand key issues - and 10 key site design criteria - for how to plan and design well-connected suburban multifamily developments
  3. Know how to approach the site design of a multifamily development (learned through case study exercises) to create more livable and connected projects.
  4. Understand how typical planning codes around the country affect multifamily housing site design and what barriers and opportunities exist within these codes

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Attendees will earn 1.0 LUs. A link to a survey will be provided both at the end of the webinar and in a follow-up email sent one hour after the end of the webinar. All attendees at each site submit one form: 1) page one: webinar survey and 2) page two: CES report form. The survey must be completed in order to receive credit. AIA members and IDP record holders will have their credit recorded within 5-7 business days of the webinar. All attendees will be prompted to download a certificate of completion at the end of the survey.

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Speakers

Nico Larco is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon and he is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative, a nationally and internationally awarded, multidisciplinary organization that focuses on sustainability issues as they relate to the built environment. His research focus is on sustainable urban design, active transportation, street design, and how urban design affects the sustainability of buildings. He recently published "Site Design For Multifamily Housing: Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods" (Island Press, 2014) and his work has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Forbes, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Financial Times of London. He is a licensed architect and has worked professionally in the fields of Architecture, Urban Design, Planning, and Development. Professor Larco was a 2012/13 Distinguished Fulbright Scholar in Spain.

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