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The changing face of urban housing

  • 1.  The changing face of urban housing

    Posted 05-18-2016 11:58 AM

    On behalf of RUDC I will be participating in the following Convention Sessions:

    SESSION CODE: TH405 | TITLE: Smart Digital Eco-Cities in the 21st Century: Resilient, Sustainable, Livable
    ROOM: Room 120

    SESSION CODE: FR405 | TITLE: Influencing Decision Making in Local Communities: Tips for Small Firms
    ROOM: Room 109

    See you tonight (Wednesday) at the EV  102, a welcome party by the Knowledge Communities (6-8pm)

    The Changing Design of Urban Housing


    Last week I reviewed student projects at the local architecture department. One half of the projects dealt with a dis-invested African American community in Baltimore with most of the design task involving housing. The other half of the projects were part of a design competition in an African American community in Los Angeles. The second program was a museum and a community center.

    The students with the civic project designed interesting structures and created existing places in the community. The ones with the residences, not so much. Essentially, they recycled rowhouses and apartment buildings of a kind that would have looked outdated and unimaginative in the seventies and eighties of the last century. Brick walls with small punched out windows, double loaded corridors, surface parking, more attention to traffic than to floor plans and elevations.

    Gehry New York
    What happened here? A colleague who was with me on the jury observed afterwards, "designing residential architecture is difficult." As one who has done townhomes, highrises, affordable apartments, luxury condos, renovations and new construction, I have never thought of it that way, but on second thought, I have to agree.

    The students may have been stumped... Read full article by clicking below:

    Community Architect: The Changing Design of Urban Housing

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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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