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This project was sponsored by the AARP. The U.S. Census reports that by the year 2011, a citizen will turn 65 every 8 seconds. By the year 2030, more than half of all Americans will be over the age of 50 and one in every five persons will be age 65 or older. At the same time 2010 marked the first time in modern history that more people lived inside city limits than in suburbs and rural neighborhoods.
It is necessary to develop urban communities that are adaptable or “universally designed” to meet the needs and abilities of multiple generations.
A Livable Community as one to be “affordable and appropriate housing, supportive community features and services, and adequate mobility options. Together these facilitate personal independence and the engagement of residents in civic and social life.” The site was chosen on the edge of Bayside, New York. Here the community would ultimately be designed to be an extension of the existing bicycle paths connecting queens to the waterfront. A series of paths would step back the privacy of the residents as well as knit center into the community. Each piece is designed not to obstruct existing views and to create safety between the three pieces: shopping center, community center and housing.
It is necessary to develop urban communities that are adaptable or “universally designed” to meet the needs and abilities of multiple generations.
A Livable Community as one to be “affordable and appropriate housing, supportive community features and services, and adequate mobility options. Together these facilitate personal independence and the engagement of residents in civic and social life.” The site was chosen on the edge of Bayside, New York. Here the community would ultimately be designed to be an extension of the existing bicycle paths connecting queens to the waterfront. A series of paths would step back the privacy of the residents as well as knit center into the community. Each piece is designed not to obstruct existing views and to create safety between the three pieces: shopping center, community center and housing.
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