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Palms Block
The original Palms neighborhood development provided modest,
dense, affordable housing on existing small lots, but at the expense of the
greater urban environment: inadequate open space, abandoned streets dominated
by parking, driveways and curb cuts, and internalized dwellings isolated from
the public realm. The New Palms will meet our 21st century housing needs by creating ever higher densities and a
more humane and sustainable city.
By significantly increasing densities with compact, cost
effective,
3-story forms, the New Palms will create the economic incentives
that spawned the original, but without the collateral urban damage. Ground
floor parking garages and services are set at the rear of the lot, accessed
from the alley, freeing the street frontage for door yard spaces, entries and
dwellings to enliven the street. With transit and commercial amenities within
easy walking distance, parking is provided at the rate of one compact space per
unit. Additional parking may be provided with mechanical parking lifts &
vertical tandem parking. Deleting driveways increases on-street parking.
Above, apartments are arranged around a central common open space
made possible by re-thinking current setback requirements and employing
efficient vertical circulation, thus forming a network of elevated urban
courtyards. A physical and visual connection between dwellings and street
eliminates the indifference toward the public realm, enhancing neighborhood
security through visibility / observation.
Streets free of driveways now accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists
and landscape. A system of one-way streets provides the space for new bike
lanes within the existing right-of-way. Uninterrupted sidewalks with pedestrian
bulb-out crossings at corners and mid-block encourage walking. Parkways
transform into continuous, planted bio-swales aiding storm water management. A
program of street trees provides shade, reducing urban heat island effects.
Vegetated front yards form drainage detention basins and create a transition space
between public and private.
Varying combinations of simple, compact dwelling types suited to
the neighborhood demographics result in a rich typology of the basic building
configurations of mid-block, corner and double lot. The array of courtyards
accommodate recreation, gathering and garden uses such as urban food production
for residents.
Like the original neighborhood buildings, the humble
underlying structure becomes a generic armature ripe for a variety of
architectural expression
dense, affordable housing on existing small lots, but at the expense of the
greater urban environment: inadequate open space, abandoned streets dominated
by parking, driveways and curb cuts, and internalized dwellings isolated from
the public realm. The New Palms will meet our 21st century housing needs by creating ever higher densities and a
more humane and sustainable city.
By significantly increasing densities with compact, cost
effective,
3-story forms, the New Palms will create the economic incentives
that spawned the original, but without the collateral urban damage. Ground
floor parking garages and services are set at the rear of the lot, accessed
from the alley, freeing the street frontage for door yard spaces, entries and
dwellings to enliven the street. With transit and commercial amenities within
easy walking distance, parking is provided at the rate of one compact space per
unit. Additional parking may be provided with mechanical parking lifts &
vertical tandem parking. Deleting driveways increases on-street parking.
Above, apartments are arranged around a central common open space
made possible by re-thinking current setback requirements and employing
efficient vertical circulation, thus forming a network of elevated urban
courtyards. A physical and visual connection between dwellings and street
eliminates the indifference toward the public realm, enhancing neighborhood
security through visibility / observation.
Streets free of driveways now accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists
and landscape. A system of one-way streets provides the space for new bike
lanes within the existing right-of-way. Uninterrupted sidewalks with pedestrian
bulb-out crossings at corners and mid-block encourage walking. Parkways
transform into continuous, planted bio-swales aiding storm water management. A
program of street trees provides shade, reducing urban heat island effects.
Vegetated front yards form drainage detention basins and create a transition space
between public and private.
Varying combinations of simple, compact dwelling types suited to
the neighborhood demographics result in a rich typology of the basic building
configurations of mid-block, corner and double lot. The array of courtyards
accommodate recreation, gathering and garden uses such as urban food production
for residents.
Like the original neighborhood buildings, the humble
underlying structure becomes a generic armature ripe for a variety of
architectural expression
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