Compact Infill
Compact Infill
SMALL GROUPS
- Studies for low impact density: infill, retrofit
- Attached, Detached (Tiny, Little, Middling)
TRANSECT & DENSITY
- Studies for density: 15 du/ac for MBTA benchmark
- Transect Zones T-3.0, T-3.5, T-4.0, T-4.5, T-5.0
Form more decisive than density
- Proper scale, orientation to street, lively fronts
- Context respectful building protects locale
Develop with careful ‘house scale’
- Housing prototypes of traditional town
- Visualization and metrics to new building
- Control of entitlements and incentives
SMALL SCALE INTEGRATES LOCAL CUSTOMS
- Careful scale, appropriate character, complementary
- Good architecture can bring affordability to the market
- Design adds economic value to development
SMALL / MODERATE DWELLING MIX
- Diverse, artful physical templates remain essential
- Standards for modest homes increasingly out of reach
