New Urbanism

A REGIONAL DESIGN

E L E N A S H U L M A N

New Urbanism

What is your ideal community?

Contents

History of New Urbanism A look at the policies Influential contributors Mesa Del Sol, New MexicoOutline for New Urbanism Criticisms TED Talk

Congress for the New Urbanism

Movement began in 1991 Collective plan of architects and planners:

Peter Calthorpe, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Michael Corbett, Stefanos Polyzoides, Daniel Solomon and Elizabeth Moule

Awahnee Principles: goals of the movement

The region: Metro, city and town #7

“Cities and towns should bring into proximity a broad spectrum of public and private uses to

support a regional economy that benefits people of all incomes. Affordable housing

should be distributed throughout the region to match job opportunities and to avoid

concentrations of poverty”

The neighborhood, the district and the corridor #4

“Within neighborhoods, a broad range of housing types and price levels can bring people of diverse ages, races, and incomes into daily interaction, strengthening the personal and

civic bonds essential to an authentic community”

The block, the street, and the building #1

“A primary task of all urban architecture and landscape design is the physical definition of streets and public spaces as places of shared

use”

Jane Jacobs

“Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city,are its most vitalorgans”

Peter Calthorpe

“Both need protected natural systems, vibrant centers, human scale circulation systems, a

common civic realm, and integrated diversity”

Garden City vs. Transect

Mesa Del Sol, New Mexico

Mesa Del Sol, New Mexico

• Largest New Urbanist project in the United States

• Still currently under construction, to include 4 town centers and provide a twin city to Albuquerque

Congress for the New Urbanism

Most dwellings within a 5 minute walk to center

Variety of housing types including accessory apartments for rental or home occupations

Mixed-useInclusionary zoning as well as market rate

affordable Narrow streets shaded by rows of treesBuildings close to street Compact, high densityMain street

Criticisms of New Urbanism

Artificial enclaves Address issues associated with DINKsToo strictly planned Not affordable

The Ghastly Tragedy of the Suburbs

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia.html

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