scholarly journals Backyard living: developing a strategy for Canadian municipalities to implement laneway housing programs through an evaluation of Western Canadian precedents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan Finley
Keyword(s):  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Municipal Housing ◽  
Method Approach

The high cost of living in single-family neighbourhoods in major metropolitan cities throughout Canada is making single-family housing increasingly unaffordable. Due to the decreasing amount of developable land and the increasing urban population, the development of smaller housing forms including laneway housing are growing. Currently laneway housing is used throughout Western Canada to provide single-family living but at a more attainable price. Municipalities are realizing the benefits associated with laneway housing and its ability to maintain the character of single-family neighbourhoods and diversify municipal housing stocks. Utilising a mixed method approach of interviews and policy examination, an in-depth analysis of the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, the District of West Vancouver and the City of Vancouver laneway housing programs uses a matrix to compare the liveability, compatibility with neighbours, suitability, effectiveness and administrative processes of each policy. Outcomes demonstrate that laneway housing is viable and that major barriers such as topography, patterns of subdivision and unequitable community engagement processes can be overcome by tailoring the policies criteria, design guidelines and administrative process.

scholarly journals Backyard living: developing a strategy for Canadian municipalities to implement laneway housing programs through an evaluation of Western Canadian precedents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan Finley
Keyword(s):  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Municipal Housing ◽  
Method Approach

The high cost of living in single-family neighbourhoods in major metropolitan cities throughout Canada is making single-family housing increasingly unaffordable. Due to the decreasing amount of developable land and the increasing urban population, the development of smaller housing forms including laneway housing are growing. Currently laneway housing is used throughout Western Canada to provide single-family living but at a more attainable price. Municipalities are realizing the benefits associated with laneway housing and its ability to maintain the character of single-family neighbourhoods and diversify municipal housing stocks. Utilising a mixed method approach of interviews and policy examination, an in-depth analysis of the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, the District of West Vancouver and the City of Vancouver laneway housing programs uses a matrix to compare the liveability, compatibility with neighbours, suitability, effectiveness and administrative processes of each policy. Outcomes demonstrate that laneway housing is viable and that major barriers such as topography, patterns of subdivision and unequitable community engagement processes can be overcome by tailoring the policies criteria, design guidelines and administrative process.

scholarly journals Light pollution in the night sky of Toruń in the summer season

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Karpińska ◽  
Mieczysław Kunz
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Summer Season ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Light Pollution ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Sky Brightness ◽  
Night Sky ◽  
The City

Abstract The paper presents results of research on light pollution in the night sky of Toruń. A permanent network of measuring stations has been established in the city, consisting of 24 sites representing various types of land development and land cover: single-family housing, city centre, multi-family housing, areas overgrown with vegetation and open areas. Within this network, a repeatable direct measurement of the sky brightness using an SQM photometer was carried out over a period of three consecutive months in the summer season, i.e. from June to September 2017. The measurement sessions were conducted in similar weather and astronomical conditions. Based on the obtained data, a spatial distribution of light pollution was determined, ranges of values obtained during the measurements were provided, and the results were additionally referred to the distinguished land cover categories and land development types.

scholarly journals Housing in an Example of Low - Rise Residential Structure in Debar Maalo, Skopje

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Sinolichka Smilevska
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
City Image ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Housing Structure ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The City

From city quarter with urban villas, yard houses and pittoresque ambient values, Debar Maalo in Skopje in recent time, is turning into a construction site of the intense rise of the building mass and filling in on every potential void, where the typology of multifamily residential buildings is dominant. But, can it be different? The marginalized forms of single-family housing, once a dominant lifestyle in Debar Maalo, single family yard houses, houses with ground contact are the remains of a passed image of this city quarter that should be the referent milieu of this research. This typology of a low-rise residential structure, should represent the renovation tactics of the the single-family dwelling in this part of the city of Skopje. The creation process of the new urban landscape of housing with characteristics of a dense and low-rise structure will be through the forward two stages: analysis and design. The location of interest will be analysed through architectural project of a housing block with the typology of a low-rise housing structure that should provide high urban density of 120 houses per hectare. The suggested typology of the housing structure should provide housing that will meet the new lifestyles and will achieve diversity of the houses according to their size, structure, and comfort. This thesis should refer to the idea of rethinking and reminiscing on the elementary architectural city image, low rise housing structure typology as a building type at the level of the morphology of the city of Skopje.

scholarly journals Casa permeável: uma metodologia projetual alternativa para a concepção de uma habitação unifamiliar

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Gustavo Streck Severo ◽  
Ricardo De Souza Rocha ◽  
Samuel Silva de Brito
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Planning Method ◽  
Single Family ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Specific Outcome ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Santa Maria

Permeable House is the title of the present paper produced for the “Projeto III” course at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Campus Cachoeira do Sul) as part of the Architecture and Urbanism program in the first semester of 2017, related to single family housing projects. Facing the traditional single-family dwelling, we were guided by a unique work methodology that emphasizes certain requests and elicits a mindset concerned about unexpected vital issues. This paper aims to present the specific features of this design planning method towards a specific outcome: Permeable house – an experimental alternative to the usual organization of house designing – identifying the refreshed understanding of architecture from the point of view of this methodology that emphasizes the structure – and the opportunity of designing it along with the initial concerns over form –, the city – considering architecture as an entity that creates the urban space – and the environment – highlighting the role architecture has when it comes to dialoguing with its natural and built surroundings.

scholarly journals Analysis of renewable energy use in single-family housing

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-281
Author(s):  
Wojciech Drozd ◽  
Marcin Kowalik
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Family Housing

AbstractThe article presents the most frequently chosen heating systems for single-family houses and utility water heating by investors. The most popular installations based on conventional fuels using renewable energy sources were compared. A technical and cost analysis of the adopted cases was carried out. Finally, the most important conclusions resulting from the analys is were given. The article is mainly intended to encourage the reader - the investor to be to choose pro-ecological solutions based on modern technology that guarantees comfortable use and limited environmental pollution. The authors wanted to achieve the intended goal by presenting available heating systems and performing an in-depth analysis, after which the obtained results would be similar to the real situation.

scholarly journals Housing Preferences of Seniors and Pre-Senior Citizens in Poland—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jancz ◽  
Radoslaw Trojanek
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Family ◽  
City Center ◽  
Housing Preferences ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Family House

This article identifies and compares the housing preferences of seniors and pre-senior citizens in Poland. In addition, the attitude of residents of large cities in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship towards senior citizens’ housing was determined. Surveys were conducted in the two largest cities of this region. The influence of the potential behaviors of this group of society on the development of housing was also examined. Results showed that differentiation of housing preferences was visible primarily when choosing the type of development and size of the dwelling. Seniors preferred smaller units in multi-family housing construction. Pre-senior citizens, on the other hand, were more likely to think about living in a single-family house. The location of a new dwelling was also important. Seniors, more often than people aged 50–59, chose a location in the city center. Pre-senior citizens, in contrast, more often decided to live in a rural area or outside the city center. Moreover, the attitude of seniors towards senior citizens’ housing is undecided, which may indicate that many people may change their housing preferences in the future and decide to move.

scholarly journals The Origin of Property Buyers in Poznań and its Suburbs

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Justyna Tanaś
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Single Family ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
The City

Abstract The market for land for single-family housing is one of the most important segments of the real estate market. Over the last several years, we have witnessed the development of this market in the suburban areas of large agglomerations. This is connected with the intensified migration of people from the centers of big cities, and with the development of housing in suburban zones. The aim of this paper is to present the structure of the territorial origin of buyers purchasing plots designated for single-family housing in Poznań and its suburbs (with division into buyers derived from the city of Poznań, from the Poznań poviat (district), the Wielkopolska voivodeship (province), the rest of the country, and from abroad). The analysis covers the years 1995-2010.

scholarly journals URBAN CONVERSION IN THE CONTEXT OF VILNIUS CITY DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO SOLUTIONS OF MASTER PLAN FOR 2015

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Rūta Leitanaitė
Keyword(s):  
City Centre ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
City Development ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City

Following the principles of sustainable development, one of the priorities, set in the new Master Plan of Vilnius, is development of a compact city. One of the instruments to achieve it is urban conversion. A convertible territory is a territory, which doesnt correspond to city‘s development priorities, its urban structure, or is injurious to the environment. There are two types of convertible territories defined in Vilnius: the former or is existing industrial zones and territories of collective gardens. Convertible territories are set after analysing them by criteria describing their impact on the city’s urban, environmental, economic, social qualities. When setting the regulations of conversion and future function of a territory, future sustainable connections with the adjacent urban and functional structures are the essential thing. The main principle of urban conversion is the multifunctional use, accentuating the necessity of public, social infrastructure. The regulations for convertible areas are analogous to the ones set for newly developing areas. The main part of the former industrial territories is to be converted into multifunctional (residential, commercial, public) zones, giving priority to the ones located in the city centre or local centres. All the territories of collective gardens are to be converted into single-family housing areas. The process of implementation of the regulation and control of urban conversion isn’t unquestionable. Improvements of the method are suggested referring to the experience of other European cities. Urbanistinė konversija Vilniaus miesto plėtros kontekste pagal bendrojo plano 2015 metams sprendinius Santrauka Pateikta Vilniaus BP konvertuojamų teritorijų samprata ir tipai, aptariamas jų potencialo nustatymo būdas. Pristatoma konvertuotinų teritorijų Vilniaus mieste identifikavimo metodika; apžvelgta teikiama Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės teritorijos bendrajame plane iki 2015 metų teritorijų konversijos reglamentų nustatymo metodika bei konversijos reglamentų siūlymai konkrečioms miesto teritorijoms. Aptariami teritorijų konversijos sprendinių įgyvendinimo ir reguliavimo Lietuvoje mechanizmo trūkumai bei Europos miestų patirtis šioje srityje, išskiriant optimalius metodus. Apžvelgiama urbanistinės konversijos reguliavimo problema žemesnio nei bendrasis planas rango teritorijų planavimo dokumentuose.

scholarly journals Biologically active area in low-rise high-denisty housing development with an example of Bialystok

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Wojciech Matys
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Development ◽  
Residential Development ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Active Area ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
New Type ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City

The biologically active area is one of the most important elements of residential development. Its size is determined by the percentage factor established in local spatial development plans and laws regulations. The publication was set minimum values ​​for this ratio for single-family and multi-family housing, and the outcomes were compared with a new type of housing, currently popular in Poland, low-rise high-density residential development. The studies were done on the example of the city of Bialystok, where there are many buildings of this new type of housing.

scholarly journals Individualization concept in housing architecture

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branislava Stoiljkovic ◽  
Natasa Petkovic-Grozdanovic ◽  
Goran Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Housing Construction ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Main Form ◽  
The World ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Moral Economic ◽  
The City

Although single-family housing in the city is considered higher quality and preferred type of housing, housing crisis, as a permanent actual problem in the world, requires adequate solutions. In this sense, housing in multi-family housing buildings can be considered as a necessity (social, moral, economic, etc.), but in fact, now and in the future, it is the main form of housing construction which can give the solution for housing problems. However, to make this housing type more attractive and acceptable to the occupants, it is necessary to improve it by the implementation of individualization modalities, and in that way make its qualities much closer to the preferred single-family housing.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document