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Families require affordable homes that foster shared activities and private poetic speculation.

Communities need a hierarchy of defensible spaces including parks, gardens, play grounds, sports areas and streets that encourage social interaction. Cities need transit oriented communities that promote density and reduce energy consumption by grouping living, working and shopping together. Business needs quality designed ‘destination’ neighborhoods, inspiring residents and the public to gather, stroll and shop.

TORE KNUDSEN A R C H I T E C T Lewisburg WV 304 | 645.0250 tckarchitect.com

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maniFESTO| Social Housing supporting Community, Cities and Business.

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Families,

Families require affordable homes that provide comfortable and convenient areas for social activities and private poetic speculation.

Communities need a hierarchy of defensible shared spaces including parks, gardens, play grounds, sports areas and streets that encourage social interaction.

Cities need transit oriented communities that promote density and reduce energy consumption by grouping living, working and shopping together.

Business needs quality designed ‘destination’ neighborhoods, inspiring residents and the public to gather, stroll and shop.

ToreKnudsen ARCHITECT

Lewisburg WV 304 | 645.0250 tckarchitect.com

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Interior Views| Homes that reflect the tastes of future homeowners include a range of interiors from modern minimal to contemporary and traditional.

The result of extensive market researches the units as well as the interiors include the styles most in demand.

Unit featuring full height window wall and balcony, with adjustable scrim shading devices The basic planning of the units is driven by affordable building techniques which include Green building materials and technologies. Floor plans reflect a the logic of a single family, 1500 square foot home that standardize the layout in order to maximize efficiency of construction and increase affordability.

A second choice in units includes more features, such as an 800 square foot Home Office, fronting on Crown Circle, with the second and third bedrooms above the Master Suite. Luxury features such as full height aluminum window walls, passive solar features, upgrade finishes and a residential elevator are options buyers may choose.

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New Orleans style interior featuring louvered French Doors set in recessed openings

Windows as lights arranged in an abstract pattern on the wall

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Plan| Three bedroom units include a Great Room, Den, Master Suite with walk-in and deck, Garage and two more bedrooms opening to the gardens, in 1500 square feet of heated space.

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Plan of lower Level, with 2nd and 3rd bedrooms, Bathroom, Garage and hall with storage

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Section though bedrooms, Garage, Den and Great Room

Section| The 20’ x 45’ Slab-On-Grade with turn down footings supports the lower level bedrooms and Garage. The main floor is spanned side to side with open web wood joists that incorporate HVAC ducts, electrical wiring and plumbing. The roof spans in two sections, front to back, with a girder truss spanning across the middle.

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Proposal for Ithaca, New York| The area off South Meadow Street offers a highly viable location for social housing that can support a unique and prospering community, mixing affordable housing with home office Live-Work opportunities and Retail.

By being adjacent to major shopping and employment conservation concerns are addressed by creating a transit oriented development. Reducing or eliminating the need for cars is the most effective energy conservation and environmental strategy available. The convenience of this location also allows for establishment of highly efficient transportation networks to downtown, the universities and other area destinations.

400 homes, along with 50 Home Offices and 12 Retail spaces, create a dynamic draw to town residents. A lively destination place will attract people and create business and social opportunities. Residents will also benefit by having a uniquely urban place for living, shopping and working.

A centrally located green space, the Commons,’ provides for organized events, such as sports and entertainment, while giving everyone a shared outdoor park for walking and socializing. The opportunities for Restaurants and cafés to incorporate patios facing the Commons will further enhance the utility and attraction.

Neighbors share a series of ¼ acre protected spaces that can be used for children’s playground, community gardens or commercial agricultural ventures. In addition, each neighborhood unit, which consists of 12 homes, share a ‘Circuis’ court that creates a resident monitored outdoor area for children and adolescents to gather and play.

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cROWnCOMMONS 1. Crown Parkway – main transport link connecting access from City of Ithaca to retail, home offices and visitor parking.

General parking for shops, restaurant, Home Offices and the Commons activities 2. Commons Circle Parking and promenade for access to Home Offices, with outdoor seating and landscaping 3. Penny Lane - Access and parking for Live Work unit owners and the Crown Terraces 4. Circus Road – Each court groups 12 families with a shared round-about that has playground equipment and is monitored from the kitchens of each home.

5. 1500 square feet Town Home, with garage and driveway parking. Each home includes a walled garden of approximately 1000 square feet.

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Community Gardens – 6 families each share a ¼ acre open site that can serve a variety of functions including resident’s gardens, retail agriculture or playground for daycare.

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Circus Court | The Circus Court forms the core urban space of Crown Village. Here homes cluster around a shared vehicle court. By placing the Kitchens and Living Rooms on the front monitoring by the residents is continuous, affording children a protected place to play and neighbors the opportunities to interact.

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Each unit features a 20’ x 40’ walled garden for private outdoor living. In addition areas between courts creates further defensible spaces that can be shared by the residents. Uses could include gardens and agriculture, playgrounds for home Day Care, sports and exercise facilities, or open lawns.

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Design Options| The framing and layout is standardized in order to achieve maximum affordability in construction. Within the basic framework however, there are the possibility of innumerable design permutations that can result in visually interesting and diversified neighborhoods. Homeowners can also choose styles and features that best suits their tastes and budgets.

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Passive Solar Options|

Retractable scrims allow for adjustable shading In cold weather closing the vinyl shades make for passive solar heating, using Greenhouse technologies, with increased insulation

Porches connect the units to the street, and shade the interior

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Modern Abstract | The framework of the basic units allow for innumerable design options, regarding the streetscape. Some units feature sustainable materials that increase efficiency.

Other styles include masonry units, that range from Modern minimalist to traditional urban forms.

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Porch on Masonry Base | Brick, stucco, wood siding and wood French Doors with transom lights achieve a contemporary style , that may also feature balconies over the entrance, which opens up the Kitchens to the Circus Court.

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Jazz Composition| Resin coated plywood siding, or ‘Hardy’ board cement panels combine with wood windows to create abstract modern compositions. Reducing the window area also helps to control construction and energy costs.

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Wood Box |

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Masonry Towers | Brick towers recall medieval stone Castles. The asymmetric distribution of windows further recall the scale and character of stone fortifications. On the interior the asymmetric distribution acts like sconce lights on the wall. Limiting window openings create opportunities to control costs and increase conservation

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Retractable Scrims |

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Classical Urban | Based on demand and cost an option may include classical designed facades, with either steel windows or wood French Doors opening up on to a balcony. The interiors could include moldings and cabinets to reflect a more formal style.

Another variation could offer bricked units with gables and wood windows that create a varied traditional streetscape. Recalling turn of the century American cities that feel comfortable and familiar to the residents these units add to the design options that are available.

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TORE KNUDSEN

ARCHITECT

304 | 645.0250

LEWISBURG WV tore@tckarchitect.com