ARCH 551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Deliberative Democracy, Floor Area Ratio, Nimby
22 Jun 2018
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ARCH 551: Topic 13
Crowdsourcing, community-based design, and other processes of stakeholder engagement
02/23/18
NIMBY “Not in my back yard” problem on the rise
o“save our neighborhood” groups in formation, protest against different people
being targeted to their neighborhood development (mostly class-based
discrimination
Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.)- “permissible construction density”
oSimple measure of intensity of use of a single parcel of land, calculated in terms
of space (not people)
Measures the total usable floor space of a building
Relative to the total area of the parcel of land on which the building sits
oCan control the physical form the city takes over time
Controls ultimately how much floorspace a property owner can create
Not really useful for controlling density in terms of intensity of use
oMaximum and minimum F.A.R. values are often used in conjunction with site
coverage values and maximum building heights (simple form-based codes)
oExclusions in F.A.R. calculation:
Space used for mechanical systems and underground storage
Floor space used for underground parking lots
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Document Summary
Crowdsourcing, community-based design, and other processes of stakeholder engagement. Nimby not in my back yard problem on the rise. 02/23/18: save our neighborhood groups in formation, protest against different people being targeted to their neighborhood development (mostly class-based discrimination. )- permissible construction density : simple measure of intensity of use of a single parcel of land, calculated in terms of space (not people) Measures the total usable floor space of a building. Relative to the total area of the parcel of land on which the building sits: can control the physical form the city takes over time. Controls ultimately how much floorspace a property owner can create. Not really useful for controlling density in terms of intensity of use: maximum and minimum f. a. r. values are often used in conjunction with site coverage values and maximum building heights (simple form-based codes, exclusions in f. a. r. calculation: Space used for mechanical systems and underground storage. Floor space used for underground parking lots.
