Michael Pyatok's "Cozy By Design" Presentation

Cozy by Design Communities of the 21st Century

Boulder, CO

Michael Pyatok, FAIA

Manhattan 65,000/ sq mi

Phoenix 2,700/ sq mi

San Francisco 16,000/ sq mi

Salt Lake City 1640/ sq mi

Brooklyn 37,000/ sq mi

Phoenix

Austin 2,515/sq mi

Seattle 7,430/sq mi

Chicago 12,400/ sq mi

Tucson 2675/sq mi

Denver 3,250/ sq mi

Boulder 4,170/ sq mi

Amsterdam 11,200/sq mi

London 11,000/sq mi

Paris 64,000/sq mi

Rome 5150/sq mi

Kowloon 154,000/sq mi

Athens 26,500/ sq mi

Boulder, 25 sq mi 103,000 people

Berkeley , 10.5 sq mi 115,000 people

Cambridge, 6.4 sq mi

105,000 people

Boulder Berkeley Cambridge Population: 103,000 115,000 105,000 Land Area: 25 sq mi 10.5 sq mi 6.4 sq mi Coziness: 4170/sq mi 11,000/sq mi 16,400/sq mi Median Fam. Inc.: $114,000 $103,000 $94,000 Median Price Home: $485,000 $645,000 $585,000 Rate of Poverty: 23% 20% 15% Median Male Income: $72,000 $67,500 $44,000 Median Female Income: $47,500 (66%) $57,300 (85%) $38,500 (88%) Median US Male: $45,000 Median US female: $37,200 (83%)

Boulder Portland Population: 103,000 610,000 Land Area: 25 sq mi 133 sq mi Coziness: 4170/sq mi 4,585/sq mi (10% more) Median Fam. Inc.: $114,000 $72,000 Average Sales Price: $1,200,000 $487,000 Rate of Poverty: 23% 18% Median Male Income: $72,000 $35,300 Median Female Income: $47,500 (66%) $30,300 (86%) Median US Male: $45,000 Median US female: $37,200 (83%)

Where people live in relation to centers of jobs, recreation, education, and other land uses of everyday life, effects amount and cost of travel.

Transportation is a Housing expense.

% of Income Low Income Households Spend for Housing + Transportation Based on Location

32%

22%

54%

35%

31%

66%

33%

37%

70%

Some Benefits of Higher Coziness

So, what do different levels of Coziness look like??

Benefits of Community Participation in Design

Benefits of Community Participation in Design

Seattle: 25’ curb-to-curb, new two-way streets

with parallel parking on both sides. If drivers in Seattle can do it, why can’t others?

Manhattan Beach, CA: 20’ R.O.W. 16’ Alley for back-loaded parking

25’ 20’

Smaller Streets use less land, allowing more land for homes, yards, parks

Rear-loaded lots Rear-loaded parking

Front-loaded parking

Phoenix

Front-loaded parking Street

Backyard Rear-loaded parking

Street

Alley

8/acre

Smaller Lots, smaller side yards use less land. Set garages back from street, or use alleys, and modulate the heights so that one-story elements separate two-story elements.

Alley

10/Acre

Smaller Lots, smaller side yards use less land. Set garages back from street, or use alleys, and modulate the heights so that one-story elements separate two-story elements.

10/Acre

Cluster Courts, two-story homes attached by one-story garages, grouped with 6 per courtyard.

Front doors on pedestrian courts, back doors on auto courts.

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12/acre

Cluster Courts, two-story homes attached by one-story garages, grouped with 6 per

courtyard. Front doors on pedestrian courts, back doors on auto courts.

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Front pedestrian court Rear auto court

15/acre autos enter from rear alley

The Big ‘House’, Three smaller town homes (900-1400 sf) are grouped together to look

like one larger home to fit into a neighborhood of single-family homes.

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20/acre

Apartment Building as a ‘Bed and Breakfast Inn’. Sixteen one-bedroom

dwellings for people with HIV/AIDS, made to look like a small, ‘Craftsman’ style inn.

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‘The Resort’: attached townhomes on cluster courts. Sixty-four homes

and 8 shelter dwellings for formerly homeless families, with social services.

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‘The Resort’: attached townhomes on cluster courts. Sixty-four

homes and 8 shelter dwellings for formerly homeless families with social services.

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22/acre Child Care Center

Town Park

‘The Village’: attached townhomes on cluster courts. Fifty-Two

townhomes for first-time homebuyers

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‘The Village’: attached townhomes on cluster courts. Fifty-Two

townhomes for first-time homebuyers, alternating front auto courts and rear pedestrian courts.

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25/acre

Emeryville, CA Live/Work 35/Acre

Live-Work Townhomes. 17 homes, 11 home businesses, 6 accessory rentals on a busy boulevard. Divided by an underground creek, the homes are

organized around a central auto-pedestrian drive

35/acre

Live-Work Townhomes. 17 homes, 11 home businesses, 6 accessory rentals on a busy boulevard. Divided by an underground creek, the homes are organized around a central auto-

pedestrian drive

Live-Work Townhomes. 17 homes, 11 home businesses, 6 accessory rentals on a busy boulevard. Divided by an underground creek, the homes are organized around a

central auto-pedestrian drive

35/acre

Auto + Pedestrian Courts 35/acre 1 auto/unit

450 rental homes for families and seniors. 6-acre park, restored creek, 2 blocks from a BART station, child care, recreation center, job straining and computer literacy programs

Pedestrian Court

Auto Courts

Hillside Townhomes

40/acre

35 rental homes for families. ¾ acre lot next to community vegetable garden in downtown Tacoma, on a hill with 20’ drop in elevation, 3 blocks from UWT

Downhill Townhomes: Clustered Garages

Mid-Level Central Court

Seniors

40/acre

40 Seniors. In a single family neighborhood, restored rear yard wetland

25 formerly homeless families. Downtown Redmond with childcare, job referrals

By placing the parking garage 7’ into the ground, the lid is 3’ above ground, similar in height to porches in the neighborhood. This rental housing for 50 lower income families then fits the context of high-priced single family homes where the median sales price is $2 million.

50 low-income families. In a single family, high-income neighborhood. Partially underground garage, stoops and porches

50/acre

92 low-income families. 1.6 acres, on a major boulevard with retail, child care, community facility, social services

55/acre

80 affordable units. For low- and very low-income families and singles, in stacked townhomes, flats on .9 acres, downtown Oakland. With child care and retail.

90 units/acre

65 affordable senior units. For low- and very low-income seniors, on a busy boulevard, with services, on 2/3 acre in East Oakland.

100/acre

Rear Courtyard

Central High School

Light Rail Station

Site

65 affordable units. For low- and very low-income families, in stacked townhomes and flats, some singles and couples. 2/3 acre, on light rail line in Phoenix.

100/acre