Neighborhood Reinvestment: Housing Process for Neighborhood Reinvestment Corportation; First Stage – Final Document
01/01/198815-page paper aiming to develop a process proposal for a pilot, housing project which would be capable of building houses at a low budget, and in a way which creates stronger community bonds amongst the owner/families through their participation in the construction process of their houses. The pilot project would be the building of a group of 10 to 12 houses on normal size lots, each having a built area between 900 to 1200 square feet at a construction cost of about 45 dollars per square foot. The general contents outlining the pilot project are: 1. General Conditions; 2. Family Participation; 3. Lot Layout and Common Land; 5. Ownership and Loan Structure; 6. House Construction; 7. Construction Administration; 8. Completion of Landscaping and Personal Details; 9. Building Permits and Loan Approvals; 10. Pilot Project Schedule; 11. Research Funding for Pilot Project.
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A New Approach to Design and Construction Management
A new kind of design/construction/management process, especially for large projects, is required, which will allow the building to be conceived, designed and built so that it comes to life. Below are the ground rules of such a process, already tried ...
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Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood - Rules and Patterns for Laying out a Neighborhood
Neighborhoods and communities grow and change over time, and the effect of time on the process of its adaptation on real needs is huge, and leads to types and styles of order quite different from any planned arrangement, based on ...