Co Housing Case

1.5 Justify proposals for providing and maintaining high quality decorations and furnishings for group living

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the “largest public housing authority in the nation” (Developments, 2015). In existence since 1934 (About NYCHA: NYCHA at 70, 2015), NYCHA is a low to moderate income public housing initiative consisting of 328 developments throughout all five boroughs of New York City. More than 400,000 residents benefit from these developments through the receipt of not only apartments but additional services provided by each development and New York City overall. Over recent years the NYCHA developments have been experiencing a reduction in government funding, forcing the organization to re-evaluate strategies addressing maintenance of old buildings (About NYCHA, 2015).

Since the document format used is Microsoft Word, it offers very appealing look. Microsoft Word manages the margins, page numbering, page breaking aspects very well. This document uses standard margins which would allow enough space on the side if someone were to file its printed copy. The document uses bold type faces for section headers and in-line to emphasize the importance or make it more authoritative. It uses consistent line spacing and divides topics in paragraphs. It uses single column grid pattern and keeps line lengths adequate.

Question 1: Describe the key aspects of Manufactured Homes’ business. Does the company have a viable business?

The total price of the house located in 75080 is $217,300 and the house located in 75081 is $234,900; the total difference in price of both homes is $17,600. Considering both house was built the same year; however, house number 1 with a lower price tag has a larger lot size, but smaller living spaces. The house number is more expensive, more living spaces but has smaller lot size. Therefore, the property tax on house number 2 is less than house number one; the total difference in property tax of both homes is

Over the years, the consensus appears to be that public and social housing is, in reality, a decaying, crime-ridden, unpromising housing block. This is in stark contrast to the early 20th-century architect, planner, and politician’s utopian dream of public and social housing. Now, according to the endless list of demolished projects, it has failed in every possible way (Bloom, 2015, p.1). For many critics, the problem lies with its architecture. They are large-scale, high-rise, unadorned, monstrosities that stigmatize public and social housing residents. That said, the idea that the architecture is the problem does not account for the complex reality of interaction between design and social outcomes.

Using the class reading and external resources (resources other than those provided in the class), write a short paper 2-3 pages in length, not including References page and cover sheet, responding to the bulleted items below.Remember to use the APA formatting rules and correctly cite and reference your sources with APA format. Use the Grading Rubric to be sure you have covered everything. Submit your paper as a Microsoft Word document, or a document that can be read using Word, with your last name included in the filename.

Established in 2015, the GCI is built on a constructed site, nestled within and spilling out from the footprint of the well-established Steele Building. Designed as a living element of the natural world, the GCI seeks to work with the environment and “operate[s] as a zero-energy and carbon neutral workplace” (HASSELL Studios 2016, paragraph 2). The green ethos extends to the use of recycled and recyclable materials and is constructed with the limited palette of geopolymer concrete, black steel, glass and wood. Built into a gentle slope, the building consists of 5 levels: the basement, embedded within the earth; level one, nestled into the slope; and levels two, three and four designed as mezzanines with learning spaces wrapping around the central atrium (Figure 2). The GCI represents a carefully orchestrated architectural system with a sense of immateriality that blurs the boundaries between inside and out, and promotes a strong connection to the natural world. Although enveloped by structures, the atrium’s three storey green wall, bio-retention basin and abundance of natural light maintains the relationship with the nature. The GCI expresses the characteristics of tectonics and stereometrics in its construction methods, use of light, load transfer and

Homeowners faced design choices that federal agencies, corporations, builders, architects, research and development organizations, and media outlets honed down into a smaller list for the masses. I frame the design options that homeowners had with two themes access, and science and technology. The theme of access addresses the social, cultural, and political structures that dictated design options. Science and technology encompass the construction processes and materials, interior materials, and objects within the house. In some instances, the theme of science and technology impacted access. I will illustrate how these themes frame and narrow the design options available to homeowners when purchasing or renovating their homes.

Each volume is made of a series of layers; and “plugged-in” to the main structural core supporting structural loads and providing space for circulation and linkage to each space. Since the concept is based on main core as a platform with several plugged-in volumes, it offers the opportunity of customization. This will give the city-dwellers the capability to resize their living space, reform it, or edit the number of amenities. Compare such level of freedom to design your own space as a resident to what is happening today in the repetitive apartment building

When real-estate development focuses on implementing sustainable low-income housing projects that help address the economic and social needs of society, it has invested in a long term and in demand project. When one thinks of low-income housing, one tends to think of section 8 and automatically invasions crime, unsanitary living conditions, and an overcrowded and loud environment. Why is this the natural assumption and vision one gets? The answer is because for many years low-income housing has brought forth residents with high stress and desperate character. Communities with higher morale and fatter wallets reject the opportunity for low-income families to live amongst there neighborhood, forcing low-income development to be consistently established in the less desirable and high crime rate areas. What if we could hide/blend low-income housing amongst a desirable neighborhood with new construction and more energy efficient designing? By developing a project for new construction that is open to the general public and is also available for state assisted families who meet low income needs, we can design an aesthetically pleasing community residents of any class will be willing to live in.

Although the center has done a creditable work, they still need variety supplies ranging from the inside of the house to the outer environment. Still, what I can comment all that remain my own observation requiring a collaborative strategy for action. Despite the fact, Langley, (2009) emphasizes that initiative for change beginning with a small change which may lead to a fruitful improvement of the problem. In my view, people assume that when thinking of change, it signifies enormous address of each prevailing problem. At the end, agents of change overwhelm while losing control and resources, leaving the situation even worse than previously. The idea of change requires sharing with it with interested people as noted earlier, including the marginalized whom with enthusiastic we seek to improve their current state of life.

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Review this case study in Chapter 7 of your text and conduct your own research. In a 3–4-page case study, address the following:

As there are quite a number of diverse people in the community, a lot of information was collected from them through one on one discussion. Although the information collected was not very satisfactory, care had to be taken as to select what to use. This was also the issue with selecting case studies which deals specifically with sociable housing which in these communities is widely known as co-housing. The evidence collected from sources had to be carefully selected and used accordingly. A model was then developed to assess how people of different background can be incorporated through various substances. This was then implemented within separate case studies and the results explored and analysed. The model was then tried on another project to see if it works.