Densifying the suburbs : a single-family home alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, Florida

This design project was an experimental case study to establish a viable, reduced-size typological alternative for single-family housing as a potential vehicle for the densification of the urban suburbs. Through demographic and census data, the need for this kind of densification was first established and then a design project was formulated using site-specific parameters and industry projections on the future of housing needs. The project began with a study of different housing typologies that variably affected urban form. Then, the project focus narrowed to a complete design proposal for the selected site where specific typological ideas and their resulting urban form were tested.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Botero, Maria Antónia

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nader Tehrani.

• Architecture.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72929

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/72929