HOUSING ESTATES

 

MINI ESTATES AND SOCIAL WITH PROMISE

 

With adjustment that pays respect to a local cultural landscape this MINIestate in the 

USA might well serve as a foundation upon which to build affordable houses with the 

potential to be sustainable 'HOMEplaces' in lutruwitaTasmania. 

The current INVESTMENTmodel for housing in Australia/Tasmania arguably is broken

 on the evidence and the STATUSquoism in evidence is clearly compounding the 

circumstances that cause people to lose their homes and suffer all manner of stressful 

situations. 

Politicians will tell us the the solution is a matter of politics and economics. However, the 

situation is social and cultural and communities need to take charge and it is possible to 

do that. 

 As time passes the disconnects become increasingly serious and it is especially so

 when 'CIVICplanners' transmogrify into 'Managers of Development' and civic 

PLACEmakers (AKA Councillors) fail to see the BLOODYleopard chance its spots before 

their eyes and distort cultural landscapes to the benefit of INVESTORdevelopers.

As all those sayings go ... great minds think alike, small minds rarely differ ... and as

 legend tells us, Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it did burn down in one ... while 

politically, as always, the end justifies the means. 

Who is looking at any of this anyway?

https://newtowncdc.org/news-events/tempe-micro-estates.html 

Thirteen modern and efficient one–bedroom homes create a welcoming community Each house features:

• 600 square feet of living space 

• One loft bedroom in two-story homes or first-floor bedroom in accessible home 

• One full-size bathroom 

• Open-concept kitchen, dining, and living area 

• Full-size appliances 

• Private patio and side yard 

• High-quality, low-maintenance building materials 

• Water and energy-efficient design 

• Low heating and cooling needs 

• Low-waste, low-energy construction 

• ENERGY STAR® 

Home Performance certification Common Room features: 

• 900 square feet of shared space • Indoor and outdoor gathering areas 

• Community kitchen for hosting events 

• Secure mailboxes • Laundry facilities with dedicated space for line-drying 

• Tool library 

• Book and game library 

Community features: 

• Affordable purchase price and low HOA and land-lease fees • Secure community for safety 

• On-site parking for cars 

• Pedestrian and bike-friendly location 

• Close to light rail, Valley Metro bus system, Orbit, and Tempe Streetcar 

• Edible and native plant gardens 

• Rainwater harvesting and grey-water reclamation 

• Environmentally sustainable design

AND THEN THERE WAS THIS BACK IN 1963

Links Jørn Utzon - [1] - [2] - [3] - [ google]

Built in 1959 and in 1963 respectively, the Kingo and Fredensborg houses share one same 

system of organic growth based on the repetition of the same residential type. In both 

cases, the main idea is to combine the privacy of domestic life – through individual 

courtyards – and community life, through shared green spaces, streets, and plazas. In this 

way, neighbors enjoy the sensation of living in nature while being part of a larger

 urbanized area. The basic housing unit adopts the universal scheme of the courtyard

 house, with two L-shaped wings for living spaces and a square-shaped garden. Though 

the geometry is strictly orthogonal, the system is organic because it has the capacity to 

grow, within each cell in particular as well as within the whole. .... 

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