G8 midterm notes

Midterm review 10-30-2014
Critics
Holly Stenger, City of Orlando Planning
Frank Bosworth, Associate Director CityLab

Critics were allowed time to examine projects prior to presentation.

Holly Stenger commented that Bruce at planning has compared the block units to similar ones in Miami Beach. We should schedule a visit from Bruce and the owner of the unit students visited.
Kim King at planning for commercial incentives. Residential incentive?

QTS: Concerning future situation of these projects, What parts of planning do the projects address? Can they be categorized?

Trevor. Commercial incentives?
Micky. Meets traditional city goals without actually confirming to the requirements. Cars and posting are an issue that needs refinement.
Wayne. Removing stair and centralizing the vertical circulation means you can centralized parking and get rid of the posting at each unit. Make them outdoor living rooms and storage for bikes, grills, etc. No facts.
Dre. Great redo of existing units. One wall change. Clever unit types, well thought. Better light and air. Turn it to the inside? No. Develop the other scale of entrance on street side. Porches and kitchen interface with street. Get job.
Lucas. Community space from p1. Shift units to create shared court spaces and roof spaces. Split scale of modular garden idea implement at street, courtyard, roof scape.
Kyle. Singles as target demographic. People renting rooms in other houses. 80 units. Half have parking. Density and type would be a development issue. Expensive. Frank, "these are condos sold to inventors to fund construction without a loan?" What led you to believe that there is a market for co housing? SRO doesn't have a prayer. Driven by marketplace not the idea. 30 people is too many per kitchen. Explore clusters of 4 or 8? Mixed use. Difficult to engineer human behavior. Planning department are exploring du/acre vs far.

Frank Bosworth discussion.
Why does everyone create the repeating courtyard? With entrance off of courtyard? This changes the size and use of the internal courtyard. Can you create more street density and a truly private space on the inside of the block? The prevalent version is somewhat suburban. Reconfigure Dre's plan to push the units out of the courtyard. Parking is a driver in these. Place it on the street?
This tests density of the original grain. Can you work within the existing fabric and increase density without resorting to the current development formula (parking and retail plinth with housing above). Is it worth it?
How did anyone get to the idea that you pursued? You should all try to define this.
What about addressing Westmoreland and Jernigan with housing? You all ended up with a continuation of the original linear site.
Did anyone try a townhouse infill? Spend on a stair instead of entrance balcony.
Code issues with opening adjacency between units (windows, doors).
What about linking them with a common walkway balcony.

Bender.
What do you think is going to happen here? Between Westmoreland and I-4.
Magic Mall and Orlando City. Does it go Thornton Park or what?
Developers are encouraged to an 80/20 affordable mix.
What if we implement our density along side the planned density. Can we prove that our density works from a financial and social perspective?

Lucas. Courtyard was driven by access to light and creation of shade.

Innovation in their professional practice comes from an understanding of the forces of development.

Tasks to perfect these proposals.
Troubleshoot the proforma?
Do an affordable/market/commercial mix?
List changes to LDC that are required to make project happen.
What if we implement this proposal in Parramore (maps of this)