Wednesday, December 3, 2014

P3X3 - Dedge - Mapping Analysis and Site Selection

With the subsidy expiration fast approaching on a significant portion of the affordable housing stock with in the next 10 years.  There is an increasing need to resupply the market with additional affordable housing to not only accomodate the exisiting population but also to take into account its inevitable growth over the next decade.

This map is a macro scale analysis of Orlando as a whole showing the break down of the population density through a filter based off of age and ethnicity.  Evaluation of the existing affordable housing stock has determined that there is a much larger percentage of elderly and minority housing that falls with in the expiring subsidies.  This study aims to identify general population characteristics in relation to a few basic amenities, such as bus lines, mass transit, and parks.

Race Legend: 
Green = White
Black = Black
Red = Hispanic
Blue = Asian

Courtesy of the City of Orlando this map designates the extent of mid to low income within Orlando.  It is pertinent to note that when compared to the above map that the majority of the low income areas fall within the largest concentrations of minorities.


The proposed site selected is currently slated for development of a new medical office and hotel.  This plan then is an design option for the use of the land.  (Note to D, talk about bus connection and medical proximity for elderly.  map out amenities, etc. photoshop high density R-3d or MXD-2 for the block)




The analysis of this site has revealed a high density community that currently exists in the vicinity.  The community is made up of mostly elderly residents.  Considering the subsequent expiration of assisted living subsidies that are used in nearby residential towers and the growing elderly population, the proposed project seeks to create a new retirement community between existing elderly clusters to develop a high density district that is within close proximity of downtown and its amenties but also closely connected to the existing transit system to allow the residents the freedom to venture beyond their property with out the aid of an automobile.


  • Legend
    • Orange - Site Selection
    • Dark Red - Property
    • Red - Surface and 3 Story Garage Parking
    • Blue - Retail
    • Yellow - Residential
    • Brown - Boardwalk and Dock
    • Green - Landscaping


P3X2.5 - Dedge - Incentives

Below is a series of tools that can be used to further develop sites that would fall subsidized housing programs.

Affordable Housing Assistance Program

$300,000 grant for neighborhood development and renovation
http://www.orl-oha.org/Choice%20Neighborhood/choiceneighborhood.htm

A decade long fiscal plan to apply uncommon incentives to HUD properties.
http://www.orl-oha.org/press%20Rl/PublicCommentNotice.htm

The PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to public housing agency (PHA) policies, programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals. There are two parts to the PHA Plan: the Five-Year Plan, which each PHA submits to HUD once every fifth PHA fiscal year, and the Annual Plan, which is submitted to HUD every year. It is through the Annual Plan that a PHA receives capital funding and/or Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) funding. (PHA,2001)
Public Housing Guide Plan

P3X1 - Dedge - Initial Investigation

Development Name: Orlando Cloisters
Cluster 9
ShimID: 1953
Address: 757 S Orange Ave Orlando, FL 32801
Housing Programs: Rental Assistance/HUD;Section 202 Direct Loan
Total Units: 101
Total Assisted Units: 101
Target Population: Elderly
Year Built: 1984
Subsidy Expiration: 2025

  • Avg Rent / No. Rooms
    • 0 BR: $798 / 30
    • 1 BR: $888 / 71
Funders: HUD Multifamily
AVG Household size: 1.03

  • Ethnicity %
    • White: 42
    • Asian: 1
    • Black: 6
    • Hispanic: 54
Avg Income: $11,095
Total Living Area: 78,565sf
Prev Year Assessed Value: $6,452,604
Property Use: Retirement Community
Building Type: Multi Family Residence
Ext Wall: Precast Concrete Panel
Int Wall: Drywall










Development Name: Windsor Cove Apartments
Cluster 12
ShimID: 2040
Address: 1488 Mercy Drive Orlando, FL 32808
Housing Programs: Rental Assistance/HUD
Total Units: 256
Total Assisted Units: 256
Target Population: Family
Year Built: 1974 (subsidy began 1983)
Subsidy Expiration: 2022

  • Avg Rent / No. Rooms
    • 2 BR: $573 / 96
    • 3 BR: $682 / 160
Funders: HUD Multifamily
AVG Household size: 3.45

  • Ethnicity %
    • White: 0
    • Asian: 0
    • Black: 99
    • Hispanic: 0
Avg Income: $9,391
Total Living Area: 259,843sf
No. of Buildings: 32
Prev Year Assessed Value: $7,583,891
Property Use: Modern Apartment Complex
Building Type: Multi Family Residence
Ext Wall: Concrete Block Stucco
Int Wall: Avg. Wall
Zoning: R-3B/W












Development Name: Life Concepts Living II
Cluster ?
ShimID: 173
Address: 705 Greenwood Street Orlando, FL 32801
Housing Programs: Rental Assistance/HUD;Section 202 Direct Loan
Total Units: 4
Total Assisted Units: 4
Target Population: Persons with disabilities
Year Built: 1953 (Subsidy Began 1992)
Subsidy Expiration: 2032

  • Avg Rent / No. Rooms
    • 1 BR: $1393 / NA
    • 2 BR: $1556 / NA
Funders: HUD Multifamily
AVG Household size: NA

  • Ethnicity %
    • White: 100
    • Asian: 0
    • Black: 0
    • Hispanic: 0
Avg Income: NA
Total Living Area: 2,818sf
No. of Buildings: 2
3 Beds / 2 Baths
Prev Year Assessed Value: $185,551
Property Use: Duplex
Building Type: Multi Family Residence
Ext Wall: Conrete Block
Int Wall: Plastered














P3X3 3D

We will move from the 2d mapping into three dimensions following Thursday. You are welcome to experiment prior. Use SketchUp and Google Maps and own maps to create separate three-dimensional models, to scale, of the existing condition and your proposed redevelopment. These will be fairly bland mass models with little detail. But they allow us to study and think about shadow, scale of urban space, visual connectivity and program use. I think that as a class we need to come up with a consistent color key that allows us to denote parking, housing, mercantile, business, etc. The masses then take on meaning within a mixed use concept.  Some of you will have more of this, and some of you will have less, depending upon your site and in the context.

Monday, December 1, 2014

P3X3 Part 2 Early Proposals

Project 3
Exercise 3 Part 2


Woodridge Property Proposals
Density increase & focus on centralizing vehicle transit

The zoning for this area is classified first as a Laurel Hill P-D, but it falls under the R-3 category which was defined in the P3X2 assignment as multifamily residential. Currently the apartment complex holds 254 units over its roughly 16.5 acre site. Without any of the density bonuses that are available for this area, high density allowances are 50 dwelling units per acre. This means that it would be possible to fit 825 units on this site.

Proposal 1

Replacement of medium-density apartment buildings with high density to increase units and allow for the property to absorb the tenants of the other communities within the cluster who will be unable to pay for their units when the affordability incentives roll over. This community is the best option to be intensified and extended as affordable housing, as it is the closest to mass transit stops, community buildings, and commercial districts by foot.

Proposal 1 | New density of apartments within the complex

Proposal 2

A more extreme version of the first proposal, this design focuses on the complete redevelopment of a large section of neighboring property as well as the community itself. The density of the community is still increased, but this proposal takes advantage of the PD in the area to suggest changes to the character of the site. A large section of the on-grade parking is removed and condensed into multistory garages. This space is reclaimed as public green space, to allow for more community activities to take place. Mixed-use buildings border the edges of streets, so that this block is now activated by the combination of residential, commercial, and community uses overlapped.

Proposal 2 | Vehicle circulation through the site and parking garages


Proposal 2 | Pedestrian circulation through the site