Eco-Futures Designs Inc. Planning For The Future … Naturally Neo-Traditional/ Ecological Design.

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Eco-Futures Designs Inc. Planning For The Future … Naturally Neo-Traditional/ Ecological Design

Challenges & Opportunities Noise Pollution through traffic Contamination of site Industry Prime salmon habitat Wetlands/Flood plane Waterfront Proximity to Cotton Wood Island Park

Neo-Traditional Design Part (I) … Housing Target Population People per Unit/Family Oriented Community Housing unit clusters Efficient single-family housing and town- homes 9.15m x (30’x50’) per unit Ecologically Designed

Eco-design … Some Basic Design Features of Housing Southern Oriented Solar Cells / Passive Solar linked Heating Housing is Raised 4 ft. on Pillars

Eco-design … Some Basic Design Features of Housing Storage Area between Connecting Walls of Units - Sound Dampening Vehicular Space Minimized - Common Space Maximized

Basic Design Features … Open Space between Housing Separation Between Housing Clusters/Units provides pedestrian access and green space Focus to Central Square

Neo-Traditional Design Part (II) … Open Space Re-Vegetate Native Species Promote Floodplain Characteristics Maintain Ecological Integrity

Neo-Traditional Design Part (III) … Community Square “Somewhere Roughly in the Middle” Pedestrian Oriented

Neo-Traditional Design Part (III) … Community Square Focal Point … i.e. Fountain/Small Park Area Brick Interlaced Basic Services –Grocery & Bus Stop –Benches & Trees

Neo-Traditional Design...Streets 7 Meters Wide Street Parking –reduces speed –minimizes pavement Green Space ‘Lined’ No Curbs Two choices to any Destination

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