Time-saver standards for housing and residential development
De Chiara, Joseph & others Eds.
Time-saver standards for housing and residential development - Ed.2 - New Delhi Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. 2009 - xiv,1114p.
CONTENTS Preface to Second Edition xi Preface to First Edition xiii 1. General Planning and Neighborhood Organization1 Types of planning units 3 Compatibility of other land uses with housing 4 Accessibility criteria for various destinations 5 Relationship of employment and central facilities to housing site 6 Relationship of recreation and cultural facilities to housing site 7 Utilities 8 Pollution factors 9 Population levels required to support urban activities 10 Types of neighborhoods 11 Housing types and services 14 Large-scale development (supertalocks) 15 Air rights/residential development 17 Development over water 18 Residential density 20 Types of residential occupancy 23 Condominium/cooperative ownership 24 Family cycle 29 Intensity of development (land-use intensity) 30 Evaluation of site exposure to aircraft noise 36 Evaluation of site exposure to roadway noise 38 Recommended land standards 41 Site-comparison checklist 43 Physical elements in the organization of the neighborhhod 44 2. Site Considerations and Site Planning 55 The site 57 Topographic considerations 59 Site configuration 62 Slopes and grades 63 Soil conditions 66 Site evaluation 67 Building orientation/sun 74 Building orientation/breezes and ventilation 78 Building orientation/views and vistas 82 Room orientation 83 Building orientation to street and building grouping 84 Circulation 85 Street parking 86 Streets and highways 87 Street standards 88 Street classification 89 Typical street arrangements 93 Accessory parking 94 Curb parking 96 Parking courts and bays 97 Parking garages 98 90 perimeter and island parking 99 45 perimeter and island parking 100 60 perimeter and island parking 101 Requirements for vehicular turns 102 Types of open space 103 Location of utilities 104 Noise control 105 Fire protection 109 Site planning for solar energy utilization 111 Site security analysis 120 Site elements for security 126 3. Subdivisions and Land Planning 135 Requirements of the master plan 137 Street and lot layout 140 Design considerations of subdivisions 147 Comparison of typical cul-de-sac development 153 Building arrangements 159 Parking, garages, and street planning 162 Lots per gross acre 167 Planned unit development 168 Cluster development 172 Design principles 178 Typical clusters 182 Ownership and maintenance of open space 183 Land subdivision analysis 184 Development analysis 197 4. Community Facilities 203 Maximum distances for community facilities 205 Site location 206 Accessibility standards 207 Educational facilities 208 Social and cultural facilities 215 Recreational facilities 221 Recreation areas 222 Neighborhood shopping Land-area requirements for community facilities 256 Community recreational facilities 257 5. Elements of the Dwelling Unit 263 Body measurements 265 Elemental activities 266 Furniture sizes 269 Functional relationships 271 Spatial characteristics and arrangement 277 Unit size 278 Room dimensions 279 Circulation 281 Living rooms 282 Dining areas 293 Kitchens 306 Kitchens/dining areas 336 Kitchens/appliances 345 Kitchen storage units 368 Bedrooms 389 Bathrooms 399 Bathroom fixtures 403 Family rooms 410 Relationship of human dimensions 412 Exercise areas 413 Indoor play areas 418 Recreational activities 420 Recreation rooms 423 Outdoor living spaces 424 Home laundry areas 427 Home sewing centers 437 Work and crafts centers 438 Home offices 440 Closets and storage 444 Garages 453 Functional relationships of plan elements 455 6. Types of Single-Family Houses 457 General considerations and standards 459 Detached single-family 460 Typical house plans 464 Zero-lot-line houses 485 Semiattached (duplexes) 487 Quadruplex/fourplex 493 Sevenplex 498 Row houses 499 Town houses 507 Mobile homes 544 Vacation houses 545 Farmsteads 547 Garages 550 7. Types of Apartments553 Introduction 555 General considerations and standards 556 Space standards 558 Summary of apartment types 559 Simplex apartment/flat 560 Duplex apartment 562 Triplex apartment 570 Efficiency apartment 571 One-bedroom apartment 576 Two-bedrooirf apartment 590 Three-bedroom apartment 608 Four-bedroom apartment 621 Garden apartment 624 Luxury apartment 628 Combination of apartments 643 8. Types of Apartment Buildings 647 Tenements 649 Garden apartments 653 Apartment buildings 656 Low-rise, walk-up 657 Low-rise, elevator 669 Center-corridor plan 670 Center-corridor plan, offset 685 Open-corridor plan 692 Skip-stop plan 699 Duplex apartment plan 707 Tower plan 710 Expanded tower plan 724 Three-wing plan (Y plan) 728 Cross plan 730 Expanded cross plan 733 Five-wing plan 734 Circular plan 736 Spiral plan 739 Free-form plan 740 Terrace plan 743 Luxury apartment houses 749 Combination of housing types 756 9. Apartment Building Amenities 773 Functional relationships of exterior elements 775 Open space and recreation 776 Indoor/outdoor facilities for high-density housing 780 Tennis/paddle tennis 781 Deck tennis/platform tennis 782 Golf course 783 Recreation facilities 784 Playground and playground equipment 786 Characteristics of high-density housing 794 Unsupervised and supervised play areas 795 Passive recreation areas 796 Building roof deck 797 Toddlers' room 799 Kindergarten 800 Children's center 801 Community spaces 804 Bikeways 805 Residential swimming pools 806 Health clubs 814 Saunas 817 Building entrance/exit and lobby 819 Management office 824 Mail and package delivery 825 Parking, general 826 Street and compound parking 829 Parking areas and garages 830 Central laundry room 836 Medical practice office facilities 843 Common storage areas 845 Walks 846 Trash removal and service 848 Terriloriality 849 10. Special Types of Housing 853 Barrier-free housing 855 Handicapped/basic human dimensions 860 Handicapped/wheelchair dimensions 861 Handicapped/anthropometries 865 Handicapped housing-general planning 875 Adaptable dwelling units 881 Handicapped housing-one-family house 890 Handicapped housing-kitchen 894 Handicapped housing-central dining 901 Handicapped housing-other features and rooms 902 Handicapped housing-bathroom 903 Handicapped housing-combined spaces 909 Handicapped housing-corridors and ramps 912 Handicapped parking and garages 920 Criteria for locating housing for the elderly 924 Apartments for the elderly 925 Congregate housing 929 Housing for single young people 933 Single-room-occupancy residence 937 Community residence/mentally retarded 938 Homeless center 946 Student housing 948 Public housing 955 Housing for migrant farm -i-rkers 959 11. Mobile Kcrr.es and Parks967 Site planning 969 Mobile home lots 971 Mobile home stand 986 Handicapped housing 987 Disaster housing 1000 12. Rehabilitation, Conversions, and Historic Preservation 1009 Rehabilitation guidelines 1011 Brownstone rehabilitation 1013 Rehabilitation of old-law tenements 1019 Rehabilitation of new-law tenements 1025 Rehabilitation of warehouses 1027 Conversions 1028 Renovated brownstone 1041 Historic preservation 1042 13. Housing Controls, Fire Safety, and Security 1047 Codes and regulations 1049 Housing code 1050 Model housing codes 1051 Minimum housing standards 1053 Location of exit stairs 1055 Maximum lengths of corridors 1057 Exits-multiple dwellings 1058 Fire safety/apartment alarm system 1062 Fire safety principles/single-family house 1063 Fire safety principles/low-rise multifamily housing 1065 Fire safety principles/medium- and high-rise multifamily housing 1068 Site security 1069 Building security/individual dwelling unit 1073 Building security/public area 1080 Building security/external area 1086 Street and access criteria 1088 Water supply 1089 Floodplain district 1090 Coastal flood protection zoning 1092 Yard 1093 Floor area 1094 Floor-area ratio 1095 Building heights 1096 Sky exposure plane 1098 Area of light access 1099 Residential density 1100 Credits 1101 Index 1109
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Time-saver standards for housing and residential development - Ed.2 - New Delhi Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. 2009 - xiv,1114p.
CONTENTS Preface to Second Edition xi Preface to First Edition xiii 1. General Planning and Neighborhood Organization1 Types of planning units 3 Compatibility of other land uses with housing 4 Accessibility criteria for various destinations 5 Relationship of employment and central facilities to housing site 6 Relationship of recreation and cultural facilities to housing site 7 Utilities 8 Pollution factors 9 Population levels required to support urban activities 10 Types of neighborhoods 11 Housing types and services 14 Large-scale development (supertalocks) 15 Air rights/residential development 17 Development over water 18 Residential density 20 Types of residential occupancy 23 Condominium/cooperative ownership 24 Family cycle 29 Intensity of development (land-use intensity) 30 Evaluation of site exposure to aircraft noise 36 Evaluation of site exposure to roadway noise 38 Recommended land standards 41 Site-comparison checklist 43 Physical elements in the organization of the neighborhhod 44 2. Site Considerations and Site Planning 55 The site 57 Topographic considerations 59 Site configuration 62 Slopes and grades 63 Soil conditions 66 Site evaluation 67 Building orientation/sun 74 Building orientation/breezes and ventilation 78 Building orientation/views and vistas 82 Room orientation 83 Building orientation to street and building grouping 84 Circulation 85 Street parking 86 Streets and highways 87 Street standards 88 Street classification 89 Typical street arrangements 93 Accessory parking 94 Curb parking 96 Parking courts and bays 97 Parking garages 98 90 perimeter and island parking 99 45 perimeter and island parking 100 60 perimeter and island parking 101 Requirements for vehicular turns 102 Types of open space 103 Location of utilities 104 Noise control 105 Fire protection 109 Site planning for solar energy utilization 111 Site security analysis 120 Site elements for security 126 3. Subdivisions and Land Planning 135 Requirements of the master plan 137 Street and lot layout 140 Design considerations of subdivisions 147 Comparison of typical cul-de-sac development 153 Building arrangements 159 Parking, garages, and street planning 162 Lots per gross acre 167 Planned unit development 168 Cluster development 172 Design principles 178 Typical clusters 182 Ownership and maintenance of open space 183 Land subdivision analysis 184 Development analysis 197 4. Community Facilities 203 Maximum distances for community facilities 205 Site location 206 Accessibility standards 207 Educational facilities 208 Social and cultural facilities 215 Recreational facilities 221 Recreation areas 222 Neighborhood shopping Land-area requirements for community facilities 256 Community recreational facilities 257 5. Elements of the Dwelling Unit 263 Body measurements 265 Elemental activities 266 Furniture sizes 269 Functional relationships 271 Spatial characteristics and arrangement 277 Unit size 278 Room dimensions 279 Circulation 281 Living rooms 282 Dining areas 293 Kitchens 306 Kitchens/dining areas 336 Kitchens/appliances 345 Kitchen storage units 368 Bedrooms 389 Bathrooms 399 Bathroom fixtures 403 Family rooms 410 Relationship of human dimensions 412 Exercise areas 413 Indoor play areas 418 Recreational activities 420 Recreation rooms 423 Outdoor living spaces 424 Home laundry areas 427 Home sewing centers 437 Work and crafts centers 438 Home offices 440 Closets and storage 444 Garages 453 Functional relationships of plan elements 455 6. Types of Single-Family Houses 457 General considerations and standards 459 Detached single-family 460 Typical house plans 464 Zero-lot-line houses 485 Semiattached (duplexes) 487 Quadruplex/fourplex 493 Sevenplex 498 Row houses 499 Town houses 507 Mobile homes 544 Vacation houses 545 Farmsteads 547 Garages 550 7. Types of Apartments553 Introduction 555 General considerations and standards 556 Space standards 558 Summary of apartment types 559 Simplex apartment/flat 560 Duplex apartment 562 Triplex apartment 570 Efficiency apartment 571 One-bedroom apartment 576 Two-bedrooirf apartment 590 Three-bedroom apartment 608 Four-bedroom apartment 621 Garden apartment 624 Luxury apartment 628 Combination of apartments 643 8. Types of Apartment Buildings 647 Tenements 649 Garden apartments 653 Apartment buildings 656 Low-rise, walk-up 657 Low-rise, elevator 669 Center-corridor plan 670 Center-corridor plan, offset 685 Open-corridor plan 692 Skip-stop plan 699 Duplex apartment plan 707 Tower plan 710 Expanded tower plan 724 Three-wing plan (Y plan) 728 Cross plan 730 Expanded cross plan 733 Five-wing plan 734 Circular plan 736 Spiral plan 739 Free-form plan 740 Terrace plan 743 Luxury apartment houses 749 Combination of housing types 756 9. Apartment Building Amenities 773 Functional relationships of exterior elements 775 Open space and recreation 776 Indoor/outdoor facilities for high-density housing 780 Tennis/paddle tennis 781 Deck tennis/platform tennis 782 Golf course 783 Recreation facilities 784 Playground and playground equipment 786 Characteristics of high-density housing 794 Unsupervised and supervised play areas 795 Passive recreation areas 796 Building roof deck 797 Toddlers' room 799 Kindergarten 800 Children's center 801 Community spaces 804 Bikeways 805 Residential swimming pools 806 Health clubs 814 Saunas 817 Building entrance/exit and lobby 819 Management office 824 Mail and package delivery 825 Parking, general 826 Street and compound parking 829 Parking areas and garages 830 Central laundry room 836 Medical practice office facilities 843 Common storage areas 845 Walks 846 Trash removal and service 848 Terriloriality 849 10. Special Types of Housing 853 Barrier-free housing 855 Handicapped/basic human dimensions 860 Handicapped/wheelchair dimensions 861 Handicapped/anthropometries 865 Handicapped housing-general planning 875 Adaptable dwelling units 881 Handicapped housing-one-family house 890 Handicapped housing-kitchen 894 Handicapped housing-central dining 901 Handicapped housing-other features and rooms 902 Handicapped housing-bathroom 903 Handicapped housing-combined spaces 909 Handicapped housing-corridors and ramps 912 Handicapped parking and garages 920 Criteria for locating housing for the elderly 924 Apartments for the elderly 925 Congregate housing 929 Housing for single young people 933 Single-room-occupancy residence 937 Community residence/mentally retarded 938 Homeless center 946 Student housing 948 Public housing 955 Housing for migrant farm -i-rkers 959 11. Mobile Kcrr.es and Parks967 Site planning 969 Mobile home lots 971 Mobile home stand 986 Handicapped housing 987 Disaster housing 1000 12. Rehabilitation, Conversions, and Historic Preservation 1009 Rehabilitation guidelines 1011 Brownstone rehabilitation 1013 Rehabilitation of old-law tenements 1019 Rehabilitation of new-law tenements 1025 Rehabilitation of warehouses 1027 Conversions 1028 Renovated brownstone 1041 Historic preservation 1042 13. Housing Controls, Fire Safety, and Security 1047 Codes and regulations 1049 Housing code 1050 Model housing codes 1051 Minimum housing standards 1053 Location of exit stairs 1055 Maximum lengths of corridors 1057 Exits-multiple dwellings 1058 Fire safety/apartment alarm system 1062 Fire safety principles/single-family house 1063 Fire safety principles/low-rise multifamily housing 1065 Fire safety principles/medium- and high-rise multifamily housing 1068 Site security 1069 Building security/individual dwelling unit 1073 Building security/public area 1080 Building security/external area 1086 Street and access criteria 1088 Water supply 1089 Floodplain district 1090 Coastal flood protection zoning 1092 Yard 1093 Floor area 1094 Floor-area ratio 1095 Building heights 1096 Sky exposure plane 1098 Area of light access 1099 Residential density 1100 Credits 1101 Index 1109
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