residential building’s setbacks, facades, entries_urban design

7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design

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Residential Buildings Setbacks,

Facades, Entries & Garages


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Residential Setbacks

Most new residentialareas setbacks (10 to 15)feet from the propertyline

Depends on thecharacters of the landuse and right-of-way.

etback is the distance between the road! street!ri"er or shore! or any other area.


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#n $ede"elopable %reasand #n&ll ites shouldcomplement thesurrounding setbacks of

the buildings. 'here units are set abo"e

&nished grad! the set backmay be reduced such as o"er depressed parking

garages.


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#f housing occur o"er the&rst oor of commercialareas no setback is

re*uired+hese setbacks

contributes to street,shuman scale and acti"ity.

#f the residential units aresetback from the streets!the area should belandscaped.


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#n residential areas! minimal front yard setbacksencourage recessed garages result a larger back yards.

$educed setbacks creates safer and acti"e streets.


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Residential Setbacks in

Japan Minimum road width M.

lder roadways could benarrower

+he setback of buildingshould be considered by atleast /M.

Minimum setback ensure

the future widening of theroad and controls urbandensity! ease access to &re-trucks 1

1. http://www.alatown.com/japanese-

building-law/


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Residential Building

Facades acades are key factors making streets

23edestrian- oriented4

acades should ha"e high le"el of "isualinterest


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Facades Di"erse building facades a"oid boring

streetscape


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Facades Di"erse human-scaled facades conduce

pedestrian acti"ities! sense of security and"isual interest.

ront porches creates opportunities for socialinteraction with neighborhood and bring eyes onstreets.


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Entries uildings entries should

ha"e to be oriented to thestreets not to the interiorblocks or parking lots.

econdary and upper-oorentries are allowed to belocated in the interior of theblock.

+he front-door entries fromsingle-family houses!duple6es! and townhousesshould be "isible from thestreet.

Figure showduplexes

Figure show

townhouses

Figure show single-familyhouse


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Entries %ccess to the alleys! garages!

and parking lots can bepro"ided by backdoors.

#f the additional entries pro"idedfrom the streets! a single entryfrom the court yard ispermitted.

%ncillary unit! and upper-oorunits in multi-family orapartment comple6es maybeaccessed by rear-entries.

Figure show Backdoor

Figure show ecurity doors


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Residential Garages+he garages should be situated in way to

decrease the "isual impact on the streetscapes.

or a singly-family house a garage should bepositioned in four ways

ide Dri"e(%ttached)

ide Dri"e(Detached)

$ecessed ront7arage

%lley(%ttached orDetached)


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Residential Garages

$ecessed garages

8an o"erlook thestreets and on playingchildren

9ase theneighborhood acti"ity

8reates more human-scaled and lessmonotonousen"ironment by

minimi:ing of the"isual im act of lar e

Figure show $ecessed ront7arage


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Residential Garages

7arages should be

ited away from the streets!

ehind or below the

residential buildings #f the garages below the

residences! it should bedepressed so that the &rstoor of li"ing units is not

more than about four feetabo"e &nish grade.

+andem parking is permittedand encourage in garages

igure hows +andem7arage


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+hankyou

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