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PROJECT 4 MEDIUM RISE DEVELOPMENT In this final studio project, students develop an urban housing scheme that explores the potential for site, typology, historic precedent, nature, organizational ideas, ordering principles, circulation, material studies, event structures, and systems integration to inspire fresh combinations and well-reasoned frameworks for the design of domestic space. PROJECT OBJECTIVES A) To develop a thoughtful housing type responsive to local lifestyles and concerns unique to the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area. B) To identify active and effective dwelling spaces that emphasize the influence of human scale, compositional coherence and contextual compatibility. C) To illustrate that medium-density housing units can be tied to urban issues derived from site contours, neighborhood amenities, building orientation, prevailing patterns of movement, and a desire for natural light, ventilation and physical access. D) To employ design strategies that enhance or articulate clear and distinct relationships between interior and exterior space. E) To explore imaginative uses for available materials and thoughtful means for the application of structural systems. F) To account for the impact of environmental factors, the consumption of energy and the role of technology in the field of housing. > To establish that special issues linked to the disabled community might introduce design opportunities and suggest solutions that will stimulate rather than impede the formation of creative accessible environments.