Living Villages Project Summary

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SPAC E TO G ROW We c a n d es i g n th e h o u s e w i th l aten t s p a c e o n th e p l o t ava i l a bl e s o th at f u tu re g row th i s n’t c o n s tr a i n ed by res tr i c ti o n s o n the d evel o p a bl e a rea . T h i s m ea n s b ea r i n g i n m i n d th at th e fo ot p r i n t o f th e h o u s e, p l u s a ny f u tu re ex ten s i o n s s h o u l d n’t exc eed 5 0 % o f th e p l o t a rea .

PR E D E SI G N E D E X T E N SI O N S We c a n p rov i d e a s er i es o f s i m p l e, p red es i g n ed ex ten s i o n p l a ns th at res i d en ts c a n ch o s e to u s e i n f u tu re i f th ey w a n t to. T h es e c o u l d b e d es i g n ed w i th Per m i tted D evel o p m en t i n m i n d , i n ord er th at n o a rch i tec t o r p l a n n i n g p er m i s s i o n wo u l d b e n eed ed, s av i n g t i m e a n d c o s ts a n d th u s red u c i n g b a r r i er s i n th e p ro c ess.

I N T E G R AT E D ST RU C T U R E We c a n i n teg r ate s tr u c tu re i n d i f f eren t w ay s to en c o u r a g e f utu re a d a p tati o n , f ro m th e d es i g n o f th e f l o o r s l a b, to th e f r a mi n g o f th e bu i l d i n g.

We s ee future-pro o fi n g bei n g en abl ed i n th ree m a i n w ay s : p rov i d i n g th e s p a c e to g row ; p re-des i gn i n g a var i ety o f o pen -s o u rc e ex ten s i o n ‘ ty p es ’ ; a n d i n c o r p o r ati n g a d d i ti o n a l laten t s tr uc ture i n th e bas e bui l d.

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