INCREMENTAL HOUSING DIAGRAM 9TH and 15th Avenue South
The incremental typology of architecture allows for an affordable initial design that can be repeated and augmented. This housing typology gain has been an efficient alternative to public housing projects. What makes incremental housing unique is that it allows space given to each unit, where over time residents have the ability to expand and customize the unit to better fit their needs. This could be especially useful in Melrose Mercy, where many families can now afford to purchase a unit, and later expand and make that home fit their needs. Once this happens, those residents now feel attached to their home as it is tailored to what they require, which in effect would lead to residents staying in their unit for a much longer time period than they previously would have. Thus, leading to a much closer knit community, having these units connected to each other with a small communal space in front of each collection of units.
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Please see Annex section with precedents studies of this typology.
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