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Densifying the suburbs : a single-family home alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, Florida

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Author(s)
Botero, Maria Antónia
Advisor(s)
Nader Tehrani.
Alternative Title
Densifying the suburbs : a single-family alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, FL
Single-family home alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, Florida
Single-family alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, FL
Date Issued
2012
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This design project was an experimental case study to establish a viable, reduced-size typological alternative for single-family housing as a potential vehicle for the densification of the urban suburbs. Through demographic and census data, the need for this kind of densification was first established and then a design project was formulated using site-specific parameters and industry projections on the future of housing needs. The project began with a study of different housing typologies that variably affected urban form. Then, the project focus narrowed to a complete design proposal for the selected site where specific typological ideas and their resulting urban form were tested.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.
Odd numbered pages are numbered only. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Architecture.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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