[Visitaccess] help with the pattern book on visitable housing

[John Norquist]

FYI     Leyland Alliance is headed by CNU Board member Steve Maun.
On Jun 14, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Liz wrote:

> Sounds like a great project.  I would recommend visiting Warwick  
> Grove in Warwick, NY (www.warwick-grove.com).  It is a TND project  
> for age 55 and older by the Leyland Alliance.  The home styles are  
> very attractive.  They have a number of other projects under  
> development as well (www.leylandalliance.com).
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> Liz Kormos
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> Kormos and Company LLC
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> From: visitaccess-bounces at cnunext.org [mailto:visitaccess- 
> bounces at cnunext.org] On Behalf Of Steinfeld, Edward
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:09 PM
> To: VisitAccess at cnunext.org
> Subject: [Visitaccess] help with the pattern book on visitable housing
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> We have developed a draft table of contents and tentative scope for  
> the Pattern Book that I described in a previous post.
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> We are modeling this book on the pattern book for Habitat for  
> Humanity being developed by the Institute for Classical  
> Architecture, UDA and others. Eric Osth from UDA will be meeting  
> with me in early July to discuss how we can share information and  
> examples.
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> Thus summer, I hired three students to work on the layout for the  
> book, the introductory sections and some initial designs.  We will  
> do all the 3D illustrations in Sketchup and post them on the web  
> for comment.
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> By the end of the summer, we hope to have the introductory sections  
> drafted, the table of contents and scope finalized, about 4-5  
> examples of the house designs done and all the examples and styles  
> identified. Then, my Fall graduate design studio will work on the  
> rest of the examples and put selected houses into context using  
> real world sites.  We hope to have a complete draft done by the end  
> of the Fall semester.
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> Since there are endless variations of house forms, we need to  
> narrow the scope to a manageable number. So, we are asking for your  
> help. Please review the attached documents. We would like your  
> input on the styles we should use for the various types of  
> buildings – see the instructions in the scope document. We would  
> like your responses at the end of next week. Please also send along  
> any photos or plans of houses that we can redesign or use in the  
> book. They should be good designs but they don’t have to be  
> accessible because we will redesign and redraft them for the  
> purposes of the book.
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> I am going to have my students fan out during a week in October to  
> do field trips to New Urbanist projects. Since it doesn’t cost that  
> much more to visit LA than Chicago, they can go anywhere in the  
> country. Please suggest communities that you think they should  
> visit and, if you have information on contacts with the developer,  
> planners or designers, please send them along also.
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> Finally, if you are interested in volunteering to meet with a  
> student team and/or help them organize their visit to a project in  
> your neighborhood, please indicate that as well.
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> If you have any additional suggestions or advice of any sort,  
> please let me know or post it to the list.
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> Thanks very much for your help.
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> Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D., AIA
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> Professor of Architecture and Director
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> Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access School of  
> Architecture and Planning
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> University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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> Tel. 716 829 3485 (x327)
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> Fax. 716 829 3861
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> email address:arced at buffalo.edu
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> IDEA Center website: www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea
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