DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

Instructor

SAMUEL ABEBE

OCTOBER 2024
INTRODUCTION

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 INTRODUCTION: ADAVATAGES OF MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS
Economic / ▪ increased demand for accommodation
Social
advantages ▪ Creating an interesting, vibrant street

▪ support for local businesses

▪ Reducing transport costs
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Environment environment.
▪ decreasing road
congestion traffic pollution, and wasted time
▪ Enhances the quality of the local environment by creating lively, populated urban areas
Developer ▪ Higher rates of occupancy due to greater density
▪ Rapid development of a site’s potential by reducing the risk of oversupplying the market
with a single building type
▪ Synergy of uses can create a vibrant urban destination, resulting in greater immediate
returns increased long-term appreciation of property values
INTRODUCTION: types OF MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS
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Mixed-use

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cities with some land space to
spare.
Vertical ▪ different uses within a
Mixed-use single building or tower.
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ptimize land utilization, maximize
density, and create a compact, multi-
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Design consideration: program and zoning
Location:
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▪ zoning regulations

Site analysis:

whether the services

and facilities required by potential commercial and residential occupants

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Design consideration: site and urban context
Location and Neighborhood context:

▪ Important for concept, need assessment and program

development

Zoning and size:

Legal information:

▪ Setbacks, BAR, FAR ▪ Height, Color, Material

▪ Land use, Historical use ▪ Developmental controls
Design consideration: site and urban context
Natural physical features:

Man made features:

Circulation and access:

Design consideration: site and urban context
Utilities:

Climate:

Sensory:
Design consideration: typical programs
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS TYPICAL COMPONENTS

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Task one: site selection – area of 1500-3000 sq.m
Task one: site selection and requirements
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Thank you