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16 Mar, 11 tweets, 3 min read
austrian architects > american architects

prove me wrong

nextroom.at/building.php?i…
prove me wrong

i could do this all day

archdaily.com/504748/kinderg…
better better better better better better, oh

dietrich.untertrifaller.com/en/projects/in…
maybe it's the water?

archdaily.com/924253/health-…
ah it *is* the water

sigh

👀

archdaily.com/217122/renovat…
bernardo bader was 33 years old when he won the competition for the islamische friedhof in vorarlberg

architizer.com/projects/islam…
bader was 34 when he won the competition for the kita in bizau...

bernardobader.com/en/projekt/kin…
austria had panelized mass timber passivhaus housing - decades before katerra was even a dream (1997)

hkarchitekten.at/v61/wp-content…

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michael eliason Profile picture
17 Mar
i've been thinking a lot about CLT floors of late.

i've always struggled a bit with how we do it here - thin floor plates w/ CLT panels, and it hit me in a discussion w. hundegger's wolfgang piatke - the US puts CLT in floors, the EU puts CLT in walls
and it's not just that we put CLT in floors - we also do it wrong.

in the US, nearly everyone is trying to do the thinnest floor plate they can w/ CLT. they do this by adding a layer of acoustic insulation and a concrete or gypcrete topping.

this sets up a couple of issues
1. the approach is not the best from an acoustic standpoint. yes, it can meet the bare minimum of the code, but performance isn't ideal.

2. it's not circular (and again, concrete...)

3. it's not service/infra friendly

4. it's not flexible/futureproofed Image
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michael eliason Profile picture
15 Mar
we're beyond point of 4plexes in single family zones as a means towards affordable housing.

that juncture was in late 70s, when city looked at legalizing missing middle affordable housing in seattle's vast single family zoned landscape. homeowners got that killed. or 90s UV plan
per zillow, median single family home value in seattle today exceeds $950k, is expected to increase substantially over the next year.

this means the land costs *alone* for a 4plex will be almost $250k.

seattle's abhorrent land policies have only exacerbated the housing crisis
if we take a very aggressive soft + hard cost (minus land) of $350/sf for a 1,000 sf unit, then we're at $600k per unit.

this is unaffordable for those under 100% AMI without a very sizeable down payment. especially if the city refuses to adjust occupancy limits
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michael eliason Profile picture
14 Mar
vallastaden is a new green, mixed use urban development in the swedish city of linkoping, that was developed as an urban living expo - w/ diverse housing types and ownership models

sure wish we could do things like this.

medium.com/housing-innova…
swedish video w/ english subtitles on the district here

player.vimeo.com/external/27844…
the project incorporates a massive utility culvert, sim to the one i was discussing w/ @AGH4SEA a few weeks ago.

video here: vimeo.com/140904923
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25 Feb
if you asked me a year ago what the perfect urban building was, i would have said something like praeger richter's 5 story + DG baugruppe-ausbauhaus in neukoelln (berlin)

praegerrichter.de/AUSBAUHAUS-NEU…
project stats:

24 units
15,060 sf site
floor area is 38,740 sf (FAR of 2.6)
3m ceilings - nearly 10' - unheard of in much of seattle
each unit has a south-facing balcony or terrace
the front features a playground, and bike parking
shared garden at rear

media2.heinze.de/m1/85/12643085…
the ausbauhaus (starter house, or unfinished house) is planned for a base price per m2 that the owner can buy.

from there are a multitude of options:
owner can fit out themselves
owner can have arch do basic fittings
owner can have arch do luxe fit out

payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/165174/683…
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25 Feb
our land use is largely predicated on the notion that residents stay in the same place for years - but the reality is that there is fairly constant turnover - even for homeowners. here's wallingford, in just the last 24 months.
on just these 13 single family zoned blocks, 36 households of have moved in 36 months

there are only about 180 homes on these blocks. that's 20% of the neighborhood that has changed, in just 3 years.

change is constant. but in these zones, only wealthier people can move in
even in broadmoor
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25 Feb
anti-tenant bigotry really is gross.
TIL 4-story buildings are 'unhealthy'
had the city abolished single family zoning decades ago, this nonsense wouldn't be an issue.
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