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A House, Undone
(Paperback)
T Clear; Edited by Lana Hechtman Ayers; Selected by Priscilla Long
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"Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large
Scale World "introduces an antidote to faceless, placeless sprawl
-- small scale neighborhoods where people can easily know one
another, where empty nesters and single householders with far-flung
families can find friendship or a helping hand nearby, and where
children can have shirt-tail aunties and uncles just beyond their
front gate.
The book describes inspiring pocket neighborhoods through
stories of the people who live there, as well as the progressive
planners, innovative architects, pioneering developers,
craftspeople and gardeners who helped create them.
Sarah Susanka, author of the best selling "Not So Big House"
series, wrote the Foreword to the book, placing pocket
neighborhoods within context of the contemporary trends in housing
and community. Ross Chapin begins the book by outlining the shifts
in the scale of community and the American Dream over several
generations, leading to super-sized houses in a sea of development,
then describes a solution to help restore healthy, livable
communities. The first section of the book looks at historic
precedents of pocket neighborhoods, from 15th century hofje
almshouses in the Netherlands, to a 19th century Methodists Camp
Community on Martha's Vineyard, to early 20th century Garden City
models and Southern California Cottage Courtyards. The second
section covers a wide range of contemporary pocket neighborhoods,
including New Urban communities, affordable housing, houseboat
communities, eco-neighborhoods, and Ross Chapin Architects' own
pocket neighborhood examples. The third section focuses on
'cohousing' communities, from Danish origins in the 1960s, to
examples across America, Australia and New Zealand, including a
chapter on senior cohousing. The fourth section looks at
retrofitting pocket neighborhoods within existing communities.
Throughout the book are series of "Design Keys" that highlight the
essential principles of pocket neighborhood planning and design,
and short stories about "Pocket Neighborhood Pioneers" who blazed
new trails. The book is filled with rich photographs, drawings,
illustrations and site plans, and a Resources section at the end
provides leads for the reader to explore the topic in further
detail.
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