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THE DINGBATBuilt for a car-centric society, the Dingbat no longer speaks to a 21st century Los Angeles in which the current expansion of mass transit and interest in a cleaner environment continue to push away from a car-based culture. Yet as a prototype for development, it does retain a specific legacy – the dingbat housing type enables a denser form of infill whose variants and multiplication result in a hyper-specific urban patterning.

en marSh proposes the following:

• A new internally, embedded WALK STREET that combines with a reconceived STREET LOT and zone change recommendations to create a new landscape-buffered residential environment. • Front and rear GREEN ZONES that replace conventional front yard and rear yard setbacks. Pass-thru PROMENADES on each lot connect the pedestrian walk street to the street lot and provide access to each dwelling’s front door between the green zones.• Combined on site and off site PARKING options. At the scale of the neighborhood, a new landscaped “street lot” increases the number of spaces on the current “dingbat-resultant” street by at least 400%. At the scale of the lot itself, mechanically assisted car parking concepts further minimize the usual driveway paving and turning requirements for urban infill.• Urban Villa, Infill Row house, and Courtyard House typologies introduce COLLECTIVE LIVING and SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE options not present in current zoning practice. • A NEW SUBDIVISION STRATEGY expands the traditional SFD or MFD neighborhood density- based zoning by adding new RMS and CPN occupancy-based designations.

NEW ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS:1. REAR LOT DEDICATION: 4’ dedication by each property owner creates new 8’ programmable public strip. (Walk Street)2. GREEN ZONES: Front and Rear green strips (6’ min front/ 5’ min rear)3. PROJECTIONS: Encouraged for expanded environmental performance4. PARKING: Spaces reduced when near transit, electric car chargers provided, or custom mechanical apparrati)5. INTEGRATED PARKWAY PLAN: Require a joint car , pedestrian, landscape, utility plan6. UTILITY ZONES: Front & rear utility zones designated7. SINGLE CURB CUT: Max. curb cut of 12 feet (single lane) for low & med density8. CANOPY TREE: Requires one tree per 50 foot lot9. STORMWATER COLLECTION: On site collection/irrigation requirement

EXISITING FIGURE GROUND PROPOSED FIGURE GROUND

PROPOSED SITE PROFILE

EXISTING SITE PROFILE

TYPICAL STREET PATTERN

TYPICAL STREET PATTERN W/ ALLEY

NEW STREET LOT + WALKSTREET PATTERN

WALKSTREET INSERTION

PROMENADE CONNECTION PATH

NEW STREET LOT

GREEN ZONES W/ LANDSCAPE BUFFER

URBAN VILLA / CAR DROP COURTYARD HOUSE/ CAR LOT

WIND TURBINE TOWER POWERS BACK-UP GENERATOR

INFILL ROW HOUSE / CAR CAROUSEL

SMALL UNIT FOOTPRINT AFFORDS GREATER LANDSCAPE SPACE

VERTICAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT W/ WALK UP STOOPS

CAR CAROUSEL PROVIDES TURNING RADIUS FOR NARROWER DRIVEWAY

WIND TURBINE TOWER POWERS BACK-UP GENERATOR

PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS AT SOUTH FACING ROOF

INDOOR ECO-FARMING IN KITCHEN BACKSPLASH SPACE

TWO PARKING SPACES ON SITE VIA MECHANICAL CAR DROP

New urban visions for existing neighborhoods need not necessarily begin with post-apocalyptic scenarios that generate an urban tabula rasa. In fact, viable urban strategies can include more incremental strategies that introduce effective change one lot at a time.

This project poses a sustainable reconsideration of subdivision patterns, land use policies, occupancy, and infrastructural integration methods whose roots were originally set by the town of Sherman and later fully realized via infill of the “dingbat” type. This proposal examines five key issues (STREET, SITE, CAR, HOUSING TYPOLOGY, AND RESIDENTIAL OCCUPATION) that when addressed together form the basis for a 21st century infill neighborhood.

Conventional residential solutions attempt to balance the car, pedestrian and urban image aspirations of a community. Unfortunately, continuous curb cuts are no longer viable and the West Hollywood site precludes known alley-based alternatives. However, rear yard utility easements already in place do provide an opportunity for reconfiguring familiar relationships. Therefore, this proposal inverts existing street usage patterns and suggests that, even in an existing urban context, pedestrian activity can be isolated and imbedded within the housing context itself.

GROUND PLANE DEVOTED TO GARDENS, COURTS AND PASSIVE STORMWATER COLLECTION

SPACES EXTEND INDOOR TO OUTDOOR THROUGHOUT THE UNIT

COURTYARD UNITS FULLY SURROUNDED BY NATURE AS PARKING MOVED COMPLETELY OFF SITE INTO STREET LOT

Urban Villa Ground Level 2 Level 3

Medium Density / SFD, MFD, or RMS The 21st Century Urban Villa recognizes the burgeoning eco-farmer interested in growing their own food on site. A “car drop” provides parking for two cars .

Medium Density / SFD, MFD, or RMS The Infill Row House/ Car Carousel create small footprints and efficient site planning for self-sustaining power generation. Car carousels allow narrowed driveway surfacing.

Medium Density / SFD, MFD, or RMS Courtyard housing reinvigorates strong W. Hollywood heritage of outdoor courtyard living. Parking spaces move off site into new car street lot so the site itself is reserved for gardens.

HEALTHY LIVING SUPPORTED BY ECO-FARMING AT THREE VERTICAL LEVELS

SEPARATE OUTDOOR LIVING ROOMS AND DINING SPACES REINFORCE COURTYARD

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Infill Row House Ground Level 2 Level 3 Courtyard House Ground Level 2 Level 3

The en marSh proposal portends a residential future for a city that started as a marsh land. It moves away from the car-centered, Dingbat fabric of Los Angeles and envisions a bookended landscape condition for the housing that places a primacy on light, air and a recaptured ground plane.

Neighborhood infill for a 21st century pattern of living

West Hollywood Site (Ogden/Genessee):

The history of West Hollywood, like all of Los Angeles, has been chronicled as a history of transit and large transportation systems. Today’s West Hollywood, originally the town of Sherman, grew out of an early 20th century company town of transit workers, shop keepers and working class immigrants. Its location at the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains provides a fertile agricultural base on the one hand while a high water table poses tremendous expense and difficulty for underground construction.

NEW ZONING DESIGNATIONSWest Hollywood codes recognize two single-family or duplex designations (R1 & R2) and three multi-family residential classifications(R3A, B, C & R4) at varying densities and height limitations. en marSh proposes two new zoning concepts.

NEW RESIDENTAL DESIGNATION: RMS Residential, Multiple, Single-Family - RMS Zone is not a zone based on density but rather lifestyle and occupancy. It moves past the apartment or condominium as the only choices and instead represents a zone of diverse occupancy choices, either rental or fee simple ownership, that can take on the form of townhouse, row house or urban villa configurations. It is intended to house a more diverse urban “flex zone” that can address new family and lifestyle choices, cooperative social structures, and shared economic strategies. (i.e. gay marriage, domestic partnerships, aging in place, pet ownership, extended family, rental income, etc.)

NEW COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION: CNP Commercial, Neighborhood Pocket- CP represents a strategic insertion of “walk-up” neighborhood-oriented services within large expanses of medium and high-density, residentially zones parcels. This new zone would appear incrementally along key interior arteries that pass through residential districts and include such uses as:o Recycling Stations o Dog walking Services o Community Gardenso Plant Nurseries o Laundromats o Barber shopso Notary/ Postal Services o Utility Service Substations o Bicycle Shops

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