Re: drivable emergency access. was RE: "Cohousing Overlay" asZoning Regulation | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Kay Argyle (Kay.Argyleutah.edu) | |
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:08:35 -0700 (PDT) |
Our grass pavers have a honeycomb grid, with two-inch(?) cells. The manufacturer says they are ADA compliant and will support 97,000 lbs per sq ft. I've seen photos of them used for dirt trails (hiking, bike, riding). http://www.grassypavers.com/ "we have discussed constructing occasional parallel pulloffs for same although these parking spaces will feel like they are encroaching on lawns and other open space" Design the pull-offs as multipurpose social space. - Paint them for games: hopscotch, four-square, fox-and-geese, or "roads" for toy cars. As a child I was horridly frustrated by the fact that the chalk hopscotch grids I drew for myself at home were small and misshapen, not at all like the ones at the school playground. - Furnish with lightweight or wheeled patio furniture and a grill, or plastic toddler play equipment, to be moved to the edge when the pad is needed for, say, a carpet cleaning service truck. - Create a labyrinth. Inset pebbles, marbles, or tiles in the cement for the outline: prettier and more permanent than paint. - Put a basketball hoop at the side. - Benches or hedges or other low barriers (even knee-high) would give a psychological separation from resident's yards. I've wished that our community had half a dozen small patios scattered through, one for every three or four units to share. Our community's spaces are either public or private, mostly with no intermediate; we need areas that are semi-private yet socially accessible. Christopher Alexander's book A Pattern Language discusses gradations of privacy and the elements of design that can encourage people to use an area or turn it into a no man's land (among many other concepts useful for creating livable buildings and communities). Kay __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5956 (20110315) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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