Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Elevators and exclusions

[Ann Zabaldo (ann.zabaldo]

 This U shape building idea seems like a "winning" design for all the
reasons you mentioned, David.  Also ... it's "cozy" and efficient.
Both Takoma Village and Eastern Village are U shaped w/ centrally
located elevators that access all floors.

At Takoma Village about 80-85% of the units are visitable on the 1st
floor including 1st floor BA.  At Eastern Village all homes are
visitable except one unit's LR & K is down 1/2 flight of steps. It's
BRs & BAs are on the entry level.

-- 
Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
McLean, VA
Voice 703-663-3911
Fax 202-291-8594
www.cohousingcollaborative.com


On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:25 PM, David Heimann <heimann [at] theworld.com> 
wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>        Ah, the implications of different designs.  Here at Jamaica Plain
> Cohousing we built our structure as essentially a single U-shaped building
> around a courtyard, with entry to the units via an external
> corridor/deck/balcony going around the inside of the U on each floor.  In
> that way a single elevator by the common house was all we needed to gain
> visitability to all the units, no matter what floor they were on.

> Regards,
> David Heimann
> JP Cohousing
>

> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:20:58 -0400
> From: Elizabeth Magill <pastorliz [at] verizon.net>

>
>> If you
>> build flats, all the ground floor flats are accessible without an
>> elevator,
>> and all the second floor units could be accessible with a single
>> elevator,
>> and a balcony connecting them.




-- 
Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
McLean, VA
Voice 703-663-3911
Fax 202-291-8594
www.cohousingcollaborative.com