PDF《The American Dream》

065 PERSPECTIVE

064 PERSPECTIVE DESIGN Sarah Susanka In Libertyville, Illinois, a forthcoming development will blend the tenets of New Urbanism with those popularised in Sarah Susanka's Not So Big design philosophy.

SchoolStreet, a four-acre development, will emphasise a more social approach to residential life, with front porches and walkability to yield neighbourly interaction amongst

26 single-family houses and

15 lofts. Susanka and StreetScape Development builder/developer John McLinden collaborated on the architectural plans, establishing a style McLinden calls 'Front Porch Revival' homes based on American Craftsman and bungalow designs. Susanka will also display the fundamentals of her Not So Big design philosophy in her own 2,450 sq-ft showhouse, marking the first time she's designed a house for a major developer. "Our philosophies are very aligned," says McLinden. "We wanted (the house plans) to be about the buyers, not the developers, so we did eight preliminary plans and let customers pick the front room of this plan, the kitchen of that, and the front porch of the other." The loft residences form a second important element to the project. McLinden used architectural preservation to transform a 20,000 sq-ft school, built in 1939, into

15 lofts. "Other developers looked at it and said, 'we've got to tear that thing down'," says McLinden, who's been involved in many preservation projects of famous Chicago planner Daniel Burnam. "It's a two-storey school with great attic space. It adds to the character of the project and lends the project more diversity." 美国伊利诺州利柏蒂维尔将有全新发展项目,揉合新都市主义的原则及Sarah Susanka「Not So Big」设计 哲学所推崇的理念.占地四英亩的SchoolStreet著重居民的社交生活,区内设有26间单一家庭房屋与15间 阁楼住宅,全都有阳台.另外,每间房屋都设於可步行围内,促进邻居间的沟通交流. Sarah与StreetScape Development建筑商兼 发展商John McLinden共同计划建筑平面图,依 美国工匠风格与平房小屋为本,创建一种John称 之为「阳台再现」的住宅.Sarah亦会在其主理的 2,450平方帐竟单位中,展现其「Not So Big」 设计哲学的基本元素.这次是Sarah首次为大型发 展商设计房屋. John说: 「我们的理念很一致,都希望房子布局 能以买家为本,而非发展商.所以我们设计了八款草 图,让买家可以选择某一布局的客厅,然后×硪 布局的厨房,再配合另一阳台.」 阁楼住宅是项目的另一重要元素.John透过 建筑活化,把一间建於1939年、二万平方盏难 校,改建成15间阁楼住宅.John曾参与过许多芝 加哥知名规划师Daniel Burnam的活化保育项目, 说:「其他发展商到学校视察,就说要拆毁整间 学校.这是间楼高两层的学校,拥有极佳的阁楼 空间.这为项目添上个性,亦使项目更多元化.」 The American Dream gets a Not So Big makeover ?8gcXZ\Y\cfe^j]fi\m\ikfn_f\m\ij_Xg\j`k# i\e[\ij`k#cfm\j`kjfiX[`ZXccpk_Xk_\i\dXb\j `k`e_`jfne`dX^\??AfXe;

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