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#SingleStair

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Lyle Solla-Yates

pewtrusts.org/en/research-and- Very excited to see this released. “In New York City, the overall rate of fire deaths in its 4,440 modern single-stair buildings since 2012 was the same as in other residential buildings.” #housing #BuildingCodeReform #FireSafety #SingleStair #architecture

www.pewtrusts.orgSmall Single-Stairway Apartment Buildings Have Strong Safety RecordPolicymakers could increase the supply of multifamily housing in their states and localities by revising outdated building codes that require more than one stairway in small apartment buildings. If enough states and cities enacted this simple change, it could reduce the nationwide shortage of multifamily housing.
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Lyle Solla-Yates

lloydalter.substack.com/p/aust “the hardest thing about going from a house to a flat or apartment is not giving up the back yard, but the front porch or stoop where you keep all this stuff of life that you need to raise children” From @lloydalter #design #parenting #melbourne #singlestair #buildingcode #housing

Carbon Upfront! · Austin Maynard's ParkLife represents a different way of doing housingBy Lloyd Alter
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Lyle Solla-Yates

architecturecompetitions.com/p “Point access block (PAB) housing, also known as single stair housing, is a common and efficient residential design used in urban environments across most of the world. This design, characterized by a single staircase that serves all units, supports high-density living, promotes walkable neighborhoods, and enhances urban sustainability.” #design #competition #pointaccessblock #singlestair #housing #walkable #sustainability #denver

architecturecompetitions.comDenver Single-Stair Housing Challenge / Architecture CompetitionThe Denver Single-Stair Housing Challenge open until December 12, 2024
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Lyle Solla-Yates

While academic interest among #urbanplanning experts on #singlestair #housing #buildingcode reform has been low, I was interested to learn about dual planning and architecture Masters student Emily Pressprich's dual theses on this topic. Here is the planning one digital.lib.washington.edu/res

digital.lib.washington.eduRegulatory Paths to a More Diverse Housing Stock: Encouraging Family-Sized, Single-Stair Apartments in Seattle’s Single-Family Neighborhoods with the Urban Residential ZoneThis thesis begins a two-part project, continued in my Master of Architecture Thesis, “Family-Sized Housing in Single-Stair Buildings: Testing the Urban Residential Zone.” Both documents explore the implementation of a new zoning designation in Seattle that would introduce single-stair, point access, small apartment buildings into the city's existing single-family neighborhood, with the intention of creating more family-sized rental or condo units, and a greater variety of housing generally. The urban planning portion of the project, in this document, explores the need for, and creation of this new zone.
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