A new subsidized housing development, Via Verde, has been designed to be a healthy, green living space, with hopes that future builders and city planners may also start to emphasize these virtues when creating new urban developments. The footprints of Via Verde's buildings were made narrower than usual to allow apartments to wrap around the
A new subsidized housing development, Via Verde, has been designed to be a healthy, green living space, with hopes that future builders and city planners may also start to emphasize these virtues when creating new urban developments. The footprints of Via Verde's buildings were made narrower than usual to allow apartments to wrap around the central courtyard and give them two outside exposures for cross ventilation, along with ceiling fans to discourage the use of air-conditioners. The buildings were also massed to peak along the lot’s long north-south axis to take maximum advantage of natural light, and tenants will be able to grow their own fruits and vegetables in a communal garden plot on the roof.
The New York Times, 9/26/2011
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