abstract

Sustainable ideas has become more popular these days in the media, but these ideas have not been adapted to the everyday suburban home. Not only have these homes and communities become environmentally un-sustainable, they have also caused the inhabitants to feel isolated which forces them to keep to their own lives. In these communities, the average working man goes to work early in the morning and works long hours to be able to afford the expensive car and the largest house possible. With a large house, he tends to spend most his time inside when he is not at work. This is mostly due because there is no sense of community even though he is surrounded by many other homes within a cul-de-sac. Therefore, there needs to be a change in the way people view their homes and community. People need to be able to interact and have a sense of a community to allow their town to thrive. By creating a center for the community to further their understanding of sustainable living, these communities can come together and change the future of housing developments and the environment.

1/4 Jury Reactions

+Document surrounding unsustainable developments around the site to further emphasize proposed idea.
+Begin to look at adaptation to existing homes.
-community center could resemble a sustainable house so people can understand the relationship to their own house.
-look at renee chow
+Restore function the the community.
-when towns where first built, they use to be sustainable as a community. since then they have become isolated and non-center oriented. I have to brign importance of community back and intervene to start a new heart.
-Find out how it functions
-create a sense of community