Community and Neighborhood Design
An innovative and comprehensive menu of services for the builder/developer, featuring designs and marketing material for:
- A neighborhood of homes
- An entire village or town
Design Services
- New Urbanist Developments (TND)
- New Villages
- Neighborhoods
- Ensembles (specific districts)
- Charrettes
Our services include:
- Land Use Analysis
- Comprehensive Land Planning in association with a local civil engineering firm
- Neighborhood Plans
- Design Guidelines
New Urbanist Development (TND):
- For Developers who are committed to combining a commercial town center with a pedestrian oriented neighborhood.
New Village:
- A neighborhood and/or retail center that has the compact, friendly feel of a small town located away from the city.
click to view larger
The Ensemble Design:
- A themed, finely designed enclave where all parts play together harmoniously; for a smaller site, in-fill project, or special district within a large development.
Charrettes:
- Charrettes can be an extremely valuable part of any project design, from individual homes to entire towns, villages, and neighborhoods.
Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) and New Urbanism
Many new developments have been designed to take advantage of land-use patterns that evolved generations ago. Commonly referred to as Traditional Neighborhood Developments (TNDs), these neighborhoods utilize patterns of development found in older sections of cities and towns throughout the country. In its most simple form, a TND might be defined as a pedestrian-friendly development where people can become less dependent on automobiles. By strategically locating residential and commercial zones within walking distance of one another, the overall pattern of the area begins to emphasize people instead of cars. Typically, these new areas are characterized by a diversity of housing styles and sizes, a strong neighborhood identity, and a true sense of place.
If you’ve ever visited a small town with shops arranged around a downtown square, you’ve seen the basic inspiration for these new towns. Often, even the idea of people living above their store has reemerged with Live/Work buildings. Single family and multifamily houses, along with churches and offices, can be found within a short walk of downtown. Furthermore, the mix of housing is contrary to what we’ve seen recently. In most new developments the housing is segregated by price. Small starter homes are never placed anywhere close to luxu-rious executive mini-mansions. In fact, brick walls and gates often ensure that the residents of one area can’t invade the other. (Which group is being protected from the other is a subject to debate!) Yet if you travel through desirable older neighborhoods all across the country, you’ll often find  small cottages on the same street as larger, more stately homes. In many new TNDs this mix of housing once again exists. The re-sult: an amazing neighborhood with a delightful diver-sity of architecture. The sheer number of TNDs either built or in various stages of planning and construction has steadily in-creased over the past few years. Although many of these inspired subdivisions initially lack a commercial center for residents to walk to, an emphasis on pedestrian-friendly design can nonetheless be found. Narrow streets (that prevent high-speed traf-fic). front sidewalks, rear alleys, and front porches encourage people to interact with their neighbors Traditional Neighborhood Developments are essentially the design framework of New Urbanism. According to the New Urban News, New Urbanism can be defined as the following:" . . . developments that generally include a interconnected network of streets and blocks, a clear neighborhood center, a mix of uses and housing types, a compact form of pedestrian-oriented design with an emphasis on quality civic spaces."
Charrettes
A Charrette Is a Highly Effective Way to Create a Great Place
- A design charrette creates an environment of collaboration and consensus that helps expe-dite the design process.
- During a design charrette, our team of experts and consultants set up a full working office on-site, bringing an intensive and highly productive planning and design work session di-rectly to your door. This format allows us to generate practical, hands-on solutions with heightened energy.
- Formal and informal meetings are held throughout the event, and updates to the plan are presented to the client. In this way we offer a forum for ideas with the unique advantage of giving immediate feedback to the designers, speeding the design process while limiting costs.
- A final presentation package and Implementation guide will be provided. This will include marketing material to begin promoting your new development.
Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Charrette
- For Developers who are committed to combining a commercial town center with a pedestrian oriented neighborhood.
New Village Charrette
- If you want to create a neighborhood that has the compact, friendly feel of a small town, located well away from the city.
The Ensemble Design Charrette
- A themed, finely designed enclave where all parts play together harmoniously; for a smaller site, in-fill project or special district within a large development.
Design Guidelines
Design Guidelines & Pattern Books
- Design Guidelines are a graphic representation that provides clear de?nitions of the character and form of the overall development.
- These overviews describe the vision for the development and might include examples of local or regional architecture to be used as inspirations for both commercial and residential forms.
Sample Work
 Click Here to download a PDF file (2.2 MB) explaining the Community and Neighborhood Design process.
Please call 254-897-3518 or email  lgarnett@garlinghouse.com with any further questions.
|
|
 US customers
call 1-800-235-5700
 Canadian customers
call 1-800-361-7526
|
Get a FREE Garlinghouse T-Shirt with a minimum purchase of $500.00! |
| Reminders |
Special Discount
Special Discount
Order 2 to 4 different house plan sets at the same time and receive a 10% discount off the retail price (before s&h).
Even better - Order 5 or more different house plan sets at the same time and receive a 15% discount off the retail price (before s&h).
Offer good for house plan sets only.
|
| Construction Definitions |
|
