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NEW URBANISM IN CHARLOTTE
by Debra Moffitt
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When New Urbanism was starting to develop in the 1980's,
much of the Charlotte, North Carolina, area was not yet
conceived; uptown was dying, and building mixed-used
areas was "illegal." The suburban model of growth
reigned supreme. But times change.

Ranked number seven on the U.S. Census list of
fastest-growing urban areas - with a growth rate of over
29 percent between 1990 and 2000 (according to
CensusScope) - Charlotte faces tremendous pressures in
urban planning. But New Urbanist principles have made
inroads to compete with simplistic suburban sprawl.

New Urbanism, also known as Traditional Neighborhood
Design, promotes walkable communities with a diversity
of housing types, mixed with commercial and public
spaces, connected by public transit, and designed to
conserve resources and protect greenbelts.

In the Charlotte area, designers attempting to create
communities that meet those criteria have faced
obstacles.

Post-war U.S. zoning practices typically designate
specific areas for housing separate from commercial and
office projects, with distinct divisions.

"Virtually everything you like in Europe or in a New
England town is illegal in most U.S. cities," says Terry
Shook, principal of the Charlotte-based design firm
Shook Kelly. "You cannot do that by virtue of zoning."

New Urbanism in Huntersville
Huntersville, about 14 miles (23 kilometers) from
Charlotte's city center, attracted two New
Urbanist-designed communities due to its mixed-use
"Smart Code"-type zoning laws passed in 1996. They
encouraged walkable communities and said "No" to the
big-box retailers.
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The Fonville Press, a cafe and bookstore in the Florida
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facility earned Khoury & Vogt Architects one of ten
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This Week's Quiz -
If you are building an igloo, which of the following
statements are true?
A. Cut blocks of similar size and miter the ends to
form the curve.
B. The igloo is constructed of concentric rings of
stacked ice blocks with each ring (or "course")
completely level.
C. After being set in the wall, each block's top
surface should be shaved to slope down towards the
center of the floor.
D. Cut the entry access after the whole structure
is completed.
E. Provide a fist size hole at the top for
ventilation.
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Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
The Trenton Bath House by Louis Kahn, the Kresge Auditorium
by Eero Saarinen, and the Bavinger House by Bruce Goff were
constructed in what year? Clue: They were constructed five
years after the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
and ten years before the Danziger Studio by Frank Gehry.
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