Category: zoning
-
shop houses : intro Japan’s “inclusive” zoning encourages mixed-use zoning, offering opportunities in a wide range of places for small entrepreneurs. North American zoning does not provide the same amount of options. The closest built form to the Japanese machiya (a combined live/work dwelling for merchants and makers) is the Main Street “shop house.” This…
-
workshop house : part 1 We live in the Junction, a neighborhood in Toronto with a long history of manufacturing. North American zoning separates residential and industrial, but there are official and unofficial attempts by small-scale makers to create a mixed-use, live/make solution with a dedicated work space. The workshop house, a residence with a…
live | make | transform 