[[wiki-architecture]] · [[Urban Planning and City Architecture]] · [[ARCHITECTURE]] · [[000]] # New Suburbanism New Suburbanism is an urban design movement which intends to improve on existing suburban or exurban designs. New Suburbanists seek to establish an alternative between a dichotomy of the centripetal city and centrifugal suburb, by features such as rear-loading garages and walking-focused landscaping. The design strategy for New Suburbanism differs from the traditional postwar suburban development. In contrast to post-war suburbanism where the homebuyer had few options in regards to customization, new suburban communities feature customization through packages and add-ons as well as larger homes in denser communities. Postwar suburban developments have since filled in with homes and businesses began emerging there, outside of the city-center. This created new communities, not just suburban housing. Suburban sprawl is associated with negative effects because it often takes over farm land, disrupts ecosystems, has low-density housing, and car-dependent communities. Suburban sprawl continues to grow as over 70% of Americans choose to live in such communities. Planners are currently seeking to make the suburbs more sustainable and New Suburbanism offers a solution. This planning approach seeks to redesign suburban communities by making them more-dense, equitable, and environmentally sustainable while still keeping housing and design preferences of the consumer in mind. == Locations == Plum Creek in Kyle, Texas == Comparison to New Urbanism == New Urbanism is a style of planning a new neighborhood that focuses on designing aspects that create more community engagement, whereas New Suburbanism is the improving of an existing suburban neighborhood. New urbanism, though a small movement, is more successful than New Suburbanism, as NS only has 1 location and NU has hundreds. Although, the New Suburbanism movement is growing. == References == - [[Environmental Design/Passive Design Strategies]] - [[Digital Architecture/ePractice/GIS and Spatial Analysis]] - [[Building Construction/Construction & Materials/Building Material]] - [[Urban and Planning/Public Space]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 08 - Building Services/Section 1 - Lighting and Ventilation]] - [[Building Construction/Construction & Materials/Building Material/Concrete and Cement]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 02 - Administration]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 08 - Building Services/Section 6 - ICT Installations]] - [[Design]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/Fire Safety Codes]]