PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION

Planned unit development or PUD is a type of

building development and also a regulatory process. As
a building development, it is a designed grouping of
both varied and compatible land uses, such as housing,
recreation, commercial centers, and industrial parks, all
within one contained development or subdivision.

PUD Designed grouping of varied and compatible

land uses such as housing, recreation, commercial
centers, and industrial parks, all within one contained
development or subdivision.

PUD is a zoning classification that allows flexibility

in the design of a subdivision, zones are generally set an overall density limit for the entire
subdivision, allowing the dwelling units to be clustered to provide for common open space.

CONTENT:

Planned Unit Development promotes:

A mixture of both land uses and dwelling types with at least one of the
land uses being regional in nature.

The clustering of residential land uses providing public and common

open space.

Increased administrative discretion to a local professional planning staff

while setting aside present land use regulations and rigid plat approval
processes

IDEA:
- The Idea behind planned unit development is to make the most efficient
use of the land that is available, while still meeting the needs of the community.
FACTORS:
- Factors such as the location of each unit within the overall development project,
architectural design of the structures and landscaping, and access to the area are all
considered during the early stages of planning.

LOCATION:
- Located in areas that make use of land that would otherwise be considered unproductive
or unusable.

OBJECTIVE:
- The purpose of the PUD is to encourage and allow more creative development of land
than is possible under standard zoning district regulations.

BACKGROUND:

HISTORY OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

- The origins of PUDs in the new American communities can be traced to British
movements during the 1950s.

- The developments in Britains new communities dealt with the locations of industrial
elements and how they were publicly dictated before building ever began in
order to uphold an economic base.

- The newest forms of the Planned Unit Development in America were found
shortly after World War II in the Levittowns and Park Forest as whole
communities within the limits and orbits of large metropolitan centers.

- The first zoning evidence of PUD was created by Prince George's County,
Maryland in 1949.

- Alexandria, Virginia, in 1952, as an amendment to its city code, provided for a

Community Unit Plan with the intent to provide for planned community
facilities and open space development with new residential building.

- Finally, one of the first modern uses of the actual term Planned Unit

Development appeared in San Franciscos ordinance in 1962.

TANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION:

Transit-oriented development, or TOD, is a type of

community development that includes a mixture of housing, office,
retail and/or other amenities integrated into a walkable
neighborhood and located within a half-mile of quality public
transportation. In America, they believed that it is essential that TOD
creates better access to jobs, housing and opportunity for people of
all ages and incomes. Successful TOD provides people from all
walks of life with convenient, affordable and active lifestyles and
creates places where our children can play and our parents can grow old comfortably.

CONTENT:

OBJECTIVES:

- Providing a variety and high-density mix of housing, employment and recreation options
within walking/cycling distance of each other and of MRTS stations - in order to induce a
lifestyle change towards healthier living and better quality of life

- Focus and concentrate the highest density or land use intensity close to the rail transit
station, and where feasible, above the rail transit station.

- Examine the unique characteristics and needs of a particular station area when
evaluating TOD principles to ensure the appropriate development intensity and mix of
land uses relative to the existing and planned uses for the surrounding areas.

- Provide safe pedestrian and bicycle travel to and from and within the station area

- Promote a mix of uses to ensure the efficient use of transit, to promote increased
ridership during peak and off-peak travel periods in all directions, and to encourage
different types of activity throughout the day.

- Provide for arrange of housing opportunities by incorporating a mix of housing types and
sizes and including housing for a range of different income levels.

- Encourage excellence in urban design, including site planning, streetscape and building
design, which creates a pedestrian focused sense of place.
 - Provide a grid of safe, attractive streets for all users which provide connectivity
throughout the site and to and from adjacent areas.

- Provide a more efficient land use pattern by concentrating growth around existing and
planned transit station areas.

BENEFITS:

- Reduced household driving and thus lowered regional congestion, air pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions

- Walkable communities that accommodate more healthy and active lifestyles

- Increased transit ridership and fare revenue

- Potential for added value created through increased and/or sustained property values
where transit investments have occurred

- Improved access to jobs and economic opportunity for low-income people and working
families

- Expanded mobility choices that reduce dependence on the automobile, reduce

transportation costs and free up household income for other purposes

EXAMPLES:

Curitiba, Brazil

One of the earliest and most successful examples of TOD is Curitiba,

Brazil. Curitiba was organized into transport corridors very early on in its
history. Over the years, it has integrated its zoning laws and transportation
planning to place high-density development adjacent to high-capacity
transportation systems, particularly its BRT corridors. Since the failure of its
first, rather grandiose, city plan due to lack of funding, Curitiba has focused
on working with economical forms of infrastructure, so it has arranged unique
adaptations, such as bus routes (inexpensive infrastructure) with routing
systems, limited access and speeds similar to subway systems. The source
of innovation in Curitiba has been a unique form of participatory city planning that emphasizes
public education, discussion and agreement.
Guatemala City, Guatemala

In an attempt to control rapid growth of Guatemala City, the long-time

Mayor of Guatemala City lvaro Arz implemented a plan to control growth
based on transects along important arterial roads and exhibiting transit-oriented
development (TOD) characteristics. This plan adopted POT (Plan de
Ordenamiento Territorial) aims to allow the construction of taller, mixed-use
building structures right by large arterial roads; the buildings would gradually
decrease in height and density the farther they are from arterial roads. This is
simultaneously being implemented along with a bus rapid transit (BRT) system
called Transmetro.

Calgary, Alberta Canada

Calgary is home to a very successful TOD community called The

Bridges, located in the community of Bridgeland. The Bridges is home to a
diverse range of condos, shops, services, and parks. Some other TODs
currently being constructed are London and Westbrook, both high rise condo
and retail communities in suburban areas of the City. The City continues to
create TOD policy for other Calgary communities. Calgary City Council has
allocated funding for the creation of six Station Area Plans around the city, to
guide increasing development pressure around some of the light rail transit
stations. On June 9, 2008, Calgary City Council approved the first station area
plan in Calgary's history.

REFERENCES:

https://www.scribd.com/presentation/333716913/Planned-Unit-Development-Pud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_unit_development
http://www.tod.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development
https://www.slideshare.net/swapnika15/aim-objective-and-methodology-of-transit-orient
ed-development-tod
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AR413A | PLANNING 2
FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN DESIGN
AND
COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE

PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

SUBMITTED BY:
Nario, Jeanette O.
AR 41FA1

SUBMITTED TO:
Arch. Eduardo Bober, Jr.
October 03, 2017