Affordable Housing Design Advisor (January 2001)
The Affordable Housing Design Advisor
is a new, CD-ROM based tool designed to help the developers,
sponsors and users of affordable housing understand what constitutes
quality design, why it is worth striving for, and how to achieve
it in their own projects. HUD’s objective is to dramatically
increase the “design literacy” of the many non-designers whose
activities are central to affordable housing production. The
Design Advisor is organized into three core content areas:
1. What is Good Design?
2. Why is Design Important?
3. How Can I Get A Well Designed Project?
Each area provides plain English, action-oriented guidance complemented by case study
examples of successful projects and strategies. Of particular note are the “20 Steps to Design
Quality” which provide clear direction on how the process of delivering an affordable housing
project unfolds and where design considerations can and must fit in. This step-by-step guidance
also forms the basis of the “Project Book,” a 100 page, design-focused workbook which
accompanies the Design Advisor CD-ROM.
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