7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
1/15
Residential Buildings Setbacks,
Facades, Entries & Garages
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
2/15
Residential Setbacks
Most new residentialareas setbacks (10 to 15)feet from the propertyline
Depends on thecharacters of the landuse and right-of-way.
etback is the distance between the road! street!ri"er or shore! or any other area.
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
3/15
Residential Setbacks
#n $ede"elopable %reasand #n&ll ites shouldcomplement thesurrounding setbacks of
the buildings. 'here units are set abo"e
&nished grad! the set backmay be reduced such as o"er depressed parking
garages.
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
4/15
Residential Setbacks
#f housing occur o"er the&rst oor of commercialareas no setback is
re*uired+hese setbacks
contributes to street,shuman scale and acti"ity.
#f the residential units aresetback from the streets!the area should belandscaped.
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
5/15
Residential Setbacks
#n residential areas! minimal front yard setbacksencourage recessed garages result a larger back yards.
$educed setbacks creates safer and acti"e streets.
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
6/15
Residential Setbacks in
Japan Minimum road width M.
lder roadways could benarrower
+he setback of buildingshould be considered by atleast /M.
Minimum setback ensure
the future widening of theroad and controls urbandensity! ease access to &re-trucks 1
1. http://www.alatown.com/japanese-
building-law/
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
7/15
Residential Building
Facades acades are key factors making streets
23edestrian- oriented4
acades should ha"e high le"el of "isualinterest
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
8/15
Residential Building
Facades Di"erse building facades a"oid boring
streetscape
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
9/15
Residential Building
Facades Di"erse human-scaled facades conduce
pedestrian acti"ities! sense of security and"isual interest.
ront porches creates opportunities for socialinteraction with neighborhood and bring eyes onstreets.
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
10/15
Residential Building
Entries uildings entries should
ha"e to be oriented to thestreets not to the interiorblocks or parking lots.
econdary and upper-oorentries are allowed to belocated in the interior of theblock.
+he front-door entries fromsingle-family houses!duple6es! and townhousesshould be "isible from thestreet.
Figure showduplexes
Figure show
townhouses
Figure show single-familyhouse
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
11/15
Residential Building
Entries %ccess to the alleys! garages!
and parking lots can bepro"ided by backdoors.
#f the additional entries pro"idedfrom the streets! a single entryfrom the court yard ispermitted.
%ncillary unit! and upper-oorunits in multi-family orapartment comple6es maybeaccessed by rear-entries.
Figure show Backdoor
Figure show ecurity doors
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
12/15
Residential Garages+he garages should be situated in way to
decrease the "isual impact on the streetscapes.
or a singly-family house a garage should bepositioned in four ways
ide Dri"e(%ttached)
ide Dri"e(Detached)
$ecessed ront7arage
%lley(%ttached orDetached)
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
13/15
Residential Garages
$ecessed garages
8an o"erlook thestreets and on playingchildren
9ase theneighborhood acti"ity
8reates more human-scaled and lessmonotonousen"ironment by
minimi:ing of the"isual im act of lar e
Figure show $ecessed ront7arage
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
14/15
Residential Garages
7arages should be
ited away from the streets!
ehind or below the
residential buildings #f the garages below the
residences! it should bedepressed so that the &rstoor of li"ing units is not
more than about four feetabo"e &nish grade.
+andem parking is permittedand encourage in garages
igure hows +andem7arage
7/25/2019 Residential Buildings Setbacks, Facades, Entries_Urban Design
15/15
+hankyou