Living Tiny in Columbus: A How To Guide
- Discipline
- City and Regional Planning
- Semester
- Spring 2016
- Course
- Plan Making
- related to
- Bow, Steven Bright, Sam Burgi, Kristiana Burnside, Alisa K Clark, Kevin Dias, Amanda Johnson, Frank Jurkovic, Michael Kilroy, David Klimchak, Bailey Luckenbach, Tori Myers, Eric Tristian Shepherd, Bri Stevens, Anthony Turner, Mary
- faculty
- Hanlon, Bernadette
- Location
- Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, NA
- Description
- Over the past few year, tiny houses have been gaining momentum throughout the United States as a viable alternative to traditional living spaces. The adoption of this small-scale living phenomenon is occurring rapidly for reasons as diverse as the houses themselves. New tiny house owners and renters are down-sizing into these miniature abodes to live more sustainably, create more affordable housing, and achieve housing mobility, among countless other reason. Other major cities throughout the country have begun to welcome tiny houses into their landscape and Columbus, Ohio is gradually following suit. Conversations are occurring among organizations, residents, and land lords, proposals are making their way into zoning and building departments, and an overall buzz behind the tiny house movement is catching on. Before Columbus can count itself among the tiny house friendly cities of the nation, however, research and analysis are necessary to determine whether these little living spaces do, n fact, have a place in the city. The Columbus Hosing Dialogue, an organization devoted to bringing academics and practitioners together, brought the issue forward. the question of whether tiny houses can serve as a form of affordable homes within Columbus was considered from all angles-through research of existing conditions, survey analysis, land use code review, site consideration, cost analysis, and finally models of site design. The results of the angles considered together reveal a model for tiny houses can be implemented into Columbus, Ohio.