This urban competition with a collaborative team of developers, planners, and architects investigates small changes to the zoning code that would make development of affordable housing viable. Points Allocated Development (PAD) makes for-sale housing in Los Angeles more affordable by increasing the potential supply of housing units and lowering the cost of development. Through a performative and incentive-based system, points are allocated to projects based on distance from amenities, provision of a mix of uses, general design criteria and community endorsement or benefits. Developers use points to reduce parking, increase FAR, and modify other factors that contribute to a project’s feasibility. The PAD system directs development to parcels with latent potential for densification and “pads” existing zoning through incremental increases. Taking advantage of density and heights differences between zones, this zoning overlay creates additional density by smoothing these distinctions and in doing so transforms the urban form of the city through local development.
with Sandra Goff, Ashley Atkinson, Michael Fernandez, Sing-Yee Lucy Lin, Sung-Jin Park, Adam Sinclair, John Southern, Aaron Whelton, Li Wu
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