minimum adaptable viable urban space

MAVUSMinimum Adaptable Viable Urban Space

Problem:Planning and development process takes a lot of time and money, installs permanent static uses, and is usually done with input from a limited portion of the community.

Vision:

Minimum Adaptable Viable Urban Space (MAVUS)

Lean-startup process that can scale urban space from temporary use to permanent use and adapts to reflect continuous, current data streams of community feedback.

Business Model

Phase One: Now to 1 Year

Time/Location/Communication bracelets generate the data

Community-building feedback system

Phase Two: 1-3 years

$10,000

$50,000

$75,000

$150,000

$2,500,000

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MAVUS – Cost / Timeline Comparison

Light Rail Bridge opens: September 2015

December 2014

June 2015 December 2015

June 2016

Commercial Tent

Shipping Container

Quonset Hut

Aircraft Hangar

Active Site Space

Pros: Easy installation Cons: Very temporaryCost: $50,000Scalability: YesPolicy: less than 6 months considered temporary

Commercial Tent

Pros: Size compatible, feasible for various uses Cons: Architectural styleCost: $75,000 Scalability: YesPolicy constraints: Requires approvals and improvements similar to permanent structures: parking, landscaping, design review

Hodgon Power Company office complex Herington, Kansas

Sony Music, Nashville, TennesseeRecording stuio/office

Quonset Hut

Pros: Easy to stack, market tested elsewhereCons: Perception Cost: $125,000Scalability: Yes Policy constraints: Requires approvals and improvements similar to permanent structures: parking, landscaping, design review

Shipping Containers

Pros: Large space suitable for multiple tenants and uses Cons: Size and cost equal to traditional building, timeline for construction Cost:$1.0M +Scalability: NoPolicy constraints: Requires approvals and improvements similar to permanent structures: parking, landscaping, design review

Aircraft Hangar

City of Portland Early Adopter Program

REGULATORY ROADBLOCK SOLUTIONS

Integrate site into EAP for:• Minimize need for Land

Use Approvals

• Exempt from zoning requirements for Parking, Landscaping etc

• Streamline building code regulations and review timelines

• Waive System Development Charges

• Reduce Business licenses and fees

Critical to the idea

• Data collection infrastructure

• Virtual community structure, community participation in future use

• Flexible regulations, light on policy

• Focused one-year business plan

• Long-term vision; clear value proposition from phase one.

Next Steps for MAVUS

• Research policy-realistic temporary uses

• Market-realistic uses (what things can actually get funded at what levels?)

• Mockup survey-monkey questions

• Fill out graph of uses…

• Actually do some of the numbers for the venue business model

Ideas to emphasize

• Realistic transition points and funding models at each stage

• Value to each user

• Beta-user ideas in different markets

• Long-term vision, with short-term as a potential vehicle