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VARIETY

Provides CHOICES for the people but these choices sometimes are only accessible if there is

MOBILITY- means of transportation but only few sectors in the community can afford mobility

Large Varieties of Use - requires mobility to be accessible for all people

Small scale variety - walkable/does not require high mobility or people to experience all

Activities offered in an area

DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VARIETY

-varieties of experience are those places with varied forms, users and meanings

Place with varied uses/has varied building types of varied forms Attracts varied people at varied times for varied reasons Varied meanings-interpretation of different people in a place

MAXIMIZING VARIETY

There is no limit in the number of varieties a project can put with in an area because there is no

harm with providing too much

THE VARIETY OF USES A PROJECT CAN SUPPORT DEPENDS ON:

1.) DEMAND Planners should make a comprehensive study before putting a specificuse in a project. The demand for the building use should be efficient for thebuilding/structure to survive.

2.) AFFORDABLE SPACE If a place is costly to develop, it will charge a relatively highrentals or purchase prices but if the space is available cheaply, it will be more

accessible for more users

WAYS TO KEEP RENTS AND PURCHASE PRICE LOW TO ENCOURAGE VARIETY:

Keeping down the cost of the scheme Finding a source of subsidy to provide cheap space

INTERNAL CROSS SBUCIDATION- providing profitable areas within the

project to subsidies the other uses which cannot afford the economical

rent.

Keeping old suitable buildings- because these old buildings are constructedseveral years ago they do not provide modern facilities which keeps the

prices low

3.) INTERACTION B/W ACTIVITIES having variety of uses does not work by just puttingdifferent areas with different uses together, there should be mutual supports

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PRIMARY USES these are the main people-puller areas.

SECONDARY USES these are the areas which cannot survive on their own unless

located in a way that the pedestrians can see while going to primary uses areas.

TIME ELEMENT

Time is also important for the secondary uses to grow. The magnet uses should drive

pedestrians for long hours to help secondary uses accommodate enough costumers to

come up with the financial growth required for them to survive

FEASIBILITY

In order to attain a vital variety of uses in an area, the efficiency of the projects should

undergo a thorough feasibility study which includes functional, political and economic

feasibility

FUNCTONAL FEASIBILITY - Considerations made in the site selection process which

assist in the evaluation of site potential as defined in terms of the practicality of a site,

the best site for a given use, or the determination of a site's best use, through the

examination of linkages, competition, demographics, and market conditions.

POLITICAL FEASIBILITYincludes the regulations and policies being practiced within an

area.

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY

This refers to the outcome of the project. The economic valueshould be equal or greater than the investments for the projects to have economic

growth.

PRIMARY USES

SECONDARY USES

SECONDARY USES

PARKINGSPEDESTRIANS