CHAPTER 4:SHOP
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ADDITIONAL TRANSITION EXAMPLES
On this street near Bethesda Row, the form of buildings change
as you move away from a dense corridor on the right. Gradually
the size reduces to the scale of the rest of the neighborhood.
This neighborhood commercial building takes many architectural
cues from its neighbor.
Thicker buffers that separate mixed use centers and adjacent
single-family neighborhoods, such as this one on St. Albans drive
in Raleigh, can also serve as a park or amenity for residents in the
new higher density housing.
This neighborhood (at the top) experiences a use transi on, with
recrea on and civic buildings in the transi onal space and the
commercial uses at the bo om.
FORM: Chevy Chase, MD
ARCHITECTURE: Boulder, CO NATURAL BUFFER: Raleigh, NC
USE: Garden City, NY
