project #9
Class: CYPLAN C248 Advanced Studio
Topic: Adaptive and Collective Property Regimes Case Study - HOA
I was assigned to present my case study for 5-7 minutes in class using both visual materials (slides) and verbal presentation. My case study spoke to both the general characteristics of HOAs as a property regime and the particular socio-spatial conditions of one or more specific settlements / projects that use the property regime. In order to achieve this visually I decided to create a zine to get the most amount of information in the shortest amount of time in a fun creative way.
Areas I considered include:
Basic Characteristics of the Model
How, when, and why did this property regime emerge?
Where is this property regime most commonly found?
Basic Characteristics of the Specific Case
Ownership
Who owns the “land”?
Who owns/operates various forms of infrastructure?
Who owns the dwellings or other facilities?
Do stakeholders own specific territory or a share in a collective entity or some combination of the two?
Are there any other elements under collective, or individual ownership (e.g., fishing rights, rights of access, etc.)
Governance
Who makes key decisions for the settlement as a whole (e.g., rent/fees, investments/upgrades, new residents)?
What structures/procedures are in place to guide decision making as issues arise internally or externally (e.g., disputes with neighboring settlements, responses to government initiatives, disputes between neighbors, policies about noise or pollution, policies about commerce)?
What is the relationship between the property regime and state authorities (e.g., officially supported, sanctioned, tolerated, ignored, or opposed?)
Environmental Characteristics and Change
Are there characteristics of this property regime / project that make it well-suited to adapting to climate change and other threats?
Are there characteristics of this property regime / project that make it poorly-suited to adapting to climate change and other threats?
