The Architect's Lot: Backyard Homes Policy and Design

摘要

On 1 January 2017, California Assembly Bill 2299 (Bloom) became law, enabling every one of the state's 8,044,831 single-family homes to add a rental unit on its property.1 This radical legislation in support of 'backyard homes' was the culminating achievement of cityLAB, the research and architectural design centre based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in collaboration with partners in Northern California. Both policy-writing teams were comprised entirely of women architects and planners. Working under the auspices of Congressman Richard Bloom in Southern California (and Senator Bob Wieckowski in the north), in one fell swoop the American Dream took a decisive turn in the nation's most populous state.