Code as urban vision:: a critique of the Buffalo Green Code

• Erkin Özay ^[1]
  1. [1] Shrinking citieszoningform-based codesBuffalo, NY
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 27, 3, 2022, págs. 364-385
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Adopted in 2017, the Buffalo Green Code was lauded as a comprehensive urban vision for Buffalo, New York. This form-based code would simplify Buffalo’s land use regulations by prescribing what could be built and where, and provide a unified framework for its future. Yet, despite the claims of comprehensiveness, the code left two pressing challenges of the city unaddressed: urban integration of vacant lots and lack of affordable housing. The paper argues that, given these omissions, the code fails to provide a grounded vision, while universalizing reductive fabric-making notions unsuitable for much of the city.