Format
Full
City
Santa Fe
State/Province
NM
Country
USA
Metro Area
Santa Fe
Project Type
Planned Community or Resort
Location Type
Inner Suburban
Land Uses
Planned Community
Single-Family For-Sale Housing
Keywords
Affordable housing
Desert location
Single-family detached housing
Sustainable development
Site Size
145
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1997
Date Opened
1999
Nava Ade, a Tewa Indian phrase meaning “belonging to the land” is a greenfield master-planned community project that upon first sight is a tidy subdivision of single-family houses with plenty of open space and streets laid out to respect the rolling terrain. What differentiates Nava Ade from similar subdivisions, however, is its provision for 35 percent of the planned 513 units to be classified as “affordable”. That the developer accomplished this with house designs, amenities, sizes, and materials associated with higher-end houses, and densities, site planning, and neighborhood amenities reserved for upper-income communities, is noteworthy. That a private sector developer initiated this project is worthy of emulation.
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Format
Full
City
Santa Fe
State/Province
NM
Country
USA
Metro Area
Santa Fe
Project Type
Planned Community or Resort
Location Type
Inner Suburban
Land Uses
Planned Community
Single-Family For-Sale Housing
Keywords
Affordable housing
Desert location
Single-family detached housing
Sustainable development
Site Size
145
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1997
Date Opened
1999
Date Completed:
Case Study/Profile Type: DCS
Website: http://http://www.navaade.org
World Region: North America
Developer(s): Auerbach Southwest
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Designer(s): Auerbach Southwest
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