Raleigh has recently updated the zoning code to allow for more missing middle housing. The “missing” in missing middle housing refers to the fact that zoning laws typically prohibit this type of housing. It includes historic housing types that provide choices between single family houses and large apartment buildings including duplexes, triplexes, quads, townhouses, multiplexes, cottage courts, live work and shop houses, and accessory dwelling units. Missing middle housing is part of a national movement of zoning reform to create “complete communities” that are equitable, affordable, sustainable, and walkable. This studio focused on the research of missing middle housing for inner city neighborhoods in Raleigh. Team work investigated missing middle housing histories, policies, and precedents, and sustainable, equitable development and community capacity building. The studio as a whole assembled a diverse knowledge base of housing choices that best serve 21st century Raleigh.
