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Transforming Spaces

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Rather than inefficient, single-purpose buildings and rooms, NewVistas buildings feature technology that allows one space to be used for numerous purposes, including subdividing the space as needed. 1

In community buildings, NewVistas transforming technology includes two main components:

  • Soundproof, motorized walls that automatically lower or raise to form many sizes of rooms, from assembly halls to personal bedrooms
  • Automated storage is built into the pattern’s 14′-tall ceilings for easy access to supplies and equipment, so rooms can be used for a wide variety of purposes, such as an office by day and a bedroom by night.

Apartment buildings

An apartment suite measures 4 feet wide and 32 feet long. Every main part of the suite is modular. The living area, which is 16 feet long, can also hold a kitchenette when needed. This kitchenette, which includes a cooker and a sink, can be packed away when not in use, increasing the living room space. The family room has seats, a TV set, and other home entertainment items. The bed-bath module is also 16 feet long. 10 feet are used for the bed, and a closet, which is 4 feet long, and can be tucked away when not in use. The bed module can be added to the family room to increase the space.

The transformation of spaces also extends to multifunctional distrivct builings. Thesebuildiings are used at different times as offices, classrooms, hotel rooms, recrreational centers, among many other uses.

transforming buildings to serve different needs at different times enables them to be fully utilized at all times. As a key part of the community’s capital base, buildings are at full employment, generating more value than would be the case if they were dedicated to singular purposes.

While rent per square foot is comparable in the community to other markets’ rates, the rent expense in the community ends up being less because people rent space as they need it. A couple with three children will have five suites, plus one more for use as a guest room. Once one of the children leaves for college, the family can let go of the suite, paying less rent, and easily re-rent it once the child comes back on vacation or a break.

  1. The original 1833 building plan prescribes the transformational function of community buildings with statements such as, “A curtain is to drop at right angles, and divide the house into four parts” and “You will be careful to have hooks and rings to suspend your [curtains] on so they can be let down or raised up at any time, at pleasure.”[↩]