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Montana State University – School of Architecture
Accessory Dwelling Unit Design Project
October 1, 2018
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Report To: Mayor and City Commission
From: Courtney Johnson, Senior Planner
Marty Matsen, Director of Community Development
Subject: Montana State University and City of Bozeman Accessory Dwelling Unit
Design Project – Student Preliminary Design Presentation
Meeting Date: October 1, 2018
Agenda Item Type: Special Presentation
Report Date: September 20, 2018
BACKGROUND:
The City of Bozeman and MSU have enjoyed a long history of collaboration and partnership serving the
community. The School of Architecture (SOA) Community Design Center (CDC) works within our local
communities to provide quality design services. This fall semester the students enrolled in this 4th year design
studio wish to work with the City and the community to analyze the feasibility of accessory dwelling unit
(ADU) construction in the City. They will work with local residents to design ADUs, and to present their
findings and designs to the community. The City desires to assist in the ADU design project by providing
funding and staff time for regulatory review and advice regarding site selection, affordable housing
strategies, planning guidance, professional development and public presentation opportunities.
The focus of the studio will be the design of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) to meet or exceed the
requirements of the newly updated Unified Development Code (UDC). The City advertised this partnership to
the Community and have six sites with excited homeowners participating. Each site has its own unique code
or site features. The students will be working closely with Homeowners, City Staff, local Contractors and a
local Lender to develop these sites. These diverse site challenges shall hopefully result in several final
designs, which have preliminary planning review, preliminary building review, and cost estimates. The goal of
the studio is to not only showcase the creative abilities of the students, but provide fully vetted ADU design
options for the public to use.
This evening the students will be presenting as in teams of three, each presenting one ADU design each. We
are asking Commission to provide feedback and ask questions to help guide the final designs. The questions
the students should be answering with this presentation are as followings:
1. How does this ADU design respond to the client(s) program?
2. What were some of the design challenges with this site and UDC requirements?
3. Highlight 3-5 attributes that make this an exceptional dwelling?
4. How will this ADU design be able to be used throughout Bozeman by other interested residents?
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