Clover Field is a 45 acres new urban neighborhood that was planned to provide a range of attainable housing in the fast growing suburb of Chaska using of modular construction that was built off site then trucked to the site.
Clover Field is an excellent example from the early 2000's of building a walkable neighborhood in a conventional suburban pattern that used modular construction to provide affordable living in a city where home prices at the time were quickly escalating. The design team, developer and city staff conducted a bench marking trip to similar developments in Oregon , Washington and Canada to help educate the decision makers. City elected leadership as well as school board administrators responded to a vision that was needed at the time for housing demand and safe routes to school planning.
Clover Field workshop tour will address the rising costs of housing construction using modular construction to deliver a mixed-housing pattern that includes single family, micro-lot single family, townhome, multifamily and accessory dwelling units in walking distance to playfields, parks and a school.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss methods using over 2 decades ago on how to move entitlements forward and how suburban communities can support placemaking and walkable environments.
Recognize complexities of planning/designing new neighborhoods where local builders, developers, city stall, elected leaders and school board members came together around a common vision.
Leverage modular building construction techniques as well as implementation of features such as alleys, sidewalk network, wetland preservation, and use of roundabouts in a local neighborhood.
