2. Problem:
Planning and development process takes a lot of time and
money, installs permanent static uses, and is usually done with
input from a limited portion of the community.
3. Vision:
Minimum Adaptable Viable Urban Space (MAVUS)
Lean-startup process that can scale urban space
from temporary use to permanent use and adapts
to reflect continuous, current data streams of
community feedback.
9. 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
$10,000
$50,000
$75,000
$150,000
$2,500,000
MAVUS – Cost / Timeline Comparison
Light Rail Bridge opens: September 2015
December
2014
June 2015 December
2015
June 2016
Commercial Tent
Shipping Container
Quonset Hut
Aircraft
Hangar
Active Site Space
10. Pros: Easy installation
Cons: Very temporary
Cost: $50,000
Scalability: Yes
Policy: less than 6 months considered temporary
11. Pros: Size compatible, feasible for various uses
Cons: Architectural style
Cost: $75,000
Scalability: Yes
Policy constraints: Requires approvals and improvements similar to permanent
structures: parking, landscaping, design review
Hodgon Power Company office complex
Herington, Kansas
Sony Music, Nashville, Tennessee
Recording stuio/office
12. Pros: Easy to stack, market tested elsewhere
Cons: Perception
Cost: $125,000
Scalability: Yes
Policy constraints: Requires approvals and
improvements similar to permanent structures:
parking, landscaping, design review
13. Pros: Large space suitable for multiple tenants and uses
Cons: Size and cost equal to traditional building, timeline for
construction
Cost:$1.0M +
Scalability: No
Policy constraints: Requires approvals and improvements similar to
permanent structures: parking, landscaping, design review
14. City of Portland Early
Adopter Program
REGULATORY ROADBLOCK SOLUTIONS
Integrate site into EAP for:
• Minimize need for Land
Use Approvals
• Exempt from zoning
requirements for
Parking, Landscaping etc
• Streamline building code
regulations and review
timelines
• Waive System
Development Charges
• Reduce Business
licenses and fees
15. Critical to the idea
• Data collection infrastructure
• Virtual community structure, community participation
in future use
• Flexible regulations, light on policy
• Focused one-year business plan
• Long-term vision; clear value proposition from phase
one.
16. Next Steps for MAVUS
• Research policy-realistic temporary uses
• Market-realistic uses (what things can actually get
funded at what levels?)
• Mockup survey-monkey questions
• Fill out graph of uses…
• Actually do some of the numbers for the venue
business model
17. Ideas to emphasize
• Realistic transition points and funding models at
each stage
• Value to each user
• Beta-user ideas in different markets
• Long-term vision, with short-term as a potential
vehicle