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Mixed-use

Meaning in architecture, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In architecture, mixed-use means: Describing a building or area that combines different uses, such as housing, shops, offices and public facilities, instead of keeping them separate.

In Turkish: karma kullanımlı, karma kullanım

How it is used

Common in urban planning and development briefs. A mixed-use building often has shops or cafés on the ground floor with flats above. Planners promote mixed-use neighbourhoods to keep streets lively and reduce car journeys.

Example sentences

  1. The mixed-use scheme has a supermarket on the ground floor and 60 flats above.

  2. The master plan turns the old port into a mixed-use district.

Common collocations

  • mixed-use development
  • mixed-use building
  • mixed-use district
  • mixed-use scheme
  • zoningThe system of dividing a city into areas where only certain uses, such as housing, offices or industry, and certain building sizes are allowed.
  • densityHow much building, or how many homes or people, there is on a given area of land, often measured in dwellings or people per hectare.
  • walkabilityHow easy, safe and pleasant it is to walk around an area, depending on things like pavement width, shade, crossings, street life and distance to daily needs.
  • master planA long-term plan for developing a large area, such as a campus, neighbourhood or city district, showing land uses, buildings, streets, open spaces and phases.
  • public spaceSpace that is open and accessible to everyone, such as streets, squares, parks, waterfronts and the public areas of civic buildings.

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