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Battalion/Page 3 February 12,1982 ■jT/New lifestyles to mean new homes, prof says by Chris Thayer Battalion Reporter The American dream of a three-bedroom, two-bath home in the suburbs may be a thing of the past, says the head of the Department of Landscape Architecture. That is one of Lane Mar shall’s predictions in his special report, “Landscape Arcnitec- L ture into the 21st Century.” The report analyzes the social and economic forces that will change architecture in the housing in dustry. Today’s lifestyles — with single-parent families and single households dominant — de- '^*2, ; iand a change in housing, Mar- '" — Tpall said. I Marshall’s report predicts 40 million new households will be jbrmed this decade as a result of ese new lifestyles. To meet the eds of these new households existing houses will be rehabili tated, Marshall said. Adding an apartment or mak ing one house into two are ex amples of rehabilitating a house. Marshall also said zoning laws, which will affect mostly older parts of older cities, will change to accommodate these types of rehabilitation. In addition, the size of hous ing units will change in the next decade, he said. The average house size will decrease from to day’s 1,250-square-foot home to about 750 square feet. The apartment-look will dominate the landscape, Marshall said, and more attention will be given to enclosed exterior spaces. The housing density in the next ten years also will change the appearance of subdivisions. While today’s subdivisions have about 3.5 houses per acre, about 10 houses will be placed on an acre in the future. Privacy, security and conveni ence will become the main issues in housing because of these housing changes, Marshall said. Americans also are getting older, he said, and their housing needs are changing. By the year 2000, 50 percent of the popula tion will be over 55 years old. “We have designed housing and other products historically for a much younger popula tion,” Marshall said. “In the fu ture, our whole market is going to change.” Economic factors also will affect the housing industry. Be cause of inflation and the rising costs of raw building materials, the cost of a conventional single family house is too expensive for the average family, Marshall said. SCONA schedule ke class how he ICHEDULE OF SCONA IVENTS Friday K:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. IfThird address: “The Polish prisis: Its Origins, Nature and Impact" ijMarcin Sar, a Polish scholar ■from the Rockefeller Founda tion Rudder Theater 10:30 a.m. to boon Round Tables, Session V Round Table Rooms 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p. Fourth Address: “So a i.m. Soviet Poli cy in Developing Countries: A Look at Africa and Latin America” Dr. Roger E. Kanet, professor of political science at the Univer sity of Illinois Rudder Theater 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Round Tables - Session VI Round Table Rooms Saturday 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m. Round Tables, Session VII Round Table Rooms 11 a.m. to noon Closing Address: “Soviet- American Relations in the 1980s: The New Cold War” Peter Osnos, foreign editor of the Washington Post 224 MSC ouncil tables issue of Magna Carta funds ete, lists i, except hi: t just with! it presidenti with him till levision tajifl part of his fe?'; by Charlotte Boyd aurse),hesa# Battalion Reporter Id tehr himstP request for city funding of r , i ra Je Magna Carta exhibit was us fust °' |bied Thursday by the College truing, an’■joh Q t y Council until its he D emoc|iil |ednesday workshop meeting, said, to cam® r‘T5to2ii Tex as A&M University has indidates feif M H,750 from the city’s , jfptel-motel tax fund to help de- d g° v J" fray the $3,500-a-day cost of the ■s to d 11 '' 1 Sj a g na Carta presentation. L Of the requested money, ■ Deraocratl $11300 will cover maintenance -eed to save# s at the l^jk, | • 1 • 1 :^xadet ffets military award idaleisasflW of the Magna Carta of America office. The remaining money is for mailouts, flyers, parking lot guards, long distance phone calls and an armored car. The request was tabled so the council could obtain more infor mation on the tax fund’s prior commitments. Other funding has come from Texas A&M former stu dents, the Humanities Founda tion, the Bar Association and local residents. In other business, the council rezoned 10.88 acres on Harvey Road, next to Dartmouth Drive, fora 100,000-square-foot office complex similar to the Briar- crest Commons building in Bryan. Owner and private de veloper, James E. Jett said both medical and oil and gas profes sionals have shown interest in leasing the office space. The council also ordered the school board/city election to be held April 3 at Oakwood Middle School cafeteria. most every®f Cadet Captain Kirk R. Dick- ill be in a f fnson was named the Douglas t a vote. If Arthur Cadet for 1982 by ulale why l>°l'J ames R- Woodall, Corps ili : heavyc0 ; Commandant. 1 j;Dickenson, a senior micro- ! ‘ ie sa , l, biology major from Marion, was grea! I 1 presented w i t h the award ctive” p r( |?»rsday at the Corps of Cadets ition, “and, f ev j ew f or delegates to the Stu- iple are suijent Council On National ,d we caniKAffairs. around "j, I Dickenson serves as a flight officer in Squadron 12. The award is sponsored by the MacArthur Memorial Foundation in Norfolk, Va., and is presented annually to one cadet from each of the nation’s 40 military colleges and schools. Dickenson was selected by military officers in the Depart ment of Military Science on the basis of his outstanding per formance in the areas of acade mics, athletics and leadership, Woodall said. Dickenson is a member of the Gen. Ormond R. Simpson Corps Honor Society and was recognized as a Distinguished Military Student last semester. Dickenson also is a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Beta Beta Beta honor fraternities. He plans to receive a commis sion in the United States Air Force when he graduates in De cember. rators or ’laboratory and photo fr wa ning Ml ■ editor. A totally unique Salon for Bryan/C.S. 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