Course Description
Instructors: Doug Johnston (TBH 326, office hours by appointment)
Vincent J. Bellafiore (TBH 308, office hours by appointment)
Instructors: Doug Johnston (TBH 326, office hours by appointment)
Vincent J. Bellafiore (TBH 308, office hours by appointment)
Studio Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00 – 5:00
Prerequisites: Landscape Architecture 234, or consent of instructor
This course introduces you to community design as an integration of infrastructure planning and design, public use planning and design, and private development (residential site planning and commercial development) planning/design. In other words, you will learn about design as a complex of decisions involving many (often competing!) objectives. Community design requires integration of the environmental context (climate, topography, hydrology, soils, etc.), social context (community institutions, demographic variation, safety and justice, etc.), and the client context (public agencies, private developers, community organizations, and the public) through your particular design expression.
Syllabus
Reading References
• American Planning Association. 2006. Planning and urban design standards / American Planning Association ; Emina Sendich, graphics editor. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Forsyth, Ann. 2005. Designing small parks : a manual addressing social and ecological concerns / by Ann Forsyth and Laura Musacchio ; with Frank Fitzgerald. John Wiley & Sons.
• Girling, Cynthia L. 2005. Skinny streets and green neighborhoods : design for environment and community. Island Press
• Girling, Cynthia L. 1994. Yard, street, park : the design of suburban open space / Cynthia L. Girling, Kenneth I. Helphand. John Wiley & Sons.
• Hester, Randolph T. 1990. Community design primer. Ridge Times Press.
• Hudson, John C. 2006. Chicago: A Geography of the City and Its Region. University of Chicago Press.
• Jacobs, Jane. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintage Books.
• Jerde Partnership. 2004. Building type basics for retail and mixed-use facilities.The Jerde Partnership with Vilma Barr. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Jones, Tom. 1997. Good neighbors : affordable family housing / Tom Jones, William Pettus, Michael Pyatok ; foreword by Chester Hartman ; edited by Sally B. Woodbridge. McGraw Hill.
• Kulash, Walter M. 2001. Residential streets / Walter M. Kulash, principal author ; ULI, the Urban Land Institue.
• Lang, Jon T. 2005. Urban design : a typology of procedures and products . Architectural Press/Elsevier.
• Lawson, Laura J. 2005. City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America. University of California Press.
• Low, Setha, Dana Taplin, and Suzanne Scheld. 2005. Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity. University of Texas Press.
• Mitchell, Don. 2003. The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space. The Guilford Press.
• Thompson, J. William, and Kim Sorvig. 2000. Sustainable Landscape Construction. Island Press.
• Urban Design Associates. 2003. Urban design handbook : techniques and working methods / Urban Design Associates ; authors, Ray Gindroz, principal author ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Donald Kaliszewski ... [et al.] ; preface by David Lewis. W.W. Norton & Company.
• Urban Design Associates. 2004. Architectural pattern book / Urban Design Associates ; authors, Ray Gindroz ... [et al.] ; with contributions by David R. Csont ... [et al.] ; preface by David Lewis ; editor and contributing writer, Karen Levine. W.W. Norton & Company.
• Urban Land Institute. 2004. Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset. / [principal author and project director, Adrienne Schmitz]. The Urban Land Institute.
• Urban Land Institute. 2004. Residential development handbook / [principal author and project director, Adrienne Schmitz]. The Urban Land Institute.
• Urban Land Institute. 2000. Multifamily Housing Development Handbook. [principal author and project director, Adrienne Schmitz]. The Urban Land Institute.
• Whyte, William H. 1980. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. The Conservation Foundation.
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