Through its Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County is looking for ways to improve community health by developing a mobile application to aid in physical and mental wellness. This application will be used as a tool to promote and track the use of parks, trails, and open space and the reported impacts on […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Building Lifecycle Utility Cost Analysis
Prince George’s County Parks & Recreation builds, operates, and maintains a number of facilities with significant lifespans. To better understand the impact of capital investment and building code changes that might lead to reducing long term operating costs, the Department seeks a comparative analysis using available utilities usage data from six large, well established facilities. […]
Historic Preservation Digital History Design
The goal for this project was to create the early stages of a web development project for the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department. Our team created the initial wireframe designs, identified problems for future aspects of the project, and provided recommendations for the next stages of development. The original project requirements included developing […]
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North City Art Plan Guidelines (Fall 2019)
CSUSM students from AMD 421, Art and Social Change, under the direction of Dr. Kristin Moss and the Economic Development Team from San Marcos, California have been tasked with putting together a research report to aid in the development of a comprehensive public art master plan for San Marcos and the North City neighborhood. This […]
Envisioning the Future at Prince George’s Plaza, MD
The semester was divided in 3 projects. For project 3, the studio worked with Prince George’s Planning Department on creating urban design schemes for the Prince George’s Plaza Transit District including analyzing relvevant case studies, site visit to Prince George’s Plaza, site documentation/analysis, and design proposals rooted from historical research while responding to complex contemporary […]
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Analysis of 360 Regulations: Closing Loops City Program
During the Town+Gown:NYC’s Urban Resource Recovery Working Group’s development and refinement of its initiative, called Closing Loops City Program Initiative or CLCPI, to leverage the City’s capital program to close construction and demolition waste (CDW) material loops, using New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYS DEC) beneficial use designation (BUD) regulations, it became clear […]
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Pushing the Urban Resource Recovery and Reuse Program: Where is the Data (and How to Use It)
The Town+Gown:NYC’s Urban Resource Recovery Working Group has been developing an initiative to leverage the City’s capital program to close construction and demolition waste (CDW) material loops. It is called Closing Loops City Program Initiative or CLCPI. At several Working Group meetings, members raised the issue of needing CDW material and volume data to inform […]
Lifecycle Cost Benefit Analysis Project- Road to Smart City
The utilidor is an environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructural solution for subsurface public right of way (PROW) congestion, known as the “subsurface spaghetti” problem, that has been created by utilities’ historical ad hoc practice of direct subsurface burial of transmission infrastructure. With the appropriate financial structure, the utilidor solution can capture the value of the […]
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Sullivan Trail Connector
The City of Sullivan has multiple plans for trail connectors throughout the city. ENVI460 students provided recommendations for a trail connector between the City of Sullivan and Sullivan County. This trail connector harnesses positives of both the city and county to increase use. Students also provided recommendations for multi-use options on the trail system. […]
Pollination Habitat and Flower Planting for City Beautification
The City of Sullivan identified needs to improve sustainable infrastructure and green space in Sullivan, IN through their Quality of Life plan. Students in ENVI460 were tasked with providing recommendations for their daily operations and site plans that could improve habitats and attractiveness for the community and tourists. Students provided recommendations for native habitat planting […]
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