This is a proposed multifamily apartment building targeted towards young professionals, low-income families and students attending DCTC who are looking to live and work in Rosemount, MN. The city of Rosemount encourages the development of lifecycle housing within its city limits and according to the Rosemount comprehensive plan, multifamily housing is one approach to providing […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Study of Preparation for Emergencies and Disasters in Auburn
This course will conduct a situation analysis of Auburn residents’ understanding of the risks of natural and man-made disasters, and propose policy and program interventions to improve disaster preparedness. Proposals will include policy and programs that address both individual and community-level components as well as best practices in relation to cultural competence. Read the final […]
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Spaces of Memory: Trail of Tears Commemorative Landscapes
This course will increase education and awareness about the regional sites of Trail of Tears with a focus on choreographed sensory experiences that encourage on-site engagement and interactive understanding. Students will develop comprehensive design strategies that draw upon the concept of the memorial landscape, applicable to the physical memory places along the Native American displacement […]
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Cultural Fieldwork in Downtown Springfield, Oregon
This document describes a project carried out for the City of Springfield, Oregon, by graduate students in Art In Society (AAD 450/550), a course offered by the University of Oregon’s Arts and Administration Program and taught by Dr. John Fenn during Fall Term 2012. The project’s goal was to increase visitor and resident access to […]
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Water, Microecologies + Density
This advanced level research and development focused design studio explored the potential synergies between transit-oriented development (TOD) and habitat sensitive and low impact design. Students were asked to generate dense schemes closely tied to non-motorized transit infrastructure that were rich with green (living) amenities and that support the ecological health of the local community and […]
Livability Synthesis
This course builds on the work of several fall quarter projects, including the Connectivity Element for Comprehensive Plan and Community Place-Making, and integrates, advances or deepens the findings of those projects. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Livable City Year Contact Info Teri Thomson Randall Program Manager terir@uw.edu 206.221.9240 University […]
The Architecture of City Governance & Civic Life
Third year architecture students Tricia Stuth’s design studio “Lenoir City: the architecture of city governance and civic life” will investigate multiple sites and buildings for adaptive reuse, expansion, and redevelopment. Projects for Lenoir City Schools Administration, Lenoir City Fire Department, and in-city housing will address needs yet also illustrate opportunities to enhance the public realm. […]
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Gresham City Hall
Thirteen schemes were developed for the Gresham City Hall project under the Sustainable Cities Initiative during the winter term of 2010. Each group took a unique approach to the challenges and opportunities presented. All were concerned with density, creating viable public space, displaying sustainable systems, creating a ‘democratic’ building that emphasized public participation and visual […]
New Mobility Ecosystem
The transportation business community has been changing rapidly over the past decade, and it is expected to continue making major advances in the near future. One CEO of a transportation software developing company believes the majority of transportation in cities will be autonomous shared vehicle platforms by as early as 2022.1 Due to the rapid […]
Boone County Shelter Design at Forney’s Point
The shelter, designed by Civil & Environmental Engineering students, will be located at Forney’s Point in the Don Williams Recreation Area when constructed. The proposed design will add a unique and exclusive area intended for social gatherings to an otherwise underutilized area in the park. In addition to the overlook pavilion, a new roadway and […]
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