2014 | urban design workshop
Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Georgia
Urban Form + Community seeks to engage the relationships between built urban form and community – how one understands the connections across individuals, how the physical and experiential qualities of a place can support these connections and facilitate new ones, how both can impact the economic and commercial development of a small, local community? The intent is to embrace an approach that prioritizes the community perspective. Emerging through a partnership between the School of Architecture and the Cascade Heights Improvement District (CHID), the community voice is of critical importance.
As the name suggests, issues of collective identity, place making and community development are of primary focus. Course explorations center on the Cascade Heights Commercial District (CHCD) in Atlanta, Georgia. The CHCD is examined as a case of an urban and community typology, one that is local and cultivated around a small commercial center.
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Urban Form + Community
Student Team | Allison Buker, Michael Delinsky, William Fryer, Jennifer Ingram, Kaitlyn Pahel, Sean Sims, Steven Victor, Heather Waite and Gloria Woods
A special thanks to:
CHID Core Group | Danita Brown, AIA, Oscar Harris, FAIA, Bill Fuller, RA, Michael Martin, RA, Corliss Claire. The host of community residents, business owners and stakeholders that participated in the community workshops and conversation openly and enthusiastically. City Council Members Keisha Lance Bottoms (District 11) and C.T. Martin (District 10) for their support and engagement throughout the process.
