PL405 - Planning Studio
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COURSE SCHEDULE
and Readings summary (subject to revision)
Click on Assignments above for details on what
is expected for each reading and activity.
Jan 11 - Course Introduction and Overview
Jan 13 - Good Communities
Readings: (1) Cities that Work - www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980608/8citi.htm
(2) The Ahwahnee Principles: Toward More Livable Communities - www.lgc.org/clc/ahwnprin.html
(3) Read: Flagstaff 2020 Plan - at: http://www.flagstaff.az.us/Flagstaff_2020/flag1.html
Assignment Due: Register for the NAU Online Virtual Conference Center
(VCC)
Jan 18 - MLK Day Holiday
Jan 20 - Sustainable Development and Design
Readings: (1) Sustainable Communities: An Idea Whose Time has Come? -
www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/suscon.htm
(2) What are Sustainable Communities? - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/whatare.htm
(3) The Sustainability Movement: Rhetoric or Reality? - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/rhetoric.html
(4) Principles for Designing and Planning Homeownership Zones - www.louisville.edu/org/sun/planning/principle/ii.html
(5) 12 Gates to the City - www.sierra/199705/gates.html
Assignment Due: Subscribe to a Planning Discussion List
Jan 25 - Mixed Use and Infill
Readings: (1) Infill in the Marketplace: Alternatives to Sprawl - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/infillalt.htm
(2) Preservation, Mixed Use and Urban Vitality - www.dnai.com/~kvetcher/MixedUse.html
(3) Transform Urban Sprawl into Quality Development Patterns - www.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/agencies/sust/ch2d.htm
- A section of a comprehensive regional plan for south Florida. Pay particular
attention to goals and action steps taken to achieve those goals.
(4) MUD Chapter 1 - Introduction and History - pp. 1-46
Jan 27
Reading: MUD Chapter 7 - Case Studies - THESE WILL BE ASSIGNED, you do
not need to read them all
Assignment Due: Visit Project Sites
Feb 1 - Meet in City Hall
Feb 3 - MIDTERM EXAM
Feb 8-10 - Site Assessment and Project Planning
Reading: MUD Chapter 2
Assignment Due: First work log will be due on Feb 8, and then every subsequent
Monday
Feb 15-17 - Assignment Due: tba-data collection
Feb 22-24 - Feasibility and Public Sector Involvement
Reading: MUD Chapters 3 & 4
Assignment Due: tba
Mar 1-3 - Assignment Due: tba-data collection
Mar 8-12 - Spring Break
Mar 15-17 - Planning and Design
Reading: MUD Chapter 5
Assignment Due: tba
Mar 22-24 - Assignment Due: tba-data collection (AAG Honolulu)
Mar 29-31 - Marketing and Trends
Reading: MUD Chapters 6 and 8
Assignment Due: tba
Apr 5-7 - Design Preparation
Apr 12-14 - Presentation Preparation
Apr 19-21 - Presentation of Project Results
Apr 26-28 - Project write-up
May 3-5 - Final Exams Week
Assignment Due: Project Report and Personal Summary Statement Due - BOTH
on WEDNESDAY, 5 May at 5pm