Designing Community

<p>Greenfield sites around towns and cities, and redevelopment infill sites in existing urban areas often become battlegrounds between the conflicting interests of developers and communities. <br><br>In America, design charrettes (intensive design and planning workshops) have become widely used as a means of bringing together these divergent groups, using detailed design exercises to establish agreement around a development masterplan. Despite the increasing frequency of their use, charrettes are widely misunderstood and can be misapplied. This book provides a detailed guidance on the proper and most effective ways to use this helpful tool. The book combines charrette masterplanning with the creation of "design-based" codes (also known as "form-based" codes) to control the development's implementation in line with the design and planning principles established during the charrette process.</p> <p>1. Introduction: Urban design vs. planning: the role of design charrettes, master plans and form-based codes to reform the planning process.<br>2. History i: The history of community involvement in planning from 19th century anarchist roots to today.<br>3. History ii: The evolution of the planning process: the renaissance of physical planning and the importance of urban design.<br>4. Theory i: Key urban design principles<br>5. Theory ii: Codes and Guidelines <br>6. Theory iii: Representation and Communication <br>7. Practice i: Charrette Principles and Organization<br>8. Practice ii: Charrette Processes and Products<br>9. Case Study i: Downtown redevelopment case study from author’s own practice. This community has a form-based zoning ordinance in place.<br>10. Case Study ii: Greenfield case study from author’s own practice. This community has a normative, sprawl-inducing zoning ordinance in place.<br><br>11. Afterword: Summary and recap<br><br>12. Appendix: Example of Form-based Code</p>