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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Urban Design Visions For Riverside, Paso Robles, Vicente Del Rio, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Urban Design Visions For Riverside, Paso Robles, Vicente Del Rio, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Focus
Following the CRP Department's tradition of community-oriented projects with real clients, the authors discuss their studio work for the City of Paso Robles Community Development Department. The students explored development scenarios and urban design ideas for the area between the Salinas River and the railroad tracks, including more memorable, walkable and livable spaces, and stronger connections to the downtown and the rest of the city.
Shaping A Vision For Old Town Newark, Hemalata C. Dandekar, David Christie, Gabriel Ward
Shaping A Vision For Old Town Newark, Hemalata C. Dandekar, David Christie, Gabriel Ward
Focus
This article describes the MCRP first-year studio project for Newark's Old Town, considered by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) as one of the region's Priority Development Areas. In collaboration with the city's Community Development Department, the proposal includes a vision and a development strategy to revitalize Old Town through mixed-use, development opportunities, and vibrant and memorable environments.
Sketching In The Crp Department, Vicente Del Rio
Sketching In The Crp Department, Vicente Del Rio
Focus
In this article, Vicente del Rio reflects on the importance of sketching for planners and urban designers, and reports on an elective offered in the CRP department in 2017. Sketching is understood as a skill and a tool to help observe, analyse, represent, and conceptualize spaces and places, as well as to communicate with other professionals, the clients, and the public.
Successful Planner/Developer Collaborations For “Workforce” Housing In California, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Successful Planner/Developer Collaborations For “Workforce” Housing In California, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Focus
Housing affordability is a significant barrier to social and economic growth in California. In this article, Dr. Hemalata Dandekar reports on her research on successful housing projects for low and moderate-income families by private sector and non-profit developers in collaboration with city and county planning departments. The research was funded by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
Deconstructing Howard Through The Lens Of Hall: Lessons From The Garden City Reformer, William W. Riggs
Deconstructing Howard Through The Lens Of Hall: Lessons From The Garden City Reformer, William W. Riggs
Focus
In this provocative essay, William Riggs discusses the lasting legacy of Ebenezer Howard's and Sir Peter Hall's work and who it challenges us to think our solutions and deal with familiar issues like protecting green belts, equitable jobs and housing. The author notes that the resurgence of a stronger focus on physical design and the sustainability and eco-towns movements will help us move towards a Howard-inspired "Peaceful Path to Real Reform".
Between The One And The Other, Aruane Garzedin
Between The One And The Other, Aruane Garzedin
Focus
The contemporary city is a polarized environment with increasingly strong divides between the public and the private realms. Public space has lost quality and does not stimulate new social practices; there is little surprise and diversity in the landscape. Aruane Garzedin has been using art interventions to provoke new urban perceptions and public engagement, encouraging a different city poetic.
The Culture Of Windows, Ivor Samuels
The Culture Of Windows, Ivor Samuels
Focus
Windows are a fundamental element for both architecture and urban design. Ivor Samuels discusses the impact of daylight on housing practice, particularly in the United Kingdom. He claims that while the focus of research and regulations seem to be on sustainability and energy conservation, cultural context, privacy, and surveillance are equally important in planning and urban design. He calls for more interdisciplinary work in the study of the relationships between daylight, architecture and urban form.
Home Sharing: An Important Housing Option For Us Cities, Anne Wyatt
Home Sharing: An Important Housing Option For Us Cities, Anne Wyatt
Focus
The housing crisis in the US is fundamentally an affordability crisis, particularly in larger cities and in expensive real estate markets. Planner Anne Wyatt has been a strong advocate for affordable housing in San Luis Obispo for many years. In this article, she discusses the importance of home sharing in helping to tackle the affordability crisis, its advantages, the problems that may rise, and the need to include it as a formal option in the General Plan's Housing Element and in affordable housing action plans.
The Rio Games Legacy In Mobility: Challenges Beyond Infrastructure, Simone C.R. Silva, Carlos E.G. Maiolino, Jacqueline A. Torres
The Rio Games Legacy In Mobility: Challenges Beyond Infrastructure, Simone C.R. Silva, Carlos E.G. Maiolino, Jacqueline A. Torres
Focus
The City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city of 6.5 million inhabitants, had several years to plan, invest, and prepare for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A significant part of these efforts were in mobility infrastructure and operations, as they would become a fundamental legacy for the city. Silva, Maiolino and Torres, who were involved in these efforts in various capacities, discuss this experience and some of the challenges that go beyond investments in infrastructure such as behavior and operational changes.
From Downtown To The Inner Harbor: Baltimore's Sustainable Revitalization - Part 2: The Inner Harbor Plan (1967 To 2005), Vicente Del Rio
From Downtown To The Inner Harbor: Baltimore's Sustainable Revitalization - Part 2: The Inner Harbor Plan (1967 To 2005), Vicente Del Rio
Focus
Baltimore's effective revitalization efforts are internationally recognized in planning and urban design. After the successful Charles Center redevelopment plan in the late 1950s, Baltimore's efforts expanded to its Inner Harbor and waterfront. In this sequel to a two-part article that started in FOCUS 13, Vicente del Rio discusses these later efforts, and how Baltimore ensured a process for sustainable economic, social, and cultural revitalization.
Urban Economics By Design: Thinking From Down Under, Kobus Mentz, Susannah Goble
Urban Economics By Design: Thinking From Down Under, Kobus Mentz, Susannah Goble
Focus
Based on their experience in Australasia, Kobus Mentz and Susannah Goble discuss how, by considering urban economics, urban design, and local governance concurrently, greater efficiency, prosperity and social equity can be delivered at differing levels of city scale. The authors are, respectively, director and planner of Urbanismplus, one of New Zealand's most respected and awarded planning and urban design private firms.
Broadband Applications For Digitally Based Public Transportation In The Smart City, Evandro C. Santos
Broadband Applications For Digitally Based Public Transportation In The Smart City, Evandro C. Santos
Focus
Inevitably, cities are becoming more interconnected and dependent on smart wireless computer systems and networks. In this paper, Evandro Santos discusses broadband applications in generating Big Data, and the role of technology and communication in the efficiency of urban functions and services. He argues that digital and mobile technologies are making the connections between transportation service providers and users tighter, faster, and more personal to greater collective and individual b enefits.
Active Transportation And Perceptions Of Safety: A Case Study Of A Regional Trail And A Transit Corridor In Salt Lake City, Utah., Ivis Garcia Zambrana, Shabnam Khan
Active Transportation And Perceptions Of Safety: A Case Study Of A Regional Trail And A Transit Corridor In Salt Lake City, Utah., Ivis Garcia Zambrana, Shabnam Khan
Focus
In this article, Garcia and Ara Khan discuss their study on the relationship between perceptions of safety from crime and active transportation with a regional bike and pedestrian trail system in Salt Lake City. Based on community surveys and focus group discussions, the study concludes on important suggestions on how to increase the perception of safety in low-income neighborhoods that go beyond streetscape improvements.
The Conversable Scale Of Cities, Lineu Castello
The Conversable Scale Of Cities, Lineu Castello
Focus
One of the usual criticisms of the contemporary metropolis is that it is fragmented by mega-projects run by private sector interests. In this provocative article, Castello notes the positive outcomes of this phenomenon as long as the fragments result in places of a type and scale appropriate for public engagement and social conversation.
3rd California Climate Action Planning Conference
Eulogy For W. David Conn, William Siembieda
A Note From The Editor, Vicente Del Rio
A Note From The Department Head, Michael R. Boswell
Romberg Tiburon Center (Rtc) Renovation Of Classroom Building 2018, Thomas Fowler, Iv, Kevin Dong
Romberg Tiburon Center (Rtc) Renovation Of Classroom Building 2018, Thomas Fowler, Iv, Kevin Dong
Architecture
Renovation proposal for RTC's classroom building.
Urban Design Vision: The Fremont Hub, Megan Kristine Miller
Urban Design Vision: The Fremont Hub, Megan Kristine Miller
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
San Luis Ranch - Design Vision, Maddie Pritchard, Mackenzie Wrage
San Luis Ranch - Design Vision, Maddie Pritchard, Mackenzie Wrage
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
Bicycle Planning In European Cities And Its Applicability To American Cities, Amy Gunn
Bicycle Planning In European Cities And Its Applicability To American Cities, Amy Gunn
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
Procunier Remodel Project, Chris Chinn, Jeret Buerger, Brooke Lipsey
Procunier Remodel Project, Chris Chinn, Jeret Buerger, Brooke Lipsey
Architectural Engineering
The Procunier Remodel Project report summarizes the preconstruction process for a single-family home remodel in the city of Walnut Creek. Key aspects of the report involve architectural design, structural design, interaction with the city, and interaction with the client.
Old Town Newark, California: Design Strategy On Thornton Avenue, Gabriel Ward
Old Town Newark, California: Design Strategy On Thornton Avenue, Gabriel Ward
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
Transcend: A Thin-Shell Japanese Onsen Experience, James Douglas Blanchard, Nicholas Michael Horaney, Hunter Thomas Mosier, Lillian Cao, Cory Peterman
Transcend: A Thin-Shell Japanese Onsen Experience, James Douglas Blanchard, Nicholas Michael Horaney, Hunter Thomas Mosier, Lillian Cao, Cory Peterman
Architectural Engineering
This project is an interdisciplinary architectural design of a funicular Japanese onsen utilizing the compressive strength of thin-shell concrete. A section of this project was also built to scale on the Cal Poly campus in the Architectural Engineering department's High Bay facility. This project was designed utilizing Rhinoceros and analyzed using SAP 2000 19.
Portland Pacific, Hunter David Caldwell, Kelly Louise Clancy, Kevin T. Khieu, Shaina Pak Kim, George Suarez
Portland Pacific, Hunter David Caldwell, Kelly Louise Clancy, Kevin T. Khieu, Shaina Pak Kim, George Suarez
Architectural Engineering
Interdisciplinary senior project by Hunter Caldwell, Kelly Clancy, Kevin Theodore Khieu, Shaina Kim, and George Suarez. Project involves architectural design, engineering analysis, and construction of a thin-shelled concrete structure.