UD101, Fall 2011
French Fort Master Plan
MRDC’s Urban Design 101 examines the transformative impact that innovative physical planning and design of the “public realm” can have on the quality of contemporary urban life. The course introduces a cross section of our region’s civic leaders, representing a range of public, private and non-profit organizations, to the basic concepts, vocabulary, and techniques of urban design as reflected in a variety of contemporary place-making initiatives in Memphis and across the country.
Urban Design 101 has been created to introduce local leaders to emerging design concepts that are guiding our nation’s most exciting downtown development, neighborhood stabilization, waterfront revitalization, new town planning, public parks, historic preservation and mass transit projects.
UD101 is an 10 week course held Thursday evenings from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, beginning October 6th, 2011 and ending December 15th, 2011.
[Click here to download a course syllabus]
Click below for archived presentations
[October 6, 2011- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[October 13, 2011- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[October 20, 2011- Robert Paulus-slide presentation-Part 1]
[October 20, 2011- Robert Paulus-slide presentation- Part 2]
[October 27, 2011- Michael Oakes, PE-slide presentation]
[November 3, 2011- John Dudas-slide presentation]
[November 3, 2011- Mairi Albertson-slide presentation]
[November 3, 2011- Andy Kitsinger, AIA-slide presentation]
[November 10, 2011- Whitney Ranson-slide presentation]
[November 17, 2011- Josephine Alexander-slide presentation]
[November 17, 2011- Curtis Thomas-slide presentation]
[December 1, 2011- Nancy Jane Baker-slide presentation]
[December 8, 2011- Josh Whitehead-slide presentation]