UD 101, Fall 2010
South Parkway Restoration, Memphis Regional Design Center
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 8 week course held Tuesday evenings from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, beginning September 28, 2010 and ending November 16, 2010.
[Click here to download a course syllabus]
Click below for archived presentations
[September 28, 2010- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[October 5, 2010- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[October 12, 2010- Michael Oakes, PE-slide presentation]
[October 19, 2010- Josh Whitehead, AICP-slide presentation]
[October 26, 2010- Curtis Thomas-slide presentation]
[October 26, 2010- Josephine Williams-slide presentation]
[November 2, 2010- Ritchie Smith, ASLA-slide presentation]