UD 101, Spring 2010
Cherry Hill Village, Looney Ricks Kiss Architects
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 Thursday evenings from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, beginning April 1, 2010 and ending May 20, 2010.
[Click here to download a course syllabus]
Click below for archived presentations
[April 1, 2010- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[April 8, 2010- Frank Ricks, AIA-slide presentation]
[April 15, 2010- Chooch Pickard, AIA-slide presentation]
[April 22, 2010- Ritchie Smith, ASLA-slide presentation- Part 1]
[April 22, 2010- Ritchie Smith, ASLA-slide presentation- Part 2]
[April 29, 2010- Jones & Whitehead-slide presentation]
[May 6, 2010- John Dudas-slide presentation]
[May 6, 2010- Mary Baker-slide presentation]
[May 6, 2010- Verna Hawkins-Lambert-slide presentation]
[May 6, 2010- Andy Kitsinger, AIA-slide presentation]