we all want better communities!
The Community Design Center organizes collaborative interdisciplinary community/university partnerships for the research and design of physical improvements which serve the University’s urban area. The Community Design Center is a part of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati. The Center provides assistance to community groups, non-profit organizations, and City departments that are representing underserved areas and underfunded projects within the area.
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space a blog from Washington DC
"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic. This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging."
The Vision Thing an article by John Emerson written in jan/feb 08 issue of Communication Arts. "The stories below are shining examples of design as populism. The designers of these projects – amateurs and professionals – have moved beyond a passive relationship to the world, beyond the daily pattern of serving clients, responding to assignments, and deadlines."
livingneighborhoods.org "Our goal is to help everyone make our neighborhoods places of belonging, places of health and well-being, and places where people will want to live and work. This has become possible through the use of Generative Codes, Christopher Alexander's latest work in the effort to make possible conception and construction of living, beautiful communities that have real guts -- not the sugary sweetness of pseudo-traditional architecture."
TORONTO
ThinkTankToronto is going to be our umbrella organization here in Toronto. We have discussed partnership with Rafael Gomez, and the future looks promising.
Dufferin Grove Park This park is one of the most incredible transformations of public space to a community park. Simply amazing.
"Spacing is an award-winning magazine dedicated to presenting compelling journalism that focuses on the joys, obstacles, and politics of Toronto’s urban landscape. The magazine is full of thought-provoking articles and gorgeous photography. Each issue of Spacing presents an abundance of creative ideas and insightful commentary from the city’s brightest young writers and visual artists."
FoodShare "We believe that food is vital to the health of individuals and communities, and that access to good, healthy food is a basic human right. FoodShare promotes policies - such as adequate social assistance rates, sustainable agriculture, universal funding of community-based programs and nutrition education - that will make food a priority at all levels of society."
Riverdale's Heritage Town Hall and Cultural Centre: "multi-purpose community facility"
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space a blog from Washington DC
"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic. This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging."
The Vision Thing an article by John Emerson written in jan/feb 08 issue of Communication Arts. "The stories below are shining examples of design as populism. The designers of these projects – amateurs and professionals – have moved beyond a passive relationship to the world, beyond the daily pattern of serving clients, responding to assignments, and deadlines."
livingneighborhoods.org "Our goal is to help everyone make our neighborhoods places of belonging, places of health and well-being, and places where people will want to live and work. This has become possible through the use of Generative Codes, Christopher Alexander's latest work in the effort to make possible conception and construction of living, beautiful communities that have real guts -- not the sugary sweetness of pseudo-traditional architecture."
TORONTO
ThinkTankToronto is going to be our umbrella organization here in Toronto. We have discussed partnership with Rafael Gomez, and the future looks promising.
Dufferin Grove Park This park is one of the most incredible transformations of public space to a community park. Simply amazing.
"Spacing is an award-winning magazine dedicated to presenting compelling journalism that focuses on the joys, obstacles, and politics of Toronto’s urban landscape. The magazine is full of thought-provoking articles and gorgeous photography. Each issue of Spacing presents an abundance of creative ideas and insightful commentary from the city’s brightest young writers and visual artists."
FoodShare "We believe that food is vital to the health of individuals and communities, and that access to good, healthy food is a basic human right. FoodShare promotes policies - such as adequate social assistance rates, sustainable agriculture, universal funding of community-based programs and nutrition education - that will make food a priority at all levels of society."
Riverdale's Heritage Town Hall and Cultural Centre: "multi-purpose community facility"
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