Tag: charrette
Smart Design = Smart Policy:
Eezy-Peezy? Not so fast
See if this sounds familiar:
The city planning staff, maybe working with an expert team of design consultants, comes up with what they think is a no-brainer solution to a high-profile problem. Say, a proposal for much-needed multifamily development to address workforce housing demand. Or a plan to fix a blighted block... Continue Reading
Snagging Gen-Y: Do Facebook ads work in public engagement?
Scott Doyon 
May 5, 2012
May 5, 2012
For those looking to expand public engagement and collaborative process at the community level, this week presents a curious convergence of news and ideas. Setting the stage was CNU20’s “Charrettes and the Next Generation of Public Involvement,” an afternoon breakout session exploring a fairly provocative (for... Continue Reading
Punk Rock and the New Urbanism: Getting back to basics
Scott Doyon February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
By the early to mid 1970s, something was wrong with rock and roll.
It no longer fought the system. Worse than that, it had become the system. Bloated. Detached. Pretentious.
Performer and audience, once fused in a mutual quest to stick it to the man, now existed on separate planes -- an increasingly complacent... Continue Reading