1. URBAN DESIGN WHAT DOES URBAN MEAN?

2. URBAN DESIGN Urban means: relating to, or characteristic of a city or town

3. What Is Urban Design? Devising a plan for change and/or development  Within a specific area  For a city subdivision  For a city, district or region

4. What Is Urban Design? Blending the components within a development.  Relating sensory relationships between people and the environment  Being aware of how and what people think about the environment

5. What Is Urban Design? Maintaining Community Character  Reflection of the history and traditions of the area or town  Conveys pride in ownership to inspire economic growth

6. What Is Urban Design?  Planning a development which  Is friendly to pedestrian traffic  Provides a means of blending automobile traffic with pedestrian traffic

7. What Is Urban Design? Adapting Mix-use Places between commercial and residential  Horizontal model  Separate structures  for each

8. What Is Urban Design? Adapting Mix-use Places between commercial and residential  Stacked Model  Both commercial (on lower levels) and residential (on upper levels) in same building

9. What Is Urban Design? Pedestrian connections  Designing safe and comfortable projects with ease of access between clusters  Parking surrounded by clusters  Clusters surrounded by parking  Provide accessible walks

10. What Is Urban Design? Traffic calming  Managing automobile traffic  Providing streetscaping  Plan for paving which promotes shared access  Pedestrian  Automobile  Bicycle  Provision of on-street parking

11. What Is Urban Design? Dimension of sustainability  Economic sustainability  Environmental sustainability  Social sustainability

12. What Is Urban Design? Protecting and creating economic value  Urban plans provide certainty  Developers, Land owners, City  Creates higher land values  Protection of economic opportunity

13. What Is An Urban Designer? There is no set definition  No professional body decides what constitutes an Urban designer  Courses and content vary from college to college  No set body of knowledge Broad body of knowledge  How planning systems work  How to conserve buildings, landscape and resources  How to involve people and communicate with developers, city officials, land owners and citizens  How to write policy  How to use computers  Plus many more skills and knowledge

14. What Is An Urban Designer? What is the job like?  Planners work with cities, land owners, citizens and developers  Planners solve both vehicle and pedestrian traffic problems  Plan where cars should go and park  Plan how pedestrians get from place to place  Planners plan to save the environment  uses sustainable design  uses green technologies.  Urban planners know where everything is  People, streets, highways, water, sewers, libraries, museums, stores  Planners listen, gather information, develop plans, estimate costs and explain their plans

15. What Is An Urban Designer? How Do I Get ready?  College is a must  Bachelor’s degree needed for apprentice job  Master’s degree required by most full-time employers  Work with an urban planning firm  Gain experience  Learn from professionals  Learn how to use the computer effectively  Take additional courses in computers and statistics  Study how to write and speak effectively

16. What Is An Urban Designer? How much does the job pay?  2008 average salary was $62,400 annually How many jobs are there?  There were about 38,400 urban planners in 2008 What about the future?  Number of jobs expected to rapidly increase through 2018  Most jobs will be in rapidly expanding communities What are some related jobs?  Architects, City Managers, Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Landscape Architects and Social Scientists

17. Urban Design Project: New Water Park Place

18. Urban Design Project: New Water Park Place -1 Hotel -10 Retail Stores -3 Restaurants -Apartment Complex -Walkway to Water Park -River Walk -Parking