Research Questions
During the spring of 2018, more than 40 CU 麻豆影院 students and faculty with varied expertise sought solutions for the preservation of Ponderosa Mobile Home Park听as it transitioned听to a more resilient model of affordable housing. Students and faculty analyzed and explored key research questions around affordable housing topics, such as urban ecology, modular building design, community engagement and sustainable social development.听听
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ENVD 3300: Ponderosa Interdisciplinary Praxis Studio
Urban Ecology, Neighborhood Architecture and Community Engagement
Instructor:听Neal Evers, AIA, ENVD professor.
Syllabus
- Regional urban ecological research and analysis;
- Neighborhood-scale ecological site design based on urban ecology principles and literature;
- Building-scale design and models based on sustainable, modular and small-home practices
and precedents; - Community outreach presentations tailored to the Ponderosa neighborhood community.
This praxis studio explored how best to address Ponderosa community鈥檚 future ecological, infrastructure and housing challenges. During this studio, students researched and designed ecological landscapes and resilient homes for this neighborhood at scales that are well-suited to tackling these issues. Students informed their design work through the study of literature pertaining to urban and landscape ecology, small/modular homes, sustainable design and community resilience as well as from practice, precedent studies and other resources.听听
Participants:
ENVD professors:听Neal Evers, AIA; Seth Wilberding, ASLA, LEED-AP.
ENVD students:听Jake Archambault, Adam Bunce,听Anna Cook,听Omar de la Mora, Nihan听Efeoglu, Jack Fisher,听Jacob George, Alexander Jonah, Isabella听Kyster, Rykley听Lynch, Sloan Martinez, Jon McGehee, Kiley Naves, Zachary Niro, Scott Rathbone, Aden Rubinson, Emily Sherman,听Harrison Smart, Sara Taketatsu, Morgan Taylor, Changan Wang, Taylor Wiens.听
MetroLab听
The Community Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR) provides planning and design services, supports educational programs听and conducts applied research on problems in the built environment. The听CEDaR听Center is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to the development of solutions that are socially responsive and ecologically sound.听CEDaR听serves as a resource center for community engagement, urban management and design in collaboration with faculty in the Program in Environmental Design听and other entities within and outside of the 麻豆影院.听
The Community Design Workshop (formerly the CU-City of 麻豆影院 Design Workshop) supports students and faculty from CU 麻豆影院听to work with 麻豆影院 city government, neighborhoods and stakeholders on critical urban problems and opportunities. The workshop brings together multi-disciplinary groups from the community and university to share ideas, analysis and recommendations. Our purpose is to advance local discussion about urban design, development and management of the built environment. This project is organized as part of the听MetroLab听partnership between the city, university and CU 麻豆影院's听Community Engagement Design and Research Center. Partners include Growing Up 麻豆影院 and CU 麻豆影院's Program in听Environmental Design, Environmental Studies Program, Office for听Outreach and Engagement,听CU Engage听and the Masters of the Environment programs.听