Urban Design Lunch Forums

Join us at the UDC:
133 Fayetteville Street
Downtown Raleigh
12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Take a mid-day break and stop in at the Raleigh Urban Design Center to learn about and discuss issues that affect our city today and help us prepare for the future.

Do you have any questions? Please contact Trisha.Hasch@raleighnc.gov or 919-807-8480.

All events are free and open to the public.

Urban Form and Design
The form of cities is often viewed primarily through the lens of their arrangement of streets and squares. Urban form also is a reflection of the city's urban design priorities, the times, and often the outgrowth a peoples' values, philosophy, changing population makeup and size, system of government, and infrastructure advances. This series explores how Raleigh can embrace changing times and advocate for form and design that can positively influence experience of place and quality of life.

March 21 - Creating Urban Form Where There is None
Larry Zucchino, RLA, LEED AP, Managing Partner, JDavis Architects, and Grant Meacci, RLA, LEED AP, Planning
and Design Manager, Raleigh Urban Design Center

• What is urban form and how does it evolve?
• What are the various types, challenges, and opportunities of urban form in Raleigh?
• What lessons can be taken from the Blue Ridge Road District study and applied throughout the city?

April 18 - Deja New: Historic Fabric in the Urban Context
Fred Belledin, Chair, and Martha Lauer, Executive Director, Raleigh Historic Development Commission

• How do people see historic buildings?
• How does preservation impact the urban experience?
• How does preservation build community?

May 16 - Building a Walkable City
Hosts: Jennifer Baldwin, Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, Department of City Planning and Development; Laura Sandt, Associate Director, Highway Safety Research Center; Eric Lamb, PE, Transportation Manager, and Fleming El-Amin - AICP, Transportation Planner, Department of City Planning and Development, Raleigh

• How do we build a walkable city?
• What current initiatives are underway?
• Is a pedestrian plan the answer?

May 23 - Creative Corridors in Winston-Salem: Where Transportation Innovation and Public Art Meet
Host: Gerald Bolas, Executive Director, Raleigh Arts Commission
Presenters: Glenn Walters, Principal, RLA, LEED AP, Drake Fowler, LEED AP, RLA Associate, DESIGNWORKSHOP, Asheville, NC

• How can you use public engagement as a real and credible part of the design process?
• Why is public infrastructure an important economic driver for the 21st century city?
• How are projects funded and publicly supported?

June 20 - Housing in the 21st Century: Design, Financing, Strategic Partnerships, and Return on Investment
Host: Michele Grant, Director, City of Raleigh Community Development
Presenters: Valerie Molloy, Program Manager, Loan Division, City of Raleigh Community Development and Gregg
Warren, President, DHIC, Inc.

• What is the 'diversity of housing' encompassed in Community Development's projects?
• What are some of the key strategic partnerships necessary for success?
• How are projects assembled including land, financing, construction, and management and is there an ROI strategy?

Education Credits - In Process as of March 1, 2012
Landscape Architects may be approved for 1.5 credits through the NC Board of Landscape Architects. Please pick up a confirmation at the end of the lecture and self report.
Architects self report through AIA-NC
Planners submit for credit approval through AICP's Certification Maintenance Program