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Learn how innovative homeless, student, and workforce housing developments in Baltimore, Cleveland and Olympia are tackling big urban issues and building human and social capital in the process.
Housing can do more than provide places for people to live. It can address challenging urban issues like education, chronic homelessness, and the regeneration of blighted, disconnected communities. Housing can connect people to resources to improve quality of live for residents as well as for those in the surrounding community. It can change perceptions, broker new ideas and relationships, and be a catalyst for dialogue and investment.
This session will examine the planning and development of three projects that received the 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence: Miller’s Court, a supportive living and working environment for teachers and education-related nonprofits in Baltimore; Quixote Village, a low-cost sustainable community of tiny houses developed for—and, in part, by—people who were homeless in Olympia; and Uptown District, the collaborative redevelopment of a mixed-use corridor linking arts, education, and health care institutions and adjoining communities in Cleveland. It will utilize detailed case studies developed by the Bruner Foundation that document the development and impact of the projects in their communities.
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Learning Objectives
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1. Understand and describe how housing can address community welfare including significant urban challenges like education, homelessness, and the regeneration of urban communities, and affect economic, environmental, and social change.
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2. Discuss how integrating housing into a broader, sustainable vision that taps into and leverages community resources improves quality of life for residents AND the surrounding community.
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3. Describe how the design and development address environmental objectives.
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4. Demonstrate the value of engaging in collaborative, public/private partnerships in the planning, design, and development of housing.
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Presenters
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Anne-Marie Lubenau, FAIA, is dedicated to engaging people in the process of design and increasing understanding of the built environment and its impact on our lives. She is director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, a national design award that recognizes transformative urban places distinguished by their economic and social contributions to America’s cities. Anne-Marie previously served as CEO of the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh and was a 2012 Harvard Loeb Fellow.
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Garner Miller, AIA, has been practicing architecture in Washington State for over 20 years with expertise in the design of educational, commercial, and civic facilities, and has won several local and regional AIA design awards. He is managing partner of MSGS Architects, a regional firm based in Olympia. Garner is interested in urban issues and historic preservation, and serves on the Board of Directors of Olympia Downtown Association and the City of Olympia’s Heritage Commission.
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