What Works: Developers on Design
"If you get the ground plane right you can put what you want on top".
Transit is nice to have but the real success comes from the experience on the ground"
"You see if your open space design works if kids find something to do there"
"In the first phase [of development], sacrifice density to create a there"
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"Bad suburban road standards compromise the value and success of your retail"
"TOD always starts with larger infrastructure investments and somebody has to carry that burden."
"Open space is important but it is not about its size but its quality and programming"
"I really like eminent domain"
These are quotes from people describing what they believe the best approach to master planning and design to be. These people are not architects, urban designers, planners, or economic development officials. No, they were developers at an Urban LandInstitute(ULI) gathering about appropriate design around transit. Specifically, the quoted investor/developers were Phil London, Senior VP of Comstock Partners and Don Briggs, President Federal Realty. In this postmodern world, broad abstract intellectual constructs about urban design or architecture are as rare as new ideas about the world itself. This is not a time to cast the net wide, write chartas ....Read all -------------------------------------------
Klaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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