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2. The Urban Paradoxes Approach is … Unique Begins at the grassroots Neighborhood Asset Driven Not Driven by Developers ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

3. The Process Build Conceptualize Design 1 2 3 ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

4. Place Making Build Conceptualize Design 1 2 3 Development ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

5. Urban Paradoxes is about … Creating Place Reviving Community Regenerating Neighborhood ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

6. Design/Development is about … How people move about How people interact How people live ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

7. Design/Development is about … How people move about How people interact people environment How people live ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

8. Design/Development is about … How people move about How people interact How people live ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

9. Good Urban Development is … Sustainable Restorative Regenerative ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

10. Good Urban Development Considers … Human Environment Natural Environment Built Environment ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

11. Core Disciplines … Shared-Visioning Creative conceptualization Design & Planning Restorative, Regenerative & Sustainable Development ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

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13. 1 2 3 Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else.  But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves – Jane Jacobs (The Death & life of Great American Cities) ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

14. 1 2 3 “A collective process that precede the final regenerative and aesthetic vision statement drawing upon neighborhood narrative (memory), behaviors, and dreams for the future.” ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

15. 1 2 3 How residents view their neighborhood will affect sustainability of design & subsequent development, thus effective conceptualization willbegin with grass-root neighborhood shared-visioning. Shared-visioning includes: Wandersmänner – “The Wanderer”: A stroll around the neighborhood to observe how the neighborhood feels, looks, and functions. Neighborhood Narrative: What are the stories of the neighborhood; the stories of people and buildings, past and present? What stories do we wish to create for future generation? ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

16. 1 2 3 Neighborhood Narratives are those collective memories & stories of residents, past & present, interaction with the built, natural, and human environments. These narratives give shape and form to a collective, shared neighborhood vision for the future. Effective conceptualization to be both sustainable and regenerative must built upon shared neighborhood narrative. ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

17. 1 2 3 Neighborhood Behaviors will affect sustainability of design & subsequent development, thus effective conceptualization will take into consideration neighborhood behaviors. Neighborhood behaviors may be defined as: Complex Adaptive Systems ~ How elements/residents interact, interactions between neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods, etc. Stochastic Actions ~ Random, probabilistic, and paradoxical variables ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

18. 1 2 3 Integral to the design process is the charrette.  a creative, intense, collaboratively open, multidisciplinary conceptualization process to work up a design for an entire neighborhood or a specific project.  Charrettes draw upon continuous feedback (neighborhood forums, design reviews, impact studies) involving all stakeholders in the loop. ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

19. 1 2 3 An effective charrette will not only utilize the utilize the usual – planners, architects & designers – but also project-appropriate “creatives” that draw upon a wide-range of expertise and experience to create a fully conceptualized project design.  ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

20. 1 2 3 The final plan, ready for implementation, includes an environmentally sound design that emphasizes healing the built and natural environmental health of the neighborhood. ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

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22. ® Understands & speaks the language of urban neighborhoods Merges diverse, distinct, and separate elements into a unified whole ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

23. Conceptualization Toolbox … Cognitive Mapping Narrative Differential Technique Trace Measurement Wandersmänner ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006

24. ® Email: info@urbanparadoxes.com Web: http://www.UrbanParadoxes.com Blog: http://www.blog.urbanparadoxes.com 512.992.1855 Frank A. Mills ® © Urban Paradoxes 2006