reconnecting people and place summer2010

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DefinitionReconnecting People and Place is a course that

increases student understanding of place andpeople and place-based decisions to improve

the built environment using regenerative thinkingas . RPP is also al course that helps

communities learn how to become moreinterconnected with place through community

development, planning and design in a

collaborative way and using regenerativethinking in the process.



Background

The course is taught every summer since

2005 and has used different settings forexplorations. The work and activities thathappen in the course can be consulted en the

following site:http://www.bsu.edu/web/capweb/ldi/mexico05

/index.htm



Purpose of the 2010 course

The purpose of the course is to exploresustainable community development

alternatives for low-income neighborhoods in

urban Monterrey in collaboration withresidents, volunteers and local agencies

through the planning and design of a

community development project.



Project objectives• Identify key community projects and express them in a

general plan.

• Participate in the design-build of a small (around 40m2) demonstration facility based on the lessons learnedfrom the community and the resources (waste stream)

identified locally.• Design a food production garden using community

resources and dynamics.

• Plan and design a pocket park.• Conceptually design the neighborhood open space,

streetscape and pedestrian system.



Academic ObjectiveExpose students to sustainable communitydevelopment issues through community immersion.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Engage processes that help reconnect people and place.

• Conduct community diagnosis in collaboration withcommunity members and in ways that empower residents.

• Identify trigger projects for sustainable development.

• Demonstrate appropriate construction techniques.

• Propose whole system solutions that enhanceenvironmental performance and quality of life at bothfamily and community levels.



Community of interventionOne potential community of intervention is El Ranchito – Milenio, a community of garbage pickersthat live within an industrial area, along a railroad system within the municipality of Guadalupe.



The community is divided in two sections, adjacent to a cemetery and a public housing

complex and lacks most public facilities to function appropriately. Around 60 percent ofthe families make a living out of the trash they collect from surrounding neighborhoods.



Project components to bedeveloped

1. Community level: development agenda(park planning, project identification,community open space and pedestriansystem development).

2. Architectural level: design of meeting placeand site components (may include water,energy and food production systems).

3. Construction level: define details ofsystems.



Community commitment

It is intended that the community willparticipate with labor, construction materialsand information for the planning and designprocesses.



Collaborators

• The El Ranchito – Milenio community members.

• The municipality of Guadalupe.

• Students and professors from the ITESM´s School of ArchitectureArt and Design.

• Students and professors from the University of Melbourne School ofArchitecture.

• Professors from Ball State University´s Department of LandscapeArchitecture.



Participant students

The course is designed for upper-level students,from national and international universities, whoare studying architecture, landscape

architecture, urban planning and relateddisciplines.



Academic strategy• Master plan

– At the regional-urban scale the group will conduct research to specify the designprinciples for the physical, social and environmental planning components.

– At the neighborhood scale, the group will identify trigger projects to addresspressing needs within the community including facilities to satisfy educational,health, cultural, employment and recreational needs. In addition, the group willwork on develop alternative proposals for community social space / park, andthe neighborhood open space.

– A preliminary plan for the items mentioned will be ready by the beginning of thesummer session.

• Design of the meeting place and its components

• Construction of the meeting place – The construction of the meeting place will happen from June 1–July 3. Students

of the summer 2010 studio will enter the process during the first two Saturdaysand fully during the last two weeks of the session.

• Field trip (Zacatecas and the region). – The group will participate in a field study to Zacatecas and the region to explore

vernacular architecture.



Example of a meeting place that is being build by students, volunteers and

community members in a low-income community in Guadalupe, NL.



Course ScheduleThe Summer 2010 course (June 1 –July 2) has the

following tentative schedule.

• Prior to June 1: Videoconference socialization and knowledge-sharing

• June 1: a) Course overview. b) Housing and community developmentissues, c) visit to the casa study projects including the PeñonesNeighborhood.

• June 3: a) Methodology for reconnaissance and recording site studies, b)Site reconnaissance, b) Community charrete.

• June 4: a) Interpretation of information, b) analysis of case studies

• June 5: a) Brain storming and model fabrication

• June 8-19: Developing and communicating community development projects

• June 18, 19, 20: a) Field trip

• June 6, 13, 20 - July 3: a) meeting place construction

• July 1-3: b) Production of report



Course details• The class will meet every day from 8AM-

1PM Monday through Friday.

• Site visits will be done outside the regular

schedule unless specified.• The class will have access to studio space

from 6-12 midnight and access to a

working tools for material testing andconstruction activities during the day.



Course participation• For the ITESM students, the course will be

accredited for Taller de Arquitectura V, VI andVII.

• Students wanting to participate must have an

interview with professor Pedro Pacheco andsubmit a portfolio of projects developed (bothacademic and non-academic). This portfolio

should include any hands on experience that thestudent has participated in. The interview can beeither by phone or in person.



For additional information

• Pedro Pacheco

[email protected]

Tel 83582000 ext 5406 subext 110

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