LAR 545.001 Assignments
ASSIGNMENTS AND REQUIRED READINGS AND THEIR DUE DATES WILL BE POSTED HERE.
Readings:
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 17)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Introduction, Sections I and II (9 Chapters)
2. Wallace. A Brief History of Land Development and its Influence on Landscape Design (on this page)
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 24)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Sections III, IV and V (11 Chapters)
2. Olmsted, Jr. The Town Planning Movement (on the web site)
3. MacKaye. An Appalachian Trail – A Project in Regional Planning (link on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 31)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Sections VI and VII (Chapters 22-29 only)
2. Baxter, Ryan. Shaping the City (on the web site)
3. Mumford. What is a City? (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 7)
1. Martin. Genius of Place. Section VII (Chapters 30-Epilogue)
2. Flint. Olmsted the Hero (on the web site)
3. Campanella. Remembering Jane Jacobs (on the web site)
4. Hurley. The Future of Suburbia (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 14)
1. Howett. Making a Place for Art
2. Duany. New Urbanism 101 (video – on web site)
3. Mehaffy. Sprawl in a Pretty Dress (on the web site)
4. Webber. Contested Ground (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 21)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Introduction
2. Badger. How Not In My Backyard Became Not In My Neighborhood. (on the web site)
3. Raleigh Comprehensive Plan – Introduction and Framework. (link on the web site)
4. McMahon. Zoning at 85 (on the web site)
5. Transportation Planning – NC Citizen Planner Training Program (web link - on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Feb. 28)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 1 and 2
2. Newman. Creating Defensible Space (on the web site)
3. NC Landmark Legal Cases – NC Citizen Planner Training Program (web link - on the web site)
4. Aesthetic Regulations – NC Citizen Planner Training Program Planning (web link - on the web site)
5. Reading assignment (due Feb. 28)
Outline Assignment (Due March 7)
Prepare an outline of your semester project (due March 28) showing the following:
Reading Assignment (due Apr. 4)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 3 and 4
2. Madden and Russell. Form-Based Codes (Plannersweb - 4 parts –
link on web site)
3. The Livable Streets Five-In-Five Downtown Plan (web link - on the web site)
4. Experience It! The Downtown Plan (current) (web link - on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Apr. 11)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 5 and 6
2. 8/80 Cities (link on the web site)
3. Levitz. The Role of Parks in Shaping Successful Cities (on the web site)
Weekly assignment (due Apr. 11) : SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK – find a case study of a major capital project, park, transit line, arts center, etc. that has transformed a community – write a half-page to one-page summary. Readings – write a half-page to one-page summary of your take on the readings this week as usual.
Reading assignment (due Apr. 18)
1. Edelson. Staying Ahead of the ‘Burb (on the web site)
2. Hough. Olmsted is Holding Us Back. (on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Apr. 25)
1. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Climate Change and US Cities (on the web site)
2. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Urban Planning for Climate Change (on the web site)
3. College of Design Leaders Council. Emerging trends in the profession (video on the web site)
4. Important Issues Facing The Profession (on the web site)
5. Oppenheimer. Technology is Not Driving Us Apart After All. (on the web site)
Weekly assignments are EVERY WEEK unless specifically NOT required (see class schedule): Media search – find coverage of a land use issue in local or national media – write a half-page to one-page summary. Readings – write a half-page to one-page summary of your take on the readings this week. See rubric on web site.
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 17)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Introduction, Sections I and II (9 Chapters)
2. Wallace. A Brief History of Land Development and its Influence on Landscape Design (on this page)
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 24)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Sections III, IV and V (11 Chapters)
2. Olmsted, Jr. The Town Planning Movement (on the web site)
3. MacKaye. An Appalachian Trail – A Project in Regional Planning (link on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Jan. 31)
1. Martin. Genius of Place – Sections VI and VII (Chapters 22-29 only)
2. Baxter, Ryan. Shaping the City (on the web site)
3. Mumford. What is a City? (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 7)
1. Martin. Genius of Place. Section VII (Chapters 30-Epilogue)
2. Flint. Olmsted the Hero (on the web site)
3. Campanella. Remembering Jane Jacobs (on the web site)
4. Hurley. The Future of Suburbia (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 14)
1. Howett. Making a Place for Art
2. Duany. New Urbanism 101 (video – on web site)
3. Mehaffy. Sprawl in a Pretty Dress (on the web site)
4. Webber. Contested Ground (on the web site)
Reading Assignment (due Feb. 21)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Introduction
2. Badger. How Not In My Backyard Became Not In My Neighborhood. (on the web site)
3. Raleigh Comprehensive Plan – Introduction and Framework. (link on the web site)
4. McMahon. Zoning at 85 (on the web site)
5. Transportation Planning – NC Citizen Planner Training Program (web link - on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Feb. 28)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 1 and 2
2. Newman. Creating Defensible Space (on the web site)
3. NC Landmark Legal Cases – NC Citizen Planner Training Program (web link - on the web site)
4. Aesthetic Regulations – NC Citizen Planner Training Program Planning (web link - on the web site)
5. Reading assignment (due Feb. 28)
Outline Assignment (Due March 7)
Prepare an outline of your semester project (due March 28) showing the following:
- A description of your project and your thesis (question you seek to answer in the project)
- A detailed outline of the structure of your paper
- A summary paragraph describing the means by which you will present your project (walk through report, slides, video, etc.)
Reading Assignment (due Apr. 4)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 3 and 4
2. Madden and Russell. Form-Based Codes (Plannersweb - 4 parts –
link on web site)
3. The Livable Streets Five-In-Five Downtown Plan (web link - on the web site)
4. Experience It! The Downtown Plan (current) (web link - on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Apr. 11)
1. Hirt. Zoned in the USA – Chapters 5 and 6
2. 8/80 Cities (link on the web site)
3. Levitz. The Role of Parks in Shaping Successful Cities (on the web site)
Weekly assignment (due Apr. 11) : SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK – find a case study of a major capital project, park, transit line, arts center, etc. that has transformed a community – write a half-page to one-page summary. Readings – write a half-page to one-page summary of your take on the readings this week as usual.
Reading assignment (due Apr. 18)
1. Edelson. Staying Ahead of the ‘Burb (on the web site)
2. Hough. Olmsted is Holding Us Back. (on the web site)
Reading assignment (due Apr. 25)
1. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Climate Change and US Cities (on the web site)
2. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Urban Planning for Climate Change (on the web site)
3. College of Design Leaders Council. Emerging trends in the profession (video on the web site)
4. Important Issues Facing The Profession (on the web site)
5. Oppenheimer. Technology is Not Driving Us Apart After All. (on the web site)
Weekly assignments are EVERY WEEK unless specifically NOT required (see class schedule): Media search – find coverage of a land use issue in local or national media – write a half-page to one-page summary. Readings – write a half-page to one-page summary of your take on the readings this week. See rubric on web site.
Assignments:
| Semester Paper Assignment |
| Weekly Assignments |
| Final Exam.docx |
Use this link to submit your assignments.
