Past Projects : 2001 – 2003 : Community Redesign Handbook

The recently published handbook, Community Redesign: Integrating Land Use, Transportation, and Natural Resources, features case studies that the Design Center has undertaken with Twin City communities, and describes both the process and results of these collaborations. The case studies are organized by scale, with chapters covering the neighborhood, town, and subregional scales. Community Redesign concentrates on the place-making elements of design that can enhance livability by protecting and restoring natural systems; strengthening social connections; providing transportation choices; enhancing homes and neighborhoods; and integrating land uses and economic activities.

Download the Report:
Community Redesign (17 MB)

Download by Chapter:

  • Introduction (1 MB)
  • Planning and Design Process (3 MB)
    • Assessing the Place: Issues, Scales, and Boundaries
    • Engaging Local and Regional Communities
    • Taking Inventory of the Landscape
    • Analyzing and Interpreting the Place
    • Exploring Design Scenarios
    • Agreeing on Design Principles
    • Moving Forward
  • Neighborhood Scale (5 MB)
    • Creating a Community Parkway:New Greenway and Housing Amenities for Humboldt Avenue Neighborhoods in Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Creating a Transit-supportive Walkable Center: New Land Use Development Patterns for the Brooklyn Boulevard and County Highway 81 District in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
    • Reconnecting a Site to Its Surroundings: Community and Environmental Design of a Neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Town Scale (5 MB)
    • Building within the Community Watershed: Designing Waterways as an Environmental Framework for Development in Farmington, Minnesota
    • A Natural-resource Based Town Plan: Integrating Community Growth and Open Space Goals in Blaine. Minnesota
    • Rethinking a Community Corridor: Developing a Common Vision for Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Subregional Scale (3 MB)
    • Transforming a Highway Landscape into a Metropolitan Corridor of Districts, Walkable Centers, and Greenways
    • Charting a New Course for a Subregion of Seven Cities
  • Glossary (0.3 MB)
  • Bibliography (0.1 MB)

 





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