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ItemCascade Road: Can We Grow the Neighborhood and the Tree Canopy?(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018) Dunham-Jones, Ellen ; Alzaabi, Mariam ; Choi, Jiho ; Dickinson, Coston ; Dodson, Christy ; Hong, Fenghuan ; Khandekar, Tejas ; Lancaster, Zachary ; Ling, Tianqi Bruce ; Rickles, Carley ; Stephen, Sam ; Vijayanand, Karen ; Xue, Bowen ; Yao, Zeyue ; Zha, Yilun ; Zhang, Wenyue W. (Winnie)A report by the fall 2017 MSUD studio exploring how to subdivide a heavily wooded, sloping site in a mature suburb so as to both maximize tree canopy and diversification of the existing housing types. The study makes recommendations for revisions to the tree ordinance and development of taller and thinner building types.
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ItemEast Savannah, GA. Urban Design Proposals - Victory Square Neighborhoods, Truman Parkway, and Sea Level Rise(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017) Dagenhart, Richard ; Debo, Thomas N. ; Hong, Fenghuan ; Ling, Tianqi ; Xue, Bowen ; Stephen, Sam ; Rickles, Carly ; Khandekar, Tejas ; Zha, Yilun ; Vijaynnand, Karen ; Alz, Maryam ; Dodson, Christy ; Dickenson, Coston ; Choi, Jiho ; Yao, Zeyue ; Zhang, Wenyue ; Majid, MoutushiAn urban design studio conducted jointly with the Georgia Conservancy for the Victory Square Neighborhoods in Savannah, Georgia. The neighborhoods were under mandatory evacuation orders when Hurricane Irene in 1999 approached. Luckily, the hurricane passed by without damage, but the neighborhoods realized for the first time that they were vulnerable. The studio address both storm surge and sea level rise and their impacts. The critical issue was the Truman Parkway, a grade separated highway, that had disrupted the historic natural drainage and the historic Casey Canal. Urban Design proposals were for various alternative to retrofit or remove the Truman Parkway to deal with future flood events.