Hypothetical redevelopment and reinhabitation urban design proposals are presented for both shopping malls to help the local DeKalb County Commissioners and their constituents envision and discuss options of what change might look like guided by Green New Deal goals.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-04)
Dunham-Jones, Ellen; Bharadwaj, Aditi; Doyle, George, IV; Gao, Wanli; Jassu, Joel; Khalid, Emily; Kroi, Eleni; Kumar, Shreya; Macbeth, Josh; Wang, Jun
What if affordable, missing middle scale intergenerational housing and retrofitted intersections were designed to address the loneliness epidemic, autonomous vehicles, climate change, and the shrinking middle class? Four teams of graduate students received stakeholder input on their proposals to each of these topics at the intersection of By Pass Road and Jackson Highway where Covington, GA meets Newton County. The proposals are intended to assist Covington residents and those with similar suburban intersections envision how they might be relocalized to be more community-serving.