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South Downtown Atlanta: Improvements to the Public Realm

2018 , Dunham-Jones, Ellen , Alzaabi, Mariam , Choi, Jiho , Dickinson, Coston , Dodson, Christy , Hong, Fenghuan , Khandekar, Tejas , Lancaster, Zachary , Ling, Tianqi , Rickles, Carley , Stephen, Sam (Sam Stephen Raj Baskar Sundara Raj) , Vijayanand, Karen , Xue, Bowen , Yao, Zeyue , Zha, Yilun , Zhang, Wenyue W. (Winnie)

A report by the fall 2016 MSUD studio of proposals for immediately implementable and longer-term improvements to the public realm in South Downtown Atlanta and the Government District. Designs for 14 scattered sites focus on issues of Curb Management and Streetscaping; Placemaking and Building Social Capital; Eco-Infrastructure and Urban Heat Island and the establishment of gateways at key entry

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Cascade Road: Can We Grow the Neighborhood and the Tree Canopy?

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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East Savannah, GA. Urban Design Proposals - Victory Square Neighborhoods, Truman Parkway, and Sea Level Rise

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, Moutushi

An 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.