Brownfields in the Classroom: Partnering with your Local University

LANDCAPE ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVES

Peter Butler Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design West Virginia University Definition and Engaged Scholarship

Participatory design (originally known as 'Co-operative Design') is an approach to design that attempts to actively involve all stakeholders (e.g. employees, partners, customers, citizens, end users) in the design process to help ensure that the product designed meets their needs and is usable.

The term is used in a variety of fields e.g. software design, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, product design, sustainability, project design, planning or even medicine as a way of creating environments that are more responsive and appropriate to their inhabitants' and users' cultural, emotional, spiritual and practical needs.

The key attribute of participatory design is that it is a process which allows multiple voices to be heard and involved in the design, resulting in outcomes which suit a wider range of users. history- characteristics

A defined methodology and systematic learning process.

Multiple perspectives, diversity.

Group learning process: interaction and analysis.

Context specific.

Facilitating experts and stakeholders.

Leading to change. history-- Measuring Success

Ladder of Citizen Participation (Arnstein 1969) Citizen Control Delegated Power

Partnership

Placation

Consultation

Informing

Therapy

Manipulation PAST EXPERIENCES: THREE MODELS

Community: Ronceverte, WV- Jacob Bennett 2012

Focus of project: To revitalize Bendix Building and create community connectivity

Community: 5th Ward- Wheeling, WV. Ben Stout, Josh Smith, Eric Holly 2012

Focus of project: To revitalize waterfront and industrial district

Community: Beaumont Glass Site in Morgantown, WV. Sustainable Urban Redevelopment through Interpretive Design, Brownfield Reclamation and Mixed Uses. Morgantown, WV- Maria Juliana Lloreda 2013

Focus of project: To revitalize riverfront brownfield and create public space

Goals in Student Brownfield Projects

Accomplish Service-Learning- Land Grant Mission

Create Community/University Partnerships

Facilitate Authentic Student Experience with ‘Client’

Facilitate Meaningful Community Experience- towards Action

Demonstrate Innovation in Redevelopment- Visioning and Best Practices

Generate Positive Impacts towards Project Development Brownfields in the Classroom: Partnering with your Local University

LANDCAPE ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVES

Peter Butler Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design West Virginia University