Council Report II Page 1 Council Report II T HE S AN T A F E C OUN C IL O F T HE CNU S AN T A F E , N EW M EXI C O O ct OBER 2001 Drawing by Bill Dennis S OU T H P RE sc O tt ■ OCEAN VIEW ■ AQUA DEL MAR ■ MISSION MERIDIAN ■ UCLA WESTLAKE ■ ST CROIX ■ MUXBAL ■ GHANSOLI Case Studies of New Urban Infill Development By Members of the Congress for the New Urbanism Page 2 Major funding provided by the Knight Program in Community Building Pushing the Boundaries of New Urbanism and Smart Growth The Knight Program in Community Building addresses today’s urgent issues associated with community building, including the complex problems of suburban sprawl and inner-city disinvestment. The program’s goal is to advance the knowledge and practice of New Urbanism and Smart Growth across disciplines through an innovative series of initiatives. The program is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which promotes excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. Com- munities. The Knight Program extends the Knight Foundation’s commitment to community service with a mid-career program of professional development. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Fellows Scholars Publications Symposia/Charrettes Each year, the Knight Program The Knight Program offers schol- A variety of publications on top- The program sponsors semi- selects 12 mid-career profession- arships to promising students ics of community-building, smart nars, conferences and an an- als from diverse fields to take entering the University of Miami growth and new urbanism are nual charrette in a Knight part in intensive community- School of Architecture gradu- sponsored by the Knight Pro- city. Past seminars include building workshops, seminars ate program in suburb and town gram. These include the quarterly the “Transect Seminar” at and a charrette, while pursuing design. This unique program New Urban Post, the semi-annual Yale University and “New Pla- individual projects. Fellows provides cutting edge train- Design Council Report, books, zas for New Mexico.” “Civic Art are selected from fields such as ing in the techniques of New journals and other material. The 2002” will be held next fall. The architecture, planning, housing, Urbanism. Scholars take part in Knight Fellows’ projects are pub- Knight Program’s first charrette community development, real seminars, workshops, research lished in case studies, research focused on the revitalization of estate, journalism, transpor- and publications produced and journal articles on a variety of an inner-city neighborhood in tation and human services. by the Knight Program. related topics. Macon, Ga. Contact: Charles C. Bohl, Director 305.284.4420 [email protected]. www.arc.miami.edu Key West Rooftops. Drawing by Martha de Quesada, Miami School of Architecture. Kevin Klinkenberg and John Massengale. Council coordinator Bill Dennis. Andrés Duany makes a point at a Council session. Touring with Santa Fe expert Thomas Leatherwood. Stefanos Polyzoides. Michael Bohn and Juan Gomez-Novy. Photos by The Town Paper. CouncilCouncil ReportReport II II Page 3 Contents Commentary ...................................................................... 4 South Prescott Village ■ Ocean View Lofts ............... 6 Ghansoli .............................................................................. 10 Housing Fabric as Town Form ......................................... 14 Stübben’s History of Public Squares ............................. 16 Plazas of New Mexico ...................................................... 17 Aqua .................................................................................... 18 Del Mar ■ Mission Meridian ■ UCLA ........................... 22 Westlake ■ St. Croix ■ Muxbal ..................................... 30 Hope VI Lessons .................................................................. 36 Law of the Indies ............................................................... 38 Contributors Laurence Aurbach is an assistant editor of The Town Paper Ellen Dunham-Jones is the director of the architecture Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists. He is a co-founder and holds degrees in geography and automotive technol- program and an associate professor of architecture at the of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the current ogy. His writing and graphic artwork has appeared in a Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a founding member chairman of the board of directors. Polyzoides has been variety of books, magazines and web sites. of the CNU and chair of the Education Task Force. Dunham- a professor of architecture and is the author of numerous Jones’ writings, designs and built work have been published articles and books. Jackie Benson is a TND marketing consultant based in in a variety of books and journals; her upcoming book will Atlanta and Rosemary Beach, Fla. She has lectured on examine the effects digital media and the global economy Rob Steuteville is founder of New Urban News, the news- the marketing of green development and has worked have on contemporary design and development. letter covering design and development of human-scale with the Atlanta HBA to create the EarthCraft House communities. He is the author/editor of New Urbanism: Program. Benson also serves on the board of directors Richard Economakis is principal of the Deupi Economakis Comprehensive Report and Best Practices Guide. for the Seaside Institute. Design Partnership and assistant professor of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. He was an editor at Academy Peter Swift is principal of Swift & Associates in Longmont, Vinayak Bharne is a project manager at Moule & Polyzoi- Editions, London (1990-1995) and has worked with Por- Colo., where he consults in transportation engineering des in Pasadena, Calif. He has served as a visiting critic at phyrios Associates, Allan Greenberg and Robert A.M. Stern. and urban design. Swift has lectured and published USC, UCLA Extension and Woodbury University. Bharne extensively, and has partnered with local governments has written for journals in the United States and Asia; Raymond L. Gindroz, SAIA, is a co-founder and principal of to study the linkages between street typologies and he was assistant editor of “Saintonge” and is currently a Urban Design Associates and a member of the CNU board public safety. contributing editor to “Urban Ecology.” of directors. Gindroz is an AIA Fellow and has taught urban design for over 20 years. He has published widely in govern- Galina Tahchieva is a director for Duany Plater-Zyberk Thomas J. Comitta, AICP, RLA, ASLA is a town planner from ment reports, journals and books. & Company. She received her master’s degree in urban West Chester, Pa. He is the author of Chapter 18 in the CNU planning from the University of Maimi and has worked as Charter book on parks and open spaces in neighborhoods Peter Hetzel has practiced architecture and urban design a designer and project manager on numerous urban projects. and communities. As president of Thomas Comitta Associ- in Washington, D.C., since 1976 and has completed town ates, Inc., Town Planners & Landscape Architects, he has planning projects in the United States, Sweden and India. Dhiru A. Thadani, AIA, is a principal and director of town served as planning consultant to over 60 municipalities. He has held faculty positions in architecture at the Catholic planning in the firm of Ayers/Saint/Gross, Architects and University of America and the University of Maryland. Hetzel Planners. He has lectured internationally and was a fel- Jaime Correa is a principal of Correa Valle Valle and the is a principal in the firm of Hetzel Architecture + Urbanism. low in the 2001 Knight Program in Community Building. director of the program in suburb and town design at the Thadani has held faculty positions at Catholic University University of Miami. He has been widely published, has John Massengale is an architect and town planner. Co-chair of America, University of Maryland and University of Miami. lectured internationally, and is the recipient of numer- of the Council with Bill Dennis, he is the director of the New ous urban planning awards from locations across three School for Traditional Architecture and Urbanism (TAU). He John Torti is president of Torti Gallas and Partners · CHK, continents. He is currently working on a new publication co-authored “The Anglo-American Suburb and New York where he specializes in the development and design of highlighting the theory and practice of Correa Valle Valle. 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915” new towns and villages. Before joining the firm in 1973, with Robert A.M. Stern and is currently writing “Do the Right Torti worked with the National Capital Planning Com- Bill Dennis is an architect and urban designer with Moule Thing, Notes from a Metaphysical Planner.” mission and was director of a nonprofit housing and and Polyzoides. He is co-chair of the new urban council community development corporation. and organizer of the Santa Fe event. Jason Miller is a new urbanist freelance writer, editor and publishing consultant based in St. Paul, Minn. He is the editor Erick Valle is a principal of Correa Valle Valle; as an author, Thomas Dolan is an architect, development consultant, of the TND Series plan books and TNDhomes.com. lecturer, architect and town planner he has won numer- planner and landscape designer. He has designed a dozen ous awards for his work. His fields of expertise include live/work communities, several of which have won design Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk,