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ARCH UD-60703spring 2011
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ///
HEALTHY IMMIGRANT communitiesDESIGN for
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METHOD
TargetCommunities
mpli cations forURBAN DESIGN
The studio will engage in 4 primary activities:
The rst activity is conducting a literature review of relevant research1. on the topics
of environmental determinants of health, immigrant communities and research
methodology related to the design process. Some preliminary reference material has
been collected, but annotated bibliographies of the documents must be written
The second activity is a baseline environmental assessment of the target2. geographicareas using a data collection tool for environment features linked to physical activity.
The Irvine-Minnesota Inventory to Measure Built Environments will be used block by
block to measure the physical environments capacity for active living. Assemblage of
base maps and GIS data will also occur simultaneously. (Will be conducted in groups)
The third is a series of surveys and focus groups with key constituents3. of the Chinese
and Bhutanese-Nepali immigrant and refugee populations living in the two target
neighborhoods. The focus groups will discuss the physical character of immigrants
native communities, the types of physical activities they engaged in prior to migration,
what they engage in now, and how the physical environment of their current
neighborhoods could be adapted to encourage active living. (Will be conducted in
groups)The fourth is development of design proposals for the two different geographic4. areas
based on analysis of the environmental assessment and feedback from the focus
groups. (Will be conducted individually)
Based on extensive conversations with organizations serving ethnic communities in
Cleveland including The Refugee Response, Hindu YUVA and Asian Services in Action, two
geographic target areas were selected for this study. The rst is Asia Town: a 40 block
area between E. 30th and E. 50th Streets along Superior Avenue. Among the foreign-born
Asians in this area, 80 percent are Chinese and the others are a mix, primarily, of Filipino,
Korean and Vietnamese. The second geographic area is a site of new Asian immigrant
settlement between W. 140th and W. 150th Streets along Lorain Avenue in the West Park
neighborhood. This is an area where Bhutanese-Nepali refugees are concentrated.
Immigration is a key issue in older industrial cities like Cleveland, which have experienced
signicant population decline over the last 50 years. Improving health outcomes for
immigrants will ideally lead to increased immigrant populations and the revitalizationof city neighborhoods. An abundance of vacant land is the most visible by-product of
Clevelands population loss. Findings from this research will lead to more culturally
resonant strategies for putting vacant land to productive purposes such as active
recreation spaces, urban agriculture and neighborhood greening. Issues surrounding the
built form of the neighborhoods will also be addressed such as, appropriate residential
housing typologies, mitigation of the harsh Cleveland weather and new approaches to
expressing cultural identity through built form. The contrasting urban conditions of the
two sites provide useful contexts for developing varied health-related design strategies
benetting immigrant ethnic groups and the surrounding communities.
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OBJECTIVES
Develop a rich understanding of the relationship between the built environment & health
Strengthen a grounding in core urban design principals: human scale design, multi-modal
accomodation, sensitivity to neighborhood context, analytical approach to multivalent urban
systems, and recognition of the social impact of design decisions
Cultivate creative responses to issues affecting depopulating cities, such as vacant properties,
underutilized infrastructure and social fragmentation
Expand understanding of research methodology, particularly within interdisciplinary context
FORMAT
The Studio will meet on Mondays and Fridays from 1:10 - 5:15pm and on Wednesdays from 3:00
- 6:00pm. Attendance is required during entire designated studio hours. The drawing course,
taught by Gauri Torgalkar, will be regularly scheduled for the rst hour of class on Mondays,unless noted otherwise.
instructors
The lead instructor for this studio will be David Jurca, but the entire CUDC core staff will beinvolved in teaching throughout the semester. Our ofces and your studios are only a few steps
apart, so please feel welcome to see any staff member for questions, concerns or to borrow a
useful book.
David Jurca : djurca@kent.edu
Terry Schwarz : tschwarz@kent.edu
Gauri Torgalkar : gtorgal1@kent.edu
grading +Expectations
Attendance. (Only one unexcused absence will be permitted. Subsequent unexcused
absences will affect nal grade.)
Continuous progress throughout the duration of the Studio project. Design is an iterativeprocess: initial design, critique, note problems, rene design, and repeat. Students are
expected to anticipate failed designs and work hard to create new solutions. Fail early and fail
often to succeed sooner.
Presentation quality. During interim reviews and nal reviews, students are expected to
communicate their projects effectively through appropriate media and engage in thoughtful
dialogue with jurors.
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Grades will be based on the following criteria:
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SCHEDULE
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Studio introduction + assign readings
Site visits
Reseach and A.S.i.A. presentations [drawing class]
MLK : No Class
Reading assignments due / Hindu YUVA presentation
Begin site assessment + mapping [drawing class]
[drawing class] Desk crits (Begin interviews?)
Desk crits
Pin-up neighborhood mapping assignment
[drawing class] Begin design development
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Midterm Review
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Final Jury
photo credit: refugeeresponse.org/
photo credit: Hester St. CollaborativeTai Chi in NYCcommunity garden
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Streetmapoftargetgeographicarea
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Several readings and resources will be posted on the Blackboard Vista site for this studio course. The
recommended reading list includes:
Chen, Caroline. Dancing in the Streets of Beijing. Insurgent Public Space: Guerrilla Urbanism andthe Remaking of Contemporary Cities. Ed. Jeffery Hou. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2010. p 21-35
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Designing for Active Living Among Children
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=23455
McCann BA, Ewing R. Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl: A National Analysis of Physical
Activity, Obesity, and Chronic Disease. Smart Growth America, Surface Transportation Policy Project,
September 2003. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/report/HealthSprawl8.03.pdf
Gushulak, B. Healthier On Arrival? Further Insight Into The Healthy Immigrant Effect. CMAJ
2007;176(10)1439-1440. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/10/1439
Oxman-Martinez J, et al. Immigration, Women and Health in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public
Health. Sep/Oct 2000; 91, 5. http://journal.cpha.ca
Wolf, Kathleen L., Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benets, and Values in Growing Greener Cities: Urba
Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century. Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, eds. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. pp. 294-315.
www.TheFunTheory.com
READINGS +Resources
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way
to change peoples behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for
something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that its change for the better.
photo credit: Asian Services in ActionDiabetes prevention classfocusing on group excercise
Bio information board at The Ohio City Farm
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