What You Will Learn
How to download each urban design software tool.
Features and functionality of open source software tools for urban design.
An overview of the integration of each urban design software package
Urban planners and urban designers are interested in building places that embody beauty and hope. In this course, Emily Talen, PhD, FAICP, presents free urban design software tools that can help urban planners and urban designers visualize changes in the built environment to support the overarching goal of creating better places.
Many of the tools used to communicate urban design concepts and interventions Google Earth, GIS, SketchUp, image manipulation are free, easy to learn, and transformative. With knowledge about planning principles and the design of place in hand, these communication tools fundamentally change the role of urban designer. This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts through free, open source software and equips planners with the
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When Minneapolis leaders began hashing out their vision for the city’s growth, the conversation became almost philosophical, Council President Lisa Bender recalled at a meeting this year. “How is our city arranged? Who can live where? What do buildings look like and feel like?” The result was a 2040 Comprehensive Plan that eliminates single-family zoning, boosts affordable housing requirements and invites the creation of tiny houses. But builders think something is missing: a broader conversation about regulations and how they raise housing costs. “I would say from a policy perspective, it’s like the city’s taken one step forward and two steps back,” said David Siegel, executive director of Housing First Minnesota. In 2020, the first policies will roll out, and we’ll begin to see how they change the city.