The Kriegsfeld Housing Development Group of the Design Workshop II studio will undertake a semester long research/design project that will endeavor to create strategies and plans for the development of housing in the city of East St. Louis, Illinois. Over the course of the semester the group will collaborate to achieve:

 
• a city wide planning scheme for 1,100 unit of replacement public housing (Lead Designers: Bernosky/Horstmann)
• an investigation of existing environmental conditions, impacts of the new developments and proposals for future ecological improvements (Lead Designer: Tadros)

    The scope of issues that this project will address include the need for new public housing in the East St. Louis, the desire for in-fill in the areas that have seen massive amounts of housing loss over the past thirty years, the environmental hazards of sites that have previously been occupied, and the contributions that these developments will provide to the East St. Louis communities.
 
    The resources that will be utilized throughout this process will be extensive. These will include individuals, agencies and work that have been published. Some of the references to be contacted are:

• East St. Louis Housing Authority, Cheryl Lovell
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Emerson Park Development Corporation, Vicki Forbes
• The Office of the Mayor of East St. Louis, Honorable Gordon Bush
• Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center, Damon Smith
• Kriegsfeld Corporation
• East St. Louis Action Research Project Web Database
• Urban Planning and Architecture Studios
• IEPA water, air and land pollution control
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources

The Bernosky/Horstmann lead team will further focus on:

• the siting of 1,100 units of public housing
• the compatibility of uses and sites
• the human resources that each site will provide to development
• the elimination of housing units that are unusable
• the identification of economic generators that will support housing development (i.e. casino expansion, light rail expansion, JJK Community Center, etc.)
• the infrastructure that is needed for the support of the development (i.e. schools, police support, road conditions, railroads, etc.)
• the development of capability and suitability maps
• the collection and classification of policies and laws regarding land use and development

The Tadros team will further focus on:

• an exploration of land, air, and water quality in East St. Louis
• pin pointing existing ecological hazards (i.e. air permitted facilities, toxic release locations, underground storage tank locations)
• the development of city wide projects for ecological improvement (i.e. pocket parks, tree and shrub nurseries, urban wetlands, tree farming)
• assisting the Bernosky/Horstmann team in the collection and analysis of data for the placement of housing developments

The tools that will be required for the successful completion of the project will include:

• access to a Geographic Information System (Arc Info and Arc View) and detailed information of East St. Louis
• access to Auto CAD Release 14
• access to Adobe Photo Shop
• access to Microsoft Office 97
• access to a complete copy of the Kriegsfeld Corporation proposal
• access to telecommunication facilities to contact persons in East St. Louis
• access to large format printers for the production of GIS and CAD based documents
• access to funds for site visits
• access to university vehicles for site visits

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