East St. Louis Action Research Project
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Part Two

Planning and Design for Neighborhood Quality of Life:
Applying theoretical perspectives

graphic by misa inouye - LA465, Fall'95

Part Two:	Prototypical Solutions Two weeks, 10% of final grade
Week 3. Feb 1-Feb 5	Thurs Feb 4: Part Two Introduction: Prototypical Solutions
	Fri Feb 5: Intro to Web development/HTML: 325 Buell Hall, 1:00pm. Abhijeet Chavan, 244-6076 Deanna Koenigs, 333-2939
Week 4. Feb 8-Feb 12
Week 5. Feb 15-Feb 19	Thurs Feb 18: Prototypical Solutions due - Posted to WWW. 1:00 pm. Background information presentations and illustrations of solutions following those guiding principles -- posted to web.
	Fri Feb 19-Sat Feb20: Site Visit: Depart Temple Buell Hall, 7:00am, return 7:00pm. Saturday. Alta Sita Neighborhood Outreach.

Prototypical Solutions --
Work as Teams

Two weeks, 10% of final grade.

ASSIGNMENT 2a:

The investigation you have already accomplished in class will be a model or starting point for the development of one or more prototype design and planning solutions. The goal is to illustrate the application of what may at times appear to be rather abstract ideas.

To help you develop prototypes, answer the following questions:

In simple terms, state the community and/or design issues your project will address. This should be a direct match to the topic you were given for Part One. This prototype design will focus on that topic even though it may conflict with the ideas of other groups in the class.
What is an appropriate scale to address those design and planning issues? For example, Defensibility may operate at the block level whereas addressing Power and Poverty may demand you work at the neighborhood scale.
What is the extent of your project? Provide maps and diagrams from ArcView or the EGRETS database to show potential locations for your area of study. This is a must, not an option.

Develop illustrative schematic designs reflecting the community design issues you studied. Design sketches should include plans, sections, elevations and perspectives, as appropriate. Use 8.5 x 11 inch sheets, scanned into computer files and colorized using paint program software. We expect the equivalent of about twelve sheets of illustrations per group.

Check out this page to see an example of the kind of graphics we are talking about. You can use the same method for plan rendering - it is fast, web-friendly, and communicates very well. /la/LA437-F95/final/marcy/design.html Pay special attention to the way Marcy provides links to the specific issues she was addressing in her prototype designs.

ASSIGNMENT 2b:

Create a web page including:

Background research findings and all references and brief synopses. This is the material you developed for Part One, moved onto the Web.
Maps indicating resources useful to address research findings. Again, these should have been identified in Part One.
Design and planning illustrations of design prototypes.
Other illustrations indicating the atmosphere you intend to create

Post Thursday, Feb 18, 1:00pm -- NOTE - we will be presenting from these web pages so YOU MUST BE FINISHED

Part Two

Planning and Design for Neighborhood Quality of Life: Applying theoretical perspectives

Part Two:

Prototypical Solutions

Prototypical Solutions -- Work as Teams

ASSIGNMENT 2a:

ASSIGNMENT 2b:

Planning and Design for Neighborhood Quality of Life:
Applying theoretical perspectives

Prototypical Solutions --
Work as Teams