Time Schedule:
Sharon E. Sutton
ARCH 576
Seattle Campus
Examines how to facilitate community design processes. Explores theories and methods of participation and applies them to creating community visioning tools. These tools are put to use during the spring charrette when city officials, neighborhood residents, K-12 students, and others create a shared vision for their community. Offered: W.
Class description
Expands students capacity to be effective practitioners by introducing them to public participation processes. Explores theories of leadership and vision building, and applies them to organizing public participation in the Annual Design Charrette
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lectures and field work
Recommended preparation
Experience with design studio and/or field work
Class assignments and grading
Reading literature, attending client meetings, conducting and analyzing interviews, creating a visioning tool, making presentations
Class participation (25%/individual), interview sssignment (35%/team), visioning tool (40%/team)
