ARC 503/LAR 500 Healing Urban Wounds Framework Teamwork Due: Friday 9/22/2017 Housing and Development Visualize Demographics ● What are current demographics of the study area? ● Borrow from class study and review Durham Neighborhood Compass http://compass.durhamnc.gov/ Question: Where do people go for their daily needs (health care, food, education, work, worship, etc.)? Describe Cultural Heritage and Character Review historic documentation and the State Historic Preservation Office map http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/ ● Visualize historic properties and landmarks ● Visualize design elements of local heritage Question: How could historic patterns inform new development patterns? Consider this document as inspiration for visualization Visualize Durham Comprehensive Plan Recommendations for study area: https://durhamnc.gov/346/Comprehensive-Plan ● Summarize the Trends report: ● https://durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4660 ● Recommended land uses ● Small Area Plans (if they exist) ● Other critical elements affecting the study area Visualize Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Guidelines for study area: http://www.codepublishing.com/NC/Durham/#!/HowToUse.html ● Zoning Districts and Overlay Districts ● Densities ● Minimum Lot Sizes and Required Yards ● Consider this document as inspiration for visualization Question: What could this area look like if built out to Comp Plan and UDO maximums projecting current trends through 2030? ● Number of residents? ● Densities? 3
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GSF of nonresidential land uses (commercial, institutional, office, etc.)? Off street parking required?
Question: Where are there opportunities to intervene? ● To better connect this area to Downtown and Regional transit? ● To mitigate the impacts of the Durham Freeway? Mobility and Connections Visualize Demographics ● What are current demographics of the study area? Specifically household automobile access and travel time to work? ● Borrow from class study and review Durham Neighborhood Compass http://compass.durhamnc.gov/ Visualize all of the transportation modes available to people in the study area ● Durham Transit Station ● GO Transit Stations and Station Area Plans (2028 expected completion) http://ourtransitfuture.com/projects/lrt/ ● Other Rail ● Bus routes and stops ● Bike lanes and other non-motorized transportation ● The Durham Freeway ● Streets and Sidewalks Question: What parts of the study area have the most and the fewest connections? Take the position of someone walking from the area to a transit stop. Visualize Durham Comprehensive Plan Recommendations for study area: https://durhamnc.gov/346/Comprehensive-Plan ● Summarize the Trends report: ● https://durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4660 ● Mobility trends ● Recommended mobility and transportation improvements Question: Where are most people traveling to now? And by what mode of transportation? Where are they expected to travel by 2030? And by what mode of transportation? Visualize Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Guidelines for street designs in the study area: http://www.codepublishing.com/NC/Durham/#!/16.4.html#16.4 ● Consider this document as inspiration for visualization https://nacto.org/publication/urban-street-design-guide/streets/ 4
Question: Are the UDO guidelines successful for accommodating a range of modes of transportation? Where would you intervene? Public Space and Green Infrastructure Visualize Demographics ● What are current demographics of the study area? Consider variables associated with park access and equity ● Borrow from class study and review Durham Neighborhood Compass http://compass.durhamnc.gov/ Question: Where do people go to public spaces other than city streets Describe Cultural Heritage and Character Review historic documentation and the State Historic Preservation Office map http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/ ● Visualize historic properties and landmarks ● Visualize design elements of local heritage ● Visualize local cultural events schedules and map locations of events in the study area (Hayti Heritage Center, Phoenixfest, etc.) Question: Where are important cultural assets connected to the public realm? Where have assets been lost that could be interpreted through design? Visualize Durham Comprehensive Plan and other Recommendations for study area: https://durhamnc.gov/346/Comprehensive-Plan ● Summarize the Trends report: ● https://durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4660 ● Proposed public space improvements and new public spaces proposed in the study area ● Review the Durham Downtown Open Space Plan http://www.dconc.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=9467 ● Review the Durham Smart Initiative Vision Plan https://www.ncarts.org/blog/2015/06/durham-smart-initiative-vision-plan-presentation-jun e-30 Question: How do the recommendations respond to the future needs of the study area? Where are there gaps? Where are there opportunities to intervene? Question: How do planned open space proposals address the impacts of the Durham Freeway? Visualize Potentials for Green Infrastructure ● Stormwater management ● Visualize all impervious surfaces in the study area 5
● Question: How much of the study area is impervious surfaces? ● Visualize the study area location within the watershed Question: What watershed is the study area in? Is the study area in the floodplain? What is the water quality of the nearest tributary? ● Review Durham water and sewer infrastructure ● Research subwatershed planning and infrastructure problems and proposed solution strategies Question: Is the study area at risk for flooding (100 year? 500 year?) Question: With increased development by 2030, is there capacity for increased stormwater runoff? Where are opportunities to increase stormwater best management practices to improve water quality? Question: How does the Durham Freeway affect study area water quality? Visualize Potentials for Air Quality Improvement ● Review Downtown Durham air quality ● Review incidence of respiratory disease in the study area Question: Does the Durham Freeway contribute to poor air quality in the study area? By 2030 will the Durham Freeway contribute to poor air quality in the study area? Visualize Potentials for Climate Adaptation Tree Canopy ● Visualize all existing trees and tree canopy in the study area Question: Are there guidelines for protecting trees? Guidelines for tree species selection? ● Use I-Tree to do rough calculations on the ecosystem services provided by existing trees https://www.itreetools.org/ Question: What are the climate adaptation benefits of existing trees in the study area? Where are there opportunities to intervene to promote increased tree canopy? ● Research incidents of heat exhaustion in the study area Question: Has anyone suffered from heat stroke/heat exhaustion in the study area?
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