INSITES
Charrette & Senior Capstone Studio
CITY O F
L AY TO N Last summer Todd Johnson and Dave Anderson met with
The specific learning opportunities that expand traditional
alumnus Tim Watkins (MLA 1997) and Bill White of the
roles in landscape architecture for our students included:
Layton Economic Development and Planning Department.
• Branding the West Davis Business Center by owning
Pressure to develop the remaining 25% of open lands has
an environmentally responsible relationship with the
created classic controversies involving density, uses and
Great Salt Lake Basin. The students recognized that no
transportation/air quality problems for the students to tackle.
jurisdiction has taken claim to this frontage, adjacent to
Joined by Professor Carlos Licon in Spring 2019 for LAEP
one of the top five bird refuges in the world.
4120, Charrette and Capstone focused on activity centers
• The future of the traditional enclosed shopping malls
as a means of diversifying and intensifying the community.
may be limited. Opportunities to intensify development
In addition, the students sought to connect the mountains
of residential, office, and recreation uses immediate to
of the Bear Range to the shore of the Great Salt Lake Basin,
the Layton Hills Mall may add to its resilience.
using open space and public lands to differentiate Layton
• The design of the public and private realms immediate
from surrounding Kaysville and Farmington. Four activity
to regional transit is essential to achieve benefit from
centers identified “drivers for change”. They included West
the State’s investment in transit. Developers must
Davis Business Center (situated on the Shorelands Preserve),
be obligated to supporting walkable and intense
the South and East Gateways to Hill Air Force Base, the
development immediate to transit resources.
historic town center, and the Layton Hills Mall.
• The demand for a variety of specific uses follows the (continued on next page)
“It’s a continuation of Charrette. So you get that excitement and long-term build-up for the project and it gives it additional weight and makes it a bit more exciting to work on.” Evan Tanasiuk, BLA 2019
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