Residential Land Planning & Development

LAEP 3120 is designated as a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course. Community-Engaged Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that helps USU students graduate as citizen scholars, and integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. COVID-19 restrictions limited our ability to engage with communities during Spring of 2020. We look forward to connecting with future partners when circumstances allow.

Rather than travel in the Spring of 2020, we took the opportunity to engage with our USU community. Campus planner Jordy Guth identified the property at 1100 North and 1200 East (where the USU trailer park was located for many years) as a site for future family housing and recreation facilities. The 3120 students did a great job of preparing family housing concepts for this 10-acre parcel. Designs included a variety of housing typologies and densities, as well as parking variations and a range of active and passive recreation amenities.

The COVID-19 pandemic placed LAEP students in a difficult position to work on studio projects remotely, with very little notice. The 3120 students were amazing, rising to the occasion and producing some impressive portfolio-worthy projects.