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Shaping The Healthy Community: Rural Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Suburban Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Centers Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Urban Plan
Publication: Envision Nolensville Pike—Community, Creativity and Imagination in Placemaking
The aspirations and dreams for the Nolensville Pike corridor as expressed by residents and business owners during community gatherings
Shaping The Healthy Community: Downtown Plan
A snapshot of the downtown transect chapter from Shaping The Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan.
Publication: The Neuhoff Cultural Campus
A look at the UTK College of Architecture 2016 Summer Studio's project focusing on envisioning the Neuhoff Campus in East Germantown.
Publication: Placemaking Challenges + Opportunities in Metro Nashville
Reimagining and reinventing public spaces as the heart of every community
Tactical Urbanism Around Tennessee: New Face for an Old Broad
Publication: Nashville's Boathouse, Connecting Community to the Cumberland
Establishing a focal point, an object of recreation, community, and sport through a community boathouse would enhance the experience on and along the Cumberland River in Nashville
Publication: Accessing our Streets
Improving the convenience and safety of walking, cycling, and using public transit in a shared road space
Open Streets Nashville
Access and Livability, The Missing Middle—Retrofitting the Centers and Corridors of Nashville
Missing Middle housing types include duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes, bungalows courts, townhouses, live/work, and courtyard apartments. In addition to providing more affordability, these housing types fit into the growing demand for walkable, urban living.
Access and Livability—Neighborhood Infill Strategies, Developing Davidson County
Georgia Tech University and the University of Tennessee students develop conceptual case studies for redevelopment across twelve underperforming suburban sites within Davidson County
Access and Livability: Transit-Oriented Development, The Franklin Corridor
University of Tennessee Knoxville Design students explore Transit-Oriented Development in Nashville neighborhoods to promote accessibility and affordability
SPOTTED: JANE JACOBS GARDENING
Casa Azafrán Park
Envisioning a park for Casa Azafran
Access and Livability: Retrofitting Antioch, Designing a Nucleus for South Nashville
Re-envisioning the former Hickory Hollow Mall as a location for a mixed-use residential, retail, and transportation center will make Antioch a more coveted place to live.
Seeding Spaces
Landscape architects and urban designers seek to transform urban spaces into regenerative, restorative, and productive landscape to create more healthy, livable cities.