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11.337J Environmental Design Policy and Action

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Architecture

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Fall 1998

11.337J/4.247J Environmental Design Policy and Action

Course Syllabus

How does government intervene to affect the design of the urban realm?

How could it intervene?

Which interventions are best suited to which circumstances?

This seminar seeks to answer these three central questions about governments' design policies. Governments at every level assume a measure of responsibility for seeking good design. Some of that responsibility is exercised directly-through the design and construction of government buildings, for example. But most changes to our environments are not designed directly by governments. Rather, they are the result of the actions and investments of private individuals, institutions, corporations, joint ventures, or private/public collaborations. Yet, the actions of all of these actors are affected by the design policies of government and the interventions that are undertaken to implement those policies. In this seminar we will explore new ways of thinking about environmental design policy in an attempt to better understand just what government can do effectively in the realm of design policy.

Our exploration will be structured in two parts. In the first part we will seek to develop the elements of a theory of government intervention vis-à-vis design. We will begin by thinking about just what an urban design policy is and why government intervention is appropriate to pursue such a policy. Then we will turn to a consideration of the generic modes of government intervention and how they are, or might be, used to affect the quality of urban design. We will argue that, despite a proliferation of government programs addressing design issues, there are only five different generic modes of government intervention and that if one can map the underlying properties of these modes of intervention one can get considerable leverage on the appropriate use of government intervention to affect design.

The second part of the course will be structured around case studies. Three sessions at the end of the semester will look at three particular case studies in some depth. In addition to the normal class sessions we have scheduled two visits to the annual monthly meetings of the Boston Civic Design Commission.

Over the years we have a accumulated quite a collection of readings that we have used for this course. I cannot possibly assign them all, although you would find value in each one. In order not to lose track of earlier readings that have rotated out of the syllabus this year, I continue to list them as supplementary readings. These readings are intended to help you get started on your own inquiries into any of the topics raised in the course, but they are not the main material of this year's version.

Required readings will be available in two forms. The primary text, Schuster, de Monchaux, and Riley, eds., Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1997) is available at the M.I.T. Coop. A course reader is available from CopyTech (11-004).

Each student is required to do the readings, participate in classroom discussions, complete a several short exercises throughout the semester, write a modest paper at the end of Part I of the course, and take a final exam at the end of Part II.

Course Logistics:

Units: 2-0-7 (H)

Meetings: Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00, 10-401

Faculty: J. Mark Schuster 10-485 x 3-7323 jonmark@mit.edu

Office hours by appointment.

Grading: The course grade will be based on (1) Participation in Classroom Discussions (20%), (2) Quality of Completion of the Five Exercises (20%), (3) Grade on the Paper (30%), and (4) Grade on the Final Exam (30%).

Part I: A Tools Approach to Implementing Urban Design Policy

Introduction

15 September Why Should Government Get Involved in Urban Design?

Required Richard Tseng-yu Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning: The Invisible Web (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988), Chapter 9, "The Basis for Design Regulation."

Supplementary Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning, Part I, "The Origins;" and Part II, "Under the Constitution."

A Tools Approach to Government Action

22 September The Five Tools

Required Lester Salamon, "The Changing Tools of Government Action" (Chapter 1); and Lester Salamon and Michael Lund, "The Tools Approach: Basic Analytics" (Chapter 2) in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization: The Tools of Government Action (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 1989).

Christopher C. Hood, The Tools of Government (Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House, 1986), "Exploring Government's Toolshed" (Chapter 1) and "Government as a Tool-Kit" (Chapter 7).

John de Monchaux and J. Mark Schuster, "Five Things to Do," in J. Mark Schuster, John de Monchaux, and Charles Riley II, eds., Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1997).

Supplementary T. William Patterson, Land Use Planning: Techniques of Implementation (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979), Chapter 1, "The Context for Plan/Policy Implementation."

29 September Ownership and Operation

Required Christopher Leman, "The Forgotten Fundamental: Successes and Excesses of Direct Government" (Chapter 3) in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization.

Stephano Bianca, "Direct Government Involvement in Architectural Heritage Management-Legitimation, Limits, and Opportunities of Ownership and Operation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

Supplementary The Federal Architecture Project, National Endowment for the Arts, "Federal Architecture: A Framework for Debate," an interim report, April 1974, pp. 1-53.

Lloyd Musolf, "The Government Corporation Tool: Permutations and Possibilities" (Chapter 8), in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization.

+ Exercise #1: "Thinking About Ownership and Operation"

Due Today.

6 October Regulation

Required David Throsby, "Making Preservation Happen-The Pros and Cons of Regulation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

B. J. Pearce, "Property Rights vs. Development Control: A Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Planning Policy Instruments," Town Planning Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 1981, pp. 47-60.

W.C. Baer, "Toward Design of Regulations for the Built Environment," Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 24, 1997.

Steven L. Vettel, "San Francisco's Downtown Plan: Environmental and Urban Design Values in Central Business District Regulation," Ecology Law Quarterly, 1985.

Supplementary Patterson, Land Use Planning, Chapter 2, "Zoning;" Chapter 3, "Subdivision Regulations;" and Chapter 4, "Supplemental Regulations and Tax Policies."

Robert S. Cook, Zoning for Downtown Urban Design: How Cities Control Development (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1980), particularly Chapter 14, "Final Thoughts."

"Development Control-Policy and Practice," Circular 22/80, U.K. Department of the Environment, H.M.S.O., 28 November 1980.

Christopher J. Duerksen, Aesthetics and Land-Use Controls: Beyond Ecology and Economics, American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 399.

Terry Jill Lassar, Carrots & Sticks: New Zoning Downtown (Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 1989), Chapter 5, "Zoning as Shaper of Building Design."

Eugene Bardach, "Social Regulation as a Generic Policy Instrument" (Chapter 7), in Salamon, Beyond Privatization.

+ Exercise #2: "Thinking About Regulation"

Due Today.

13 October No Class Monday Schedule of Classes Being Held

20 October Property Rights

Required B. J. Pearce, "Instruments for Land Policy: A Classification," Urban Law and Policy, Vol. 3, 1980.

B. J. Pearce, "Property Rights vs. Development Control: A Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Planning Policy Instruments," Town Planning Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 1981, pp. 47-60.

John J. Costonis, "The Redefinition of Property Rights as a Tool for Historic Preservation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

Supplementary Frank Schnidman, "Transferable Development Rights (TDR)," in Donald G. Hagman and Dean J. Misczynski (eds.), Windfalls for Wipeouts: Land Value Capture and Compensation (Chicago: American Society of Planning Officials, 1978), pp. 532-552 and 656-660.

+ Exercise #3: "Thinking About Property Rights"

Due Today.

27 October Incentives and Disincentives-Direct and Indirect

Required J. Mark Schuster, "Inciting Preservation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning, Chapter 13, "The Web of Fiscal Policy and Taxation."

George Lefcoe, "How Taxes Affect Urban Design-And How to Make Them Do a Better Job of It," Real Estate Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, Winter 1976, pp. 244-262.

Supplementary Donald Haider, "Grants as a Tool of Public Policy" (Chapter 4), in Salamon, Beyond Privatization.

Jerold S. Kayden, "Incentive Zoning in New York City: A Cost-Benefit Analysis," Lincoln Policy Roundtable, Policy Analysis Series number 201, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass., 1978.

Patterson, Land Use Planning, pp. 130-146.

Michael S. Lund, "Between Welfare and the Market: Loan Guarantees as a Policy Tool" (Chapter 5); and Paul R. McDaniel, "Tax Expenditures as Tools of Government Action" (Chapter 6) in Salamon, Beyond Privatization.

Kenneth Woodside, "The Political Economy of Policy Instruments: Tax Expenditures and Subsidies in Canada," in Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler, The Politics of Canadian Public Policy (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983), pp. 173-197.

+ Exercise #4: "Thinking About Incentives and Disincentives"

Due Today.

3 November Information

Required J. Mark Schuster, "Information as a Tool of Preservation Action," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

Michael O'Hare, "Environmental Management," in Winthrop Knowlton and Richard Zeckhauser (eds.), American Society: Public and Private Responsibilities (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger, 1986), pp. 99-135.

Supplementary Christopher C. Hood, The Tools of Government (Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House, 1986), "Advice, Information, Persuasion" (Chapter 2).

+ Exercise #5: "Thinking About Information"

Due Today.

3 November Required Attend Meeting of Boston Civic Design Commission

Boston City Hall, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Room 900 5:00 p.m.

(Read material to be passed out in class on BCDC.)

10 November Choosing Tools and Designing Programs

Hood, The Tools of Government "Appraising Government's Tools" (Chapter 8) and "A Changing Mix of Government Tools" (Chapter 9).

J. Mark Schuster, "Choosing the Right Tool(s) for the Task," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage.

Robert M. Eury and Gary Hack, Lessons from Local Experience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Office of Community Planning and Development (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983), Part 3, "Keys to Effective Urban Environmental Design," and Part 4, "A Catalog of Techniques for Urban Environmental Design."

Part II: Case Studies in the Implementation of Urban Design Policy

17 November An Urban Design Policy-Australia

Required Urban Design in Australia: Report by The Prime Minister's Urban Design Task Force (16 November 1994: Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service).

24 November Design Competitions

Viewing of the PBS Nova documentary, "Design Wars": the competition for the design of Chicago's main library.

Required Ernest Alexander and Lawrence Witzling, "Planning and Urban Design Competitions," and Andrew Seidel, "Competitions Receive Mixed Reviews," Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, special issue on Design Competitions, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1990.

24 November + Paper: "Deconstructing/Designing an Urban Design Program"

Due Today

1 December Design Review

Required Richard Bender and Todd Bressi, "Design Review: A Review of Processes, Procedures, and Potential," Center for Environmental Design Research, Univ. of California, Berkeley, March 1989.

J. Mark Schuster, "The Role of Design Review in Affecting the Quality of Urban Design: The Architect's Point of View," forthcoming in Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 14, No. 3, Autumn 1997.

Supplementary A list of supplemental readings on design review is appended.

1 December Required Attend Meeting of Boston Civic Design Commission

Boston City Hall, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Room 900

5:00 p.m.

8 December Summing Up

+ A Final Exam will be scheduled during Final Exam Period

Design Review-Supplementary Readings

Carl Lindblom, Environmental Design Review (Trenton, N.J.: Chandler-Davis Publishing Company, 1970).

The American Institute of Architects Committee on Design, Design Review Boards: A Handbook for Communities (American Institute of Architects, May 1974).

John Costonis, Icons and Aliens: Law, Aesthetics and Environmental Change (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1989).

D. E. Gordon, "Guiding Light or Backseat Driver?" AIA Memo: 28 (December 1992).

Reiko Habe, "Public Design Control in American Communities: Design Guidelines/Design Review," Town Planning Review Vol. 60, 1989, pp. 195-219.

J. Delafons, Aesthetic Control: A Report on Methods Used in the USA to Control the Design of Buildings. Monograph #41 (Berkeley, California: University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, 1990).

C. J. Duerksen, Aesthetics and Land-Use Controls: Beyond Ecology and Economics. Planning Advisory Service Report #399 (Chicago, Illinois: American Planning Association, 1986).

Mark L. Hinshaw, Design Review, Planning Advisory Service Report #454, American Planning Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.

Thomas Nally, "Design Review: Alternative Models of Administration," M.C.P. Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1977.

Elizabeth Padjen, "Design Review Needs Review (or, If a Thing is Worth Doing, it's Worth Doing Well)," Build Boston Magazine, November 1988.

Brenda Scheer and Wolfgang Preiser, eds., Design Review: Challenging Urban Aesthetic Control (New York: Chapman & Hall, 1994).

M. F. Schmertz, "Dictating Design," Architecture, Vol. 82, Number 2, 1993, pp. 33-35.

J. Mark Davidson Schuster, Design Review: The View from the Architecture Profession. (Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects, 1990).

Hamid Shirvani, Urban Design Review: A Guide for Planners (Washington, D.C.: Planners Press, American Planning Association, 1981).

University of Cincinnati, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Design Review (Cincinnati, Ohio: University of Cincinnati, 1992).

Ed Zotti, "Design by Committee," Planning, Vol. 53, May 1987.

Design Control-Supplementary Readings

A. R. Beer, "Development Control and Design Quality, Part 2: Attitudes to Design," Town Planning Review Vol. 54, 1993, pp. 383-404.

P. Booth, "Development Control and Design Quality, Part 1: Conditions: A Useful Way of Controlling Design?" Town Planning Review Vol. 54, 1993, pp. 265-284.

John Punter, "A History of Aesthetic Control: Part 1, 1909-1953; The Control of the External Appearance of Development in England and Wales. Town Planning Review 57, 1986, pp. 351-381.

John Punter, "A History of Aesthetic Control: Part 2, 1953-1985; The Control of the External Appearance of Development in England and Wales," Town Planning Review Vol. 58, 1987, pp. 29-62.

John Punter, "Design Control in Europe," Special issue of Built Environment , Vol. 20, 1994.

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11.337J Environmental Design Policy and Action
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture Department of Urban Studies and Planning Fall 1998 11.337J/4.247J Environmental Design Policy and Action Course Syllabus How does government intervene to affect the design of the urban realm? How could it intervene? Which interventions are best suited to which circumstances? This seminar seeks to answer these three central questions about governments' design policies. Governments at every level assume a measure of responsibility for seeking good design. Some of that responsibility is exercised directly-through the design and construction of government buildings, for example. But most changes to our environments are not designed directly by governments. Rather, they are the result of the actions and investments of private individuals, institutions, corporations, joint ventures, or private/public collaborations. Yet, the actions of all of these actors are affected by the design policies of government and the interventions that are undertaken to implement those policies. In this seminar we will explore new ways of thinking about environmental design policy in an attempt to better understand just what government can do effectively in the realm of design policy. Our exploration will be structured in two parts. In the first part we will seek to develop the elements of a theory of government intervention vis-à-vis design. We will begin by thinking about just what an urban design policy is and why government intervention is appropriate to pursue such a policy. Then we will turn to a consideration of the generic modes of government intervention and how they are, or might be, used to affect the quality of urban design. We will argue that, despite a proliferation of government programs addressing design issues, there are only five different generic modes of government intervention and that if one can map the underlying properties of these modes of intervention one can get considerable leverage on the appropriate use of government intervention to affect design. The second part of the course will be structured around case studies. Three sessions at the end of the semester will look at three particular case studies in some depth. In addition to the normal class sessions we have scheduled two visits to the annual monthly meetings of the Boston Civic Design Commission. Over the years we have a accumulated quite a collection of readings that we have used for this course. I cannot possibly assign them all, although you would find value in each one. In order not to lose track of earlier readings that have rotated out of the syllabus this year, I continue to list them as supplementary readings. These readings are intended to help you get started on your own inquiries into any of the topics raised in the course, but they are not the main material of this year's version. Required readings will be available in two forms. The primary text, Schuster, de Monchaux, and Riley, eds., Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1997) is available at the M.I.T. Coop. A course reader is available from CopyTech (11-004). Each student is required to do the readings, participate in classroom discussions, complete a several short exercises throughout the semester, write a modest paper at the end of Part I of the course, and take a final exam at the end of Part II. Course Logistics: Units: 2-0-7 (H) Meetings: Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00, 10-401 Faculty: J. Mark Schuster 10-485 x 3-7323 jonmark@mit.edu Office hours by appointment. Grading: The course grade will be based on (1) Participation in Classroom Discussions (20%), (2) Quality of Completion of the Five Exercises (20%), (3) Grade on the Paper (30%), and (4) Grade on the Final Exam (30%). Part I: A Tools Approach to Implementing Urban Design Policy Introduction 15 September Why Should Government Get Involved in Urban Design? Required Richard Tseng-yu Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning: The Invisible Web (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988), Chapter 9, "The Basis for Design Regulation." Supplementary Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning, Part I, "The Origins;" and Part II, "Under the Constitution." A Tools Approach to Government Action 22 September The Five Tools Required Lester Salamon, "The Changing Tools of Government Action" (Chapter 1); and Lester Salamon and Michael Lund, "The Tools Approach: Basic Analytics" (Chapter 2) in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization: The Tools of Government Action (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 1989). Christopher C. Hood, The Tools of Government (Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House, 1986), "Exploring Government's Toolshed" (Chapter 1) and "Government as a Tool-Kit" (Chapter 7). John de Monchaux and J. Mark Schuster, "Five Things to Do," in J. Mark Schuster, John de Monchaux, and Charles Riley II, eds., Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1997). Supplementary T. William Patterson, Land Use Planning: Techniques of Implementation (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979), Chapter 1, "The Context for Plan/Policy Implementation." 29 September Ownership and Operation Required Christopher Leman, "The Forgotten Fundamental: Successes and Excesses of Direct Government" (Chapter 3) in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization. Stephano Bianca, "Direct Government Involvement in Architectural Heritage Management-Legitimation, Limits, and Opportunities of Ownership and Operation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. Supplementary The Federal Architecture Project, National Endowment for the Arts, "Federal Architecture: A Framework for Debate," an interim report, April 1974, pp. 1-53. Lloyd Musolf, "The Government Corporation Tool: Permutations and Possibilities" (Chapter 8), in Lester M. Salamon, ed., Beyond Privatization. + Exercise #1: "Thinking About Ownership and Operation" Due Today. 6 October Regulation Required David Throsby, "Making Preservation Happen-The Pros and Cons of Regulation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. B. J. Pearce, "Property Rights vs. Development Control: A Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Planning Policy Instruments," Town Planning Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 1981, pp. 47-60. W.C. Baer, "Toward Design of Regulations for the Built Environment," Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 24, 1997. Steven L. Vettel, "San Francisco's Downtown Plan: Environmental and Urban Design Values in Central Business District Regulation," Ecology Law Quarterly, 1985. Supplementary Patterson, Land Use Planning, Chapter 2, "Zoning;" Chapter 3, "Subdivision Regulations;" and Chapter 4, "Supplemental Regulations and Tax Policies." Robert S. Cook, Zoning for Downtown Urban Design: How Cities Control Development (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1980), particularly Chapter 14, "Final Thoughts." "Development Control-Policy and Practice," Circular 22/80, U.K. Department of the Environment, H.M.S.O., 28 November 1980. Christopher J. Duerksen, Aesthetics and Land-Use Controls: Beyond Ecology and Economics, American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 399. Terry Jill Lassar, Carrots & Sticks: New Zoning Downtown (Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 1989), Chapter 5, "Zoning as Shaper of Building Design." Eugene Bardach, "Social Regulation as a Generic Policy Instrument" (Chapter 7), in Salamon, Beyond Privatization. + Exercise #2: "Thinking About Regulation" Due Today. 13 October No Class Monday Schedule of Classes Being Held 20 October Property Rights Required B. J. Pearce, "Instruments for Land Policy: A Classification," Urban Law and Policy, Vol. 3, 1980. B. J. Pearce, "Property Rights vs. Development Control: A Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Planning Policy Instruments," Town Planning Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 1981, pp. 47-60. John J. Costonis, "The Redefinition of Property Rights as a Tool for Historic Preservation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. Supplementary Frank Schnidman, "Transferable Development Rights (TDR)," in Donald G. Hagman and Dean J. Misczynski (eds.), Windfalls for Wipeouts: Land Value Capture and Compensation (Chicago: American Society of Planning Officials, 1978), pp. 532-552 and 656-660. + Exercise #3: "Thinking About Property Rights" Due Today. 27 October Incentives and Disincentives-Direct and Indirect Required J. Mark Schuster, "Inciting Preservation," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. Lai, Law in Urban Design and Planning, Chapter 13, "The Web of Fiscal Policy and Taxation." George Lefcoe, "How Taxes Affect Urban Design-And How to Make Them Do a Better Job of It," Real Estate Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, Winter 1976, pp. 244-262. Supplementary Donald Haider, "Grants as a Tool of Public Policy" (Chapter 4), in Salamon, Beyond Privatization. Jerold S. Kayden, "Incentive Zoning in New York City: A Cost-Benefit Analysis," Lincoln Policy Roundtable, Policy Analysis Series number 201, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass., 1978. Patterson, Land Use Planning, pp. 130-146. Michael S. Lund, "Between Welfare and the Market: Loan Guarantees as a Policy Tool" (Chapter 5); and Paul R. McDaniel, "Tax Expenditures as Tools of Government Action" (Chapter 6) in Salamon, Beyond Privatization. Kenneth Woodside, "The Political Economy of Policy Instruments: Tax Expenditures and Subsidies in Canada," in Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler, The Politics of Canadian Public Policy (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983), pp. 173-197. + Exercise #4: "Thinking About Incentives and Disincentives" Due Today. 3 November Information Required J. Mark Schuster, "Information as a Tool of Preservation Action," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. Michael O'Hare, "Environmental Management," in Winthrop Knowlton and Richard Zeckhauser (eds.), American Society: Public and Private Responsibilities (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger, 1986), pp. 99-135. Supplementary Christopher C. Hood, The Tools of Government (Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House, 1986), "Advice, Information, Persuasion" (Chapter 2). + Exercise #5: "Thinking About Information" Due Today. 3 November Required Attend Meeting of Boston Civic Design Commission Boston City Hall, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Room 900 5:00 p.m. (Read material to be passed out in class on BCDC.) 10 November Choosing Tools and Designing Programs Hood, The Tools of Government "Appraising Government's Tools" (Chapter 8) and "A Changing Mix of Government Tools" (Chapter 9). J. Mark Schuster, "Choosing the Right Tool(s) for the Task," in Schuster, et al., Preserving the Built Heritage. Robert M. Eury and Gary Hack, Lessons from Local Experience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Office of Community Planning and Development (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983), Part 3, "Keys to Effective Urban Environmental Design," and Part 4, "A Catalog of Techniques for Urban Environmental Design." Part II: Case Studies in the Implementation of Urban Design Policy 17 November An Urban Design Policy-Australia Required Urban Design in Australia: Report by The Prime Minister's Urban Design Task Force (16 November 1994: Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service). 24 November Design Competitions Viewing of the PBS Nova documentary, "Design Wars": the competition for the design of Chicago's main library. Required Ernest Alexander and Lawrence Witzling, "Planning and Urban Design Competitions," and Andrew Seidel, "Competitions Receive Mixed Reviews," Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, special issue on Design Competitions, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1990. 24 November + Paper: "Deconstructing/Designing an Urban Design Program" Due Today 1 December Design Review Required Richard Bender and Todd Bressi, "Design Review: A Review of Processes, Procedures, and Potential," Center for Environmental Design Research, Univ. of California, Berkeley, March 1989. J. Mark Schuster, "The Role of Design Review in Affecting the Quality of Urban Design: The Architect's Point of View," forthcoming in Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 14, No. 3, Autumn 1997. Supplementary A list of supplemental readings on design review is appended. 1 December Required Attend Meeting of Boston Civic Design Commission Boston City Hall, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Room 900 5:00 p.m. 8 December Summing Up + A Final Exam will be scheduled during Final Exam Period Design Review-Supplementary Readings Carl Lindblom, Environmental Design Review (Trenton, N.J.: Chandler-Davis Publishing Company, 1970). The American Institute of Architects Committee on Design, Design Review Boards: A Handbook for Communities (American Institute of Architects, May 1974). John Costonis, Icons and Aliens: Law, Aesthetics and Environmental Change (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1989). D. E. Gordon, "Guiding Light or Backseat Driver?" AIA Memo: 28 (December 1992). Reiko Habe, "Public Design Control in American Communities: Design Guidelines/Design Review," Town Planning Review Vol. 60, 1989, pp. 195-219. J. Delafons, Aesthetic Control: A Report on Methods Used in the USA to Control the Design of Buildings. Monograph #41 (Berkeley, California: University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, 1990). C. J. Duerksen, Aesthetics and Land-Use Controls: Beyond Ecology and Economics. Planning Advisory Service Report #399 (Chicago, Illinois: American Planning Association, 1986). Mark L. Hinshaw, Design Review, Planning Advisory Service Report #454, American Planning Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1995. Thomas Nally, "Design Review: Alternative Models of Administration," M.C.P. Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1977. Elizabeth Padjen, "Design Review Needs Review (or, If a Thing is Worth Doing, it's Worth Doing Well)," Build Boston Magazine, November 1988. Brenda Scheer and Wolfgang Preiser, eds., Design Review: Challenging Urban Aesthetic Control (New York: Chapman & Hall, 1994). M. F. Schmertz, "Dictating Design," Architecture, Vol. 82, Number 2, 1993, pp. 33-35. J. Mark Davidson Schuster, Design Review: The View from the Architecture Profession. (Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects, 1990). Hamid Shirvani, Urban Design Review: A Guide for Planners (Washington, D.C.: Planners Press, American Planning Association, 1981). University of Cincinnati, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Design Review (Cincinnati, Ohio: University of Cincinnati, 1992). Ed Zotti, "Design by Committee," Planning, Vol. 53, May 1987. Design Control-Supplementary Readings A. R. Beer, "Development Control and Design Quality, Part 2: Attitudes to Design," Town Planning Review Vol. 54, 1993, pp. 383-404. P. Booth, "Development Control and Design Quality, Part 1: Conditions: A Useful Way of Controlling Design?" Town Planning Review Vol. 54, 1993, pp. 265-284. John Punter, "A History of Aesthetic Control: Part 1, 1909-1953; The Control of the External Appearance of Development in England and Wales. Town Planning Review 57, 1986, pp. 351-381. John Punter, "A History of Aesthetic Control: Part 2, 1953-1985; The Control of the External Appearance of Development in England and Wales," Town Planning Review Vol. 58, 1987, pp. 29-62. John Punter, "Design Control in Europe," Special issue of Built Environment , Vol. 20, 1994.