Today we viewed the film The Human Scale and continued the discussion generated by these prompts:
- Why are cities so critical at this moment across the world?
- What are some the most important questions about how cities are designed?
- What does human scale mean for cities?
- How can we accommodate the many new residents moving into cities to look for jobs and opportunity without disrupting the existing residents?
On Thursday, come to class prepared to sketch, with a notebook or sketchbook and pencils and/or pens. We will be indoors. We will review the site report template and wrap up our conversation on the discussion prompts from the films. In the discussion and in blog posts, several people pointed out that the public’s ability to influence urban development is limited, even as the city constantly changes and grows. In class we briefly touched on the newly released draft of a rezoning proposal for the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The first public hearing is tomorrow, Wednesday, February 6.
Looking ahead to next week, the college is closed for Lincoln’s Birthday on Tuesday, February 12. Our first site visit will take place on Thursday, February 14. We will meet in our classroom promptly at 2:30 and walk to the site together. More details on Thursday.
