INTEGRATINGNATURAL PROCESSES INTO THE CITY FABRIC OF THE GLOBAL AMERICAN SOUTH

\\ PEOPLE FIRST

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICELegislative equityProcedural equityGeographic equity

PRIMARYENVIRONMENTAL

BENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITSSECONDARY

BENEFITS

Process

Third workshop: feedback from

children

_ Identifying the needs of

children in the community.

_ Understanding their

expectations from the future.

_ Opportunities for children on

the campus.

Downtown Design Studio _ College of Design _ North Carolina State University

Process

_ First workshop: program

_ Ways in which residents

in the surrounding

community use and value

the DuBois school site.

_ Issues of concern

_ Opportunities

Downtown Design Studio _ College of Design _ North Carolina State University

ENGAGEMENT

WEST PHILADELPHIA PROJECT

WEST PHILADELPHIA PROJECT

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICELegislative equityProcedural equityGeographic equity

PRIMARYENVIRONMENTAL

BENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITSSECONDARY

BENEFITS

GEOGRAPHIC EQUITYWater in Southern CitiesRacialized Topography

PRIMARYENVIRONMENTAL

BENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITSSECONDARY

BENEFITS

GO LOW?

PRIMARYENVIRONMENTAL

BENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITS

SECONDARYBENEFITSSECONDARY

BENEFITS

WALNUT CREEK WETLAND CENTER PARTNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

NCSU College of DesignDowntown Design Studio

500 250 0 500 1000 2000 FT

1” = 500’ The Carver School NeighborhoodsKannapolis, NC - 4.28.09 SETTLEMENT PATTERNS NCSU College of Design

Downtown Design Studio500 250 0 500 1000 2000 FT

1” = 500’ The Carver School NeighborhoodsKannapolis, NC - 4.28.09 SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

OLD CARVER SCHOOL AREAKANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA

TOURISM FOOD

LEARNINGHERITAGE

TOPOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE?KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA

Master Plan Master Plan

Downtown Design Studio ● College of Design ● North Carolina State University ● April 2010

OLD CARVER SCHOOL AREAKANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA

REBUILD

? RETHINK