Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion Recent documents in Vicente del Rio en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:07:13 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/20 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/20 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:47:02 PDT Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/19 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/19 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:49:39 PST The Modern Movement ideals of transformation and progress coincided with the national spirit and zeitgeist of the 1930s Estado Novo in Brazil. Despite a persistent conflict between distinct urbanist views a progressive approach of urbanism became eventually predominant. Its strong impact on urbanist manifestations reached its climax with the construction of Brasilia. This paper explores some negative aspects of the modern legacy in Brazilian urbanism, but by acknowledging that Modern Movement ideals helped to establish a great sense of social consciousness and promoted a common aim, also the creation of a particular identity is recognized. By strengthening local elements of identity the perverse aspects of contemporary globalized culture may effectively be attenuated; an excellent reason why we must not neglect our modern legacy. Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/18 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/18 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:46 PDT This paper resumes a research that concentrated in the effectiveness of residential urban design in response to some of the key tenets of new urbanism. Our original questions were: a) how this design truly reflects on the daily lives of the communities' residents; and b) how residents perceive it? To answer these questions, the research focused on (1) automobile dependency and (2) sense of community, as the two major variables of new urbanism. Trevor Keith Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/17 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/17 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:40 PDT In the Spring 2004, this second-year BCRP studio class embraced a community outreach project as a response to a request from the Community Development Department of Paso Robles, California. Damaged by the San Simeon 2003 earthquake, the city wanted the class to develop an urban design scenario for the revitalization of an important area of its historic downtown. Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/16 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/16 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:34 PDT In 2004, Dean Tom Jones initiated an important symposium series to discuss current issues related to environmental design. The first of the series was on infill residential development, an increasingly important approach towards making cities more sustainable and energy efficient integrated, more walkable and less automobile dependent. Adrian Putra Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/15 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/15 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:25 PDT Invited to participate in a research workshop organized by the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas - Austin, the author responded to its provocative title "The End of Public Space in the Latin American City?" with this discussion paper. The workshop was an interdisciplinary exploration of the controversies around the erosion of public space in Latin American Cities, and of the paradox between democratization processes and the expansion of physical divides and spatial segregation. Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/14 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/14 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:21 PDT In the summer of 2006, faculty Vicente del Rio and Umut Toker developed a series of community workshops in Traver, Calif., towards a participatory concept plan envisioning local development and future growth. In this article they discuss the active involvement of the community and the successful results of this planning process. Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/13 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/13 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:08 PDT Vicente del Rio http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/12 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/12 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:54:03 PDT In the summer of 2007, a third-year design class was challenged by a real project and real clients: to plan and design a residential resort in the coastal Mexican pueblo of Lo de Marco, in the beautiful Bahia de Banderas, on the coast of Nayarit just north of Puerto Vallarta. Acting as if they were consultants, the students responded extremely well to the challenge and did a great job of creating unique and feasible ideas. Vicente del Rio Urban Design http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/11 http://works.bepress.com/vdelrion/11 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:53:59 PDT The beginning of the 2003 academic year was marked by CAED's symposium Global Thinking, Local Planning: International Views on Environmental Planning and Design. This first event of its kind at CAED was organized by the City and Regional Planning Department, and co-sponsored by the Architecture and Landscape Architecture departments, in collaboration with the Central Coast Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association and CCAPA's 2003 Conference. Vicente del Rio Urban Design