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Retrofitting Suburbia: Case Studies w/ Ellen Dunham-Jones At-A-Glance
February 17, 2021
ULI NWA welcomed Ellen Dunham-Jones, co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia and host of the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast, as she shared a series of case studies in which city leaders formed key partnerships to redevelop, re-inhabit, and re-green underperforming suburban properties to address challenges they were never designed for.
Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges, second in a series by Georgia Tech Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones, documents how defunct shopping malls, parking lots, and the past century’s other obsolete suburban development patterns are being retrofitted to address current urgent challenges they weren’t designed for: improving public health, increasing resilience in the face of climate change, leveraging social capital for equity, supporting an aging society, competing for jobs, and disrupting automobile dependence.
Following Dunham-Jones’ presentation, Chris Baribeau, Principal with Modus Studio, shared how welcoming a re-inhabited grocery store’s new patio is a gift to the street and the community in Northwest Arkansas. Baribeau stated, “One of our big goals and a goal of the owner, was to really make it accessible for anyone and to make a place that everyone was welcome.”
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Keynote Speaker: Ellen Dunham-Jones, Co-Author of Retrofitting Suburbia and host of the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast.
Facilitator: Wes Craiglow, ULI Northwest Arkansas Coordinator.
This important discussion was made possible by generous support from Modus Studio.