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The DIY Form-Based Code: Testing and Refining

This third of four courses from the "DIY Form-Based Code" series shows how to use Excel and SketchUp to generate randomization tests, modeling, and refinements for a draft version of a form-based code.

Norman Wright
Taught By Norman Wright
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Course Info

  • Duration 7 video lessons (81 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2014
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    1.
    Ready to Code
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    2.
    Going Alpha
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    3.
    Randomization
    Chapter Duration 17 mins
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    4.
    Initial Models
    Chapter Duration 23 mins
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    5.
    Complete Buildout
    Chapter Duration 22 mins
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    Deliberative Design
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    After Testing
    Chapter Duration 3 mins

Course Description

In this third of four courses from the "DIY Form-Based Code" series, Norman Wright attempts to break the code created in the previous course by applying randomization tests in Excel. After mapping unaccounted circumstances, Wright refines the code by creating initial models in SketchUp and applying deliberative changes to each zone.

Learn these skills

  • Land Use
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Regulations
  • Site Planning
  • Urban Design
  • Zoning Codes
  • Trimble SketchUp
  • Microsoft Excel

Meet Your Instructor

Norman Wright

Norman Wright

Norman Wright is the Director of Neighborhood Services for Adams County, Colorado. In his career as a local government planner, he has written a city-wide form-based code and authored six plans for three local governments.

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At times the presenter was dry, though some of the information presented was more technical and numerical in nature.

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