Name: Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look
Author: Geoffrey Ferrell

This course will teach you the skills to appreciate and analyze the measures and functions of good urbanism.

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Course Info

9 video lessons (71 Mins)
Published
2015

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Browse Course Chapters

1. Introduction (4 mins)
2. The "Why?" and the "What?" (4 mins)
3. Sidewalks and Street Trees (7 mins)
4. On-Street Parking (9 mins)
5. Dooryards (8 mins)
6. Frontages (11 mins)
7. Street Walls (3 mins)
8. Blocks and Siting (6 mins)
9. Deviations of Scale and Intensity (7 mins)

Course Description

This course introduces the principles and parameters that inform form-based development regulations. The course examines specific examples to help you develop skills in appreciating and analyzing the measures and functions of good urbanism and places. You will also develop a better understanding of how to apply those skills toward the drafting of form-based development regulations.

Learn these skills

Development
Land Use
Parking
Pedestrian Planning
Regulations
Transportation
Urban Design
Walkability
Zoning Codes

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1.25 AICP CM credit.

LA CES

This course is eligible for 1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW.

CNU-A

This course is approved for 1.25 CNU-A credit.

Meet Your Instructor

Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges from site-specific urban designs to zoning-toolkits to replace Euclidean zones – development regulations that emphasize clarity for end-users.

Tony Perez

With 30 years of experience, Tony works with communities to establish and translate policy direction into clear and implementable development standards that deliver the expected vision.