PREVIEW
SHARECourse Info
8 video lessons (66 Mins)
Published
2025
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Browse Course Chapters
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1.Introduction
3 mins
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2.Spatial Definition
4 mins
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3.Figural Space
10 mins
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4.Closed Vistas
3 mins
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5.Form-Based Codes
18 mins
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6.Shadows
4 mins
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7.Trees
12 mins
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8.Urban Design
9 mins
What You Will Learn
- Learn how spatial definition and the creation of “outdoor living rooms” is key to pedestrian comfort.
- Learn about form-based codes as the superior alternative to use-based zoning.
- Learn about the rural-to-urban transect.
- Learn about the need for more, typically not less, shadow.
- Learn about the benefits of urban trees and the best arguments for investing in them.
- Learn from examples of good vs. bad urban design.
Course Description
If people with a choice are going to make the choice to walk, that walk needs to be comfortable. That category of consideration includes spatial definition, orientation, legibility, and thermal comfort. The ideal pedestrian environment feels like an outdoor living room, with good edges (streetwalls), a sense of direction, consistent character, shade, and tree cover. While form-based codes and urban forestry plans are effective modern tools for achieving these outcomes, ultimately, there is no substitute for proper urban design.
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Learn these skills
- Pedestrian Planning
- Site Planning
- Transportation
- Urban Design
- Urbanism
- Walkability
- Zoning Codes
AICP CM
This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.
