Housing and Community Design
Housing challenges related to affordability are considerable for the lower- and middle-class. This has focused attention on policies and goals which have dominated the national’s agenda throughout the six decades of the nation’s development. The Studio members familiarity with both the current issues as well as those which are likely to appear. Studio members utilize their experience to focus on opportunities found in the entire community – the entire housing market – and relate solutions to the pockets of problem housing within that framework.
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Ann Sweaney, Ph.D, Director - Housing Research Center, University of Georgia
Ann's research interests include the effect of public policy on housing for families and consumers, housing needs of older adults, and the role of technology in adapting housing for the life span.
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Arthur C. (Chris) Nelson, Ph.D
Chris, is Presidential Professor of City & Metropolitan Planning and also Co-Director of the Masters of Real Estate program. He earned a bachelor of science, master of urban studies, and Ph.D. in urban studies (regional economics concentration) all from Portland State University, during which time he was a west coast planning consultant.
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Brenda Case Scheer, AIA, IAXCP, NCARB - Dean College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah
Brenda has considerably transformed the college of architecture by the addition of the urban planning program. Her specializations are the formal development of cities and urban design policy.
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Michael Kwartler - Founding Director Environmental Simulation Center (ESC)
Michael is an architect, planner, urban designer and educator. ESC is a non-profit research laboratory created to develop innovative applications of information technology for community engagement, planning, design and decision-making
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Thomas Luce, Ph.D - Research Director Institute on Race and Poverty (IRP), University of Minnesota
Tom has a 20-year record of research on economic development and fiscal issues in American metropolitan areas.
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