Design Matters: Identifying Trends that Shape Community

Tuesday, January 19 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: South 232

Format: Building Knowledge Session 
Level of Content: Advanced 

Appropriate for: Multifamily Builders & Developers, Land Development, Single Family - All

Track(s): Design, Land Development & Community Planning

Speaker(s): Michael K. Medick AIA, BSB Design, Alexandria, VA

What It’s About:
Take a deep dive into specific planning principles, trends and methods of development used to create complete communities. In this advanced session, you’ll explore product concepts used to maximize land values and address a wide variety of consumer preferences while creating vibrant, marketable and aesthetically-pleasing neighborhoods.

What You'll Learn:
Identify the wide range of building types used to create complete communities, and explore the idea of product differentiation to fully enhance market absorption.
Learn how to maneuver the gauntlet of red tape and obstacles frequently associated with gaining approvals.
Utilize all aspects of community planning elements including street sections, build-to lines, utility placement, landscaping and architecture.
Understand how zoning ordinances and codes affect physical development in unintended ways, and learn alternative methods of development.

Continuing Education: NAHB - 1.00 CE hour(s), NKBA - 0.1 CEU(s), AIA - 1.00 LU hour(s)