Kevin Klinkenberg, principle architect at 180 Urban Design, is a participating faculty member for a Form-Based Codes Institute 301 Session in Lansing, MI.
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Kevin Klinkenberg, principle architect at 180 Urban Design, is a participating faculty member for a Form-Based Codes Institute 301 Session in Lansing, MI.
Kevin Klinkenberg, principle at 180 Urban Design, writes about his experience at the annual CNU Congress
Come join us for the third annual XNU event at the Congress for the New Urbanism. We will be serving on the panel and sponsoring this event.
New Urbanism Blog: 180 Urban Design and Architecture, which specializes in designing walkable communities, where residential, commercial and retail are more closely tied together, business is booming. Some of the interest is green related, while some is cities looking at ways to be more efficient with their resources, said Kevin Klinkenberg, a firm principal.
New Urbanism Blog: The City of Panama Beach, Florida has retained a team lead by Planning Works, LLC and assisted by 180° Design Studio and White & Smith, LLC to prepare an initial assessment of form-based codes for the City. A form-based code is a land development regulation that is based principally on design, rather use, impact, or other aspects of land development.
Kevin Klinkenberg of 180º Urban Design on form based codes and understanding the transect.
Winner of The Congress for New Urbanism CNU 17 video contest.
180° Urban Design Channel on YouTube.
Watch Kevin Klinkenberg discuss and compare commonly used techniques, and progressive ideas such as Form-Based Codes (FBCs).
The downtown is surrounded on all sides by an incoherent network of strip malls and subdivisions connected by mostly unwalkable roads. This is not an accident, and it is not just the invisible hand of the market at work. It reflects political decisions to zone residential and commercial space separately, to require that every new house have a parking space but not necessarily a sidewalk, and to build at low densities. In fact, without rezoning, it would be illegal to build the beloved downtown in Leesburg today.
Kevin Klinkenberg and our panelists will provide their insights on FBCs and context-sensitive street design, as both are key elements for walkable neighborhoods. Come learn the basics of FBCs, how they differ from typical use-based zoning, and potential applications for your community. Both local and national case studies will be discussed. Also learn how new context-sensitive street design standards offer opportunities for communities to rethink how street systems support local development objectives.