Listen to the Suburban Transformations author podcast! · Nov 30, 03:33 PM
Smart City is a syndicated, weekly hour-long public radio talk show broadcast from Memphis, TN that takes an in-depth look at urban life. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others on urban issues.
This week’s show is about “Quality Places” and includes an interview with Paul Lukez, architect and author of our new book Suburban
Transformations. Lukez is focused on remaking suburbs and uses his Adaptive Design Process to uncover local idiosyncrasies and reintroduce them into the planning and development of suburban monocultures.
Listen to the show.
What’s Suburban Transformations about?
Smart Growth advocates, environmentalists, and New Urbanists have all tried in their own ways to spread the message of reforming current land use patterns. Their solutions are often criticized for being overly prescriptive, opposed to growth, or nostalgic.
Suburban Transformations offers an alternative to these practices while synthesizing many of the ideas and proposals that they put forth. Both a work of theory and a practical tool for suburban community planning, the book introduces the adaptive design process: a method that allows for the organic transformation of communities from siteless suburbs and edge cities into places with their own distinct identity and unique character.
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