This course introduces students to frameworks for considering and measuring the social impacts of design.
Learning Goals:
1. Students will gain skills in identifying and assessing urban risk factors around a design project.
2. Students will be introduced to the use of mapping techniques in the documentation and analysis of social resilience.
3. Students will develop knowledge around identifying and engaging stakeholders.
4. Students will study the processes of urban gentrification and its impacts on housing accessibility and equity.
5. Students will learn existing guidelines and standards for social resilience including: JUST labeling, Living Building Challenge Equity Petal, LEED pilot credits , SEED Network etc