National Center for Smart Growth

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The National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) works to advance the notion that research, collaboration, engagement and thoughtful policy development hold the key to a smarter and more sustainable approach to urban and regional development. NCSG is based at the University of Maryland, College Park, housed under the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, with support from the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, the A. James Clark School of Engineering, the School of Public Policy, and the Office of the Provost.

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    Envisioning the Future at Prince George's Plaza, MD
    (Partnership for Action Leadership in Sustainability (PALS), 2021) Dandy, Selina; Mencer, Abigail; Zadeh, Maryam Bana; Benham, Austin; Degroff, Andrew; DiBella, Nick; Haider, Alma; Jenkins, TaLisha; Kaku, Upasana; Konan, Yan; Vargas, Daryl; Vandergoot, Jana
    The semester was divided in 3 projects. For project 3, the studio worked with Prince George's Planning Department on creating urban design schemes for the Prince George's Plaza Transit District including analyzing relvevant case studies, site visit to Prince George's Plaza, site documentation/analysis, and design proposals rooted from historical research while responding to complex contemporary issues (social inequality, safety, climate change, urban ecology, public health, local/global economies) in order to produce urban design master plans, street sections, perspectives vignettes for near-term and long-term 2035 year plans.