The Center for Active Design Introduces Guidelines to Improve Civic Life
Do our public spaces do what they were created to do? Do people use them in plentiful, positive ways? What should they look like, and why is it so difficult to successfully design them? TheCenter for Active Design (CfAD)recently released the Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines, a publication presenting “evidence-based strategies to create public spaces and buildings that lay the foundation for a robust civic life – inspiring greater trust, participation, stewardship and informed local voting.” The guidelines are intended for public leaders’ use; Assembly’s primary target audience is public sector leaders (including mayors, agency heads, planners and policymakers) – but the guidelines and strategies included carry just as much benefit for anyone who designs, builds, manages, studies or advocates for great public spaces. Mixed-use development projects are on the rise, in new builds and adaptive reuse alike. Multifamily Executive’s March 2018 article, “10 Urban Projects That Nail Mixed-Use Design”highlights this …
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