Please join the Urban Design Panel Tuesday, March 16 from noon to 1pm for a presentation on Climate Responsive Urban Design led by Heather Flint Chatto, Principal of Forage Design + Planning and Director of PDX Main Streets. She will discuss her community based planning and visioning work, and how that can lead to greater support for density through creative public engagement and increased design literacy.
As a 20 year planner and environmental designer, Heather helps communities identify local area patterns, design priorities, and establish goals for future development. Her work has resulted in the PDX Main Streets Design Guidelines now adopted by eight neighborhood and business associations for 12 streets in SE Portland. With Forage, she works to foster adaptive strategies creating re-found spaces and renewed places through sustainable design and planning. Join us to learn more and weigh in on design, policy, planning and visioning opportunities for a more resilient community culture and climate-responsive urban design for the Portland region.
Heather’s presentation is part of an ongoing series of UDP presentations and discussions about how the future of the Portland Metro area, and urban areas more broadly, can create a future urban form that directly addresses the climate, equity, health and resiliency challenges we face. The UDP Executive Committee is actively seeking a wide variety of presenters to help the urban design community actively engage in dialog about how we can assertively create better solutions to take on these critical challenges. Oregon APA’s Ex. Comm. members are Brian Campbell, FAICP and John Spencer, AICP. If you have questions about UDP, or suggestions for future programs, please contact Brian at eoc@oregonapa.org.
The Urban Design Panel is a joint program sponsored by the Oregon chapters of AIA, APA and ASLA. It meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and is open to all members of the 3 organizations. To register for announcements about upcoming programs and ZOOM invites to specific events please email Adrienne Morris at amorris@aiaoregon.org.