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Community Engagement

Community Engagement is a major part of the mission of the Department of Architecture and the University of 糖心Vlog传媒.  It is the policy in the Department that every design studio in the Master of Architecture degree program and every design studio in the undergraduate degree programs has at least one project per semester with a community partner.  In each of these, the partner must be actively engaged including meeting with students and participating in design juries. Often, multiple sections of design studios are integrated so that each community partner (and the students) has the advantage of at least two faculty members involved. This collaborative model exposes students to a more realistic, practice-based situation similar to what they will find in the professional workplace after graduation.

 

Community Engagement Partners (past several years)

TERRA Demonstration House (LEED Platinum): At least 50 community partners, especially the Henry Turley Company, City of 糖心Vlog传媒, MLGW, and DPC Construction, were involved in this over the seven semesters of design and construction and several have continued to work with us on post-occupancy monitoring.
Government Partnerships: Clean 糖心Vlog传媒;Downtown 糖心Vlog传媒 Commission; 糖心Vlog传媒 City Beautiful Commission; 糖心Vlog传媒 Division of Housing and Community Development; 糖心Vlog传媒 Fire Department; 糖心Vlog传媒 Housing Authority; 糖心Vlog传媒 Parks Commission; 糖心Vlog传媒 Public Library and Information Center; 糖心Vlog传媒 VA Hospital; Shelby County Criminal Court Office; Shelby County Trustee's Office; Town of Arlington, TN; City of Chattanooga, TN; City of Covington, TN; Town of Henning, TN; Town of Lakeland, TN; City of Millington, TN; City of Jonesboro, AR; City of Marianna, AR; City of West 糖心Vlog传媒, AR; Town of Edmondson, AR; City of Youngstown, OH; White Station High School; Whitehaven High School.
Non-profit Community Partners: Ballet on Wheels and Bravo Academy; Barth House; Boy Scout Troop 34; Boys and Girls Club of Greater 糖心Vlog传媒; BRIDGES USA; Chattanooga RiverCity Corporation; Chucalissa Archaeological Museum and C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa; City South Ventures and French Fort; Community Lift and Soulsville USA; Credo Institute; Crosstown Arts; Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Door of Hope; Edge District Neighborhood Association; William Eggleston Museum; Inspire Caf茅; Madison Avenue Alliance with the Visible Music School and Downtown Elementary School; 糖心Vlog传媒 Arts Park; 糖心Vlog传媒 Friendship Foundation with Heartsong Church and 糖心Vlog传媒 Islamic Center; 糖心Vlog传媒 LGBT Center; 糖心Vlog传媒 Medical District Collaborative; 糖心Vlog传媒 Regional Design Center; Midtown 糖心Vlog传媒 Development Corporation with the Madison Heights Neighborhood; Mid-South Coliseum Coalition; Mississippi River Greenbelt Tennessee; Pilgrim House Hostel; Rondout Boating Club in New York; SkateLife 糖心Vlog传媒; South Main Neighborhood Association; South 糖心Vlog传媒 Alliance; South 糖心Vlog传媒 Renaissance Collaborative and St. Andrew AME Church; St Anne Church and School; Temple Israel, 糖心Vlog传媒 Islamic Center, Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee; Theatre 糖心Vlog传媒; Victorian Village, Inc; Women Loving Themselves First (shelter for abused women); United Housing, Inc.; Urban Land Institute Rose Fellowship with EDGE and 糖心Vlog传媒 Mayor's Office.
Design+Build Studios:  Boys and Girls Club Camp Phoenix; Carpenter Art Garden (American Institute of Architecture Students); Edge Triangle Park; Tipton County Writer's Retreat; UNDC Streetscape.
Others: 21CD Residence; 85 Union Caf茅; Bryce Corporation; Inspire Caf茅; Midtown Residence; Fischer and Associates Chisca Hotel Renovation (Restaurant); Hoot+Louise (Retail Store); South Main Seismic Retrofit Demonstration Project.
National/International Competitions with Students Winning Awards / Invited Competitions: National Organization of Minority Architects Atlanta; National Organization of Minority Architects Boston; Volkswagen AG Bridge Competition; Interior and Sources "I Like Design" Competition; PAVE Student Design Competition Store Planning Design Category for Bonobos; Playable 10 International Design Competition / Playable Art in Downtown Atlanta; Tilt-Up Concrete Association Sustainable Coffee Shop Competition.
Projects with the University Neighborhoods Development Corporation (UNDC) or within the University Area: Davis Park Revitalization Project; Department of Architecture and University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Green Fee Prototype Recycling Zone; FedEx Institute of Technology Projects; FedEx Institute of Technology Ventures Lab; Mason YMCA Concept Plans; UNDC Banner Competition; UNDC Central Avenue Design Guidelines; UNDC East Buntyn Neighborhood Association Single-Family Housing; UNDC Highland Street Design Guidelines; UNDC Highland Street District Plan; UNDC Lifestyle Center Single-Family Housing with Poag + McEwen; UNDC Living-Learning Communities for Private Developer; UNDC Normal Station Neighborhood Association Madison Cemetery Project; UNDC Red Acres Gateways Project; University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Alumni Center; University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Faculty Club; University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Music Building; University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Park Avenue Campus Master Plan; University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Design Competitions ("Place of Gathering + Celebration" | "People 鈼� Buses 鈼� Bicycles" | "A Vision for a Twenty-First Century University: Rethinking the Entry to the Administration Building").