Your 1st Page:

Aaron’s presentation (and Todd too) highlighted significant environmental factors influencing and shaping the built environment in Berkeley. For example: zoning; building heights; open views; sustainability; downtown development; ride sharing; how some projects of economic values can be justified despite their environmental impacts; (A) to (F) continuum of traffic/movement flow; . . . and urban management. In one page, (i) pick two of the of the most significant factors in your views and provide a critical overview on what you like or dislike about them, (ii) can they contradict the social and ecological values discussed in earlier classes, and (iii) what recommendations you may suggest to the city improve that.

Your 2^nd Page,

As a metaphor, Todd presented how the UC Berkeley is similar to Texas or DC. Aaron’s elaborated on that too. Explain how the campus planning overlap with the surrounding out-of-campus built environment. Elaborate on how the UC-Berkeley investment can have an impact on the downtown. Lastly, give one suggestion to improve this relationship.

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In addition to the readings, the presentations can be found here:

• Downtown Area Plan – City of Berkeley
• Environmental Planning in Berkeley: Town and Gown
• Open Space Fee for Downtown Berkeley
• UC Berkeley’s Environmental and Long Range Planning

Environmental labels and certificates are widely seen as a tool to provide greener buildings. Corporates, hotels and developers sought to achieve such certificates in varies level from bronze, silver, gold to platinum. In one page summarize the different critiques given by Abdalla et al 2011 and Tolksdorf et al 2014. In your 2^nd page, and as per the discussion in class and the short video, explain where do you stand in relation to the usefulness of such certification system.

WHERE:

• Strongly Agree (4): means you believe it is a step forward and better than nothing
• Strongly Disagree (1): means you think it is useless and miss leading and many other un certified buildings equally green

After watching the documentary, in half a page write your own reflections. Tell us in half a page if you believe it, appreciate it, and if you think there is more to learn from local nomadic tribes.

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