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ITP 1997: “South Boston Metropolitan Area Community Housing,” Case Studies from Boston, Massachusetts, International Training Programs, 1997

Abstract

Documents represent curriculum components from the 1997 International Training Program (ITP), primarily case studies on community housing projects around the South Boston area including:

  • The Engleston Jackson Strategy
  • Wharf Three
  • Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust
  • The Massachusetts Third Harbor Tunnel Project
  • The South Station Joint Development Project
  • The Massachusetts Port Authority Project
  • The Urban Development Policy in Contrats de Ville, France

Additional documents are resource materials for job creation and economic growth, micro-business models, an overview of Boston, and an outline of faculty, guest lecturers and speakers.

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Project Year:1997
Project Type:ITP; Education
Geographic Regions:Boston, Massachusetts, US / Tower Hamlets, London, UK / France
Reports:
Authors:François Vigier; Mona Serageldin; Jerold Kayden; John Driscoll; David Jones; Judith Grant; Pat Cusick; Richard Dimino; Linda Mogelli Haar; Richard Henderson; James Kostaras
Sponsors:Unit for Housing and Urbanization, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Categories:International Training Program; Education;
  
ID:1997_00_002

Related I2UD Projects

Beginning in 1982, the Unit for Housing and Urbanization at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design hosted International Training Programs (ITP), an annual series of 2- to 4-week summer seminars designed to strengthen the decision-making skills of senior professionals in public and private agencies responsible for urban development.

The I2UD Digital Library holds curriculum materials for ITPs from 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998:

The tradition of ITPs continued after 2000, when the Center for Urban Development Studies (CUDS) (a re-organization of the Unit) continued training seminars as International Education Programs (IEP) from 2000-2004:

Programs included inter-linked modules, lectures, case studies, interactive computer simulation models, site visits to urban projects, discussion groups and networking with professional counterparts from international metropolitan regions. Sessions had a modular format and structured team teaching, taught by a team of senior faculty and guest lecturers. Programs ended with a synthesis presented through a project evaluation exercise. Participants used case projects to examine strategies from the viewpoint of both public and private partners — to assess the feasibility and potential impacts of policies and projects on the community and the city. Presentations by guest speakers, representing U.S. and international agencies, NGOs, and community groups, were also integrated within the pedagogic framework of each module.

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