Design Studio 1995: “Urban Regeneration and Housing in a Transitional Economy: Lublin, Poland,” Seminar Curriculum

Abstract

The Urban Design Studio from Spring 1995, “Urban Regeneration and Housing in a Transitional Economy: Lublin, Poland” was a seminar led by Professors Mona Serageldin and David Neilson in the Spring 1994 semester at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard University. The 1995 Studio continued a series of studies on urban issues in societies undergoing economic restructuring, institutional transformation, and social change – specifically Lublin, Poland.

The 1995 topic built off a real development strategy written by the Unit for Housing and Urbanization in 1994-1996, for the urban environment and housing situation in Lublin. See original reports: “Lublin Local Initiatives Program” & “Lublin Old Town Rehabilitation Project,” Urban Upgrading in Lublin, Poland, 1994-2000.

Curriculum components include an implementation strategy for public and private roles, public investment strategies, leveraging and cost-recovery options, housing typologies, street cross-sectional typologies, land use patterns, and block structures. Documents include a studio overview, syllabus and an extensive report on “Urban Regeneration and Housing” in Lublin, Poland.

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Project Year:1995
Project Type:Urban Design Studio
Geographic Regions:Lublin, Poland
Reports:




Authors:Mona Serageldin; François Vigier; David Neilson; Janne Comeil; Nadar M. El-Bizri; Shimpei Ago; Ott Gira; Bert Hoffman; Hiroaki Inoue; Alyn Janis; Annette Kim; Victoria Marquis; William Doebele; Sonia Hammam; Carol Johnson; Alex Krieger; Barry Shaw;
Sponsors:The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University;
Categories:Design Studios; Education;
  
ID:1995_00_001

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“Introduction to Local Finances,” Teaching Monographs and Case Studies on Finance Management, by Visiting Lecturer David C. Jones, 1994-1999

Abstract

Between 1994 and 1999, David C. Jones was a visiting lecturer at the Unit for Housing and Urbanization. Jones lead seminars in the GDS International Training Programs for urban development practitioners. His contributions from I2UD’s records include the following materials:


Teaching monographs:
– “Municipal Government and Public Utilities: Financing and Management of Public Sector Infrastructure”
– “Financial, Economic and Social Impacts of Operational and Development Activities in Urban Communities”
– “Cost Definition and Recovery for Infrastructure, Land and Property”
– “Cost Measurement and Pricing of Local Public Services”

Case Studies:
– “Harvardia”
– “Harvard Yard Development Enterprise (HYDE)”

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Project Year:1994-1999
Project Type:Teaching Monographs
Geographic Regions:Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Reports:
“Municipal Government and Public Utilities: Financing and Management of Public Sector Infrastructure” (David Jones)


“Financial, Economic and Social Impacts on Operational and Development Activity on Urban Communities” (David Jones, July 1994)


“Cost Definition and Recovery” (David Jones, 1999)


“Cost Measurement and Pricing of Local Public Services” (David Jones)



“The Harvard Yard Development Enterprise (HYDE)” (David Jones, Case Study)


“Harvardia,” (David Jones, Case Study)

Authors:David C. Jones
Sponsors:Unit for Housing and Urbanization at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Categories:Urban Planning; Urban Finance
  
ID:1994_07_002

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“Urban Strategies for Economic Development: Towards an Agenda for the 90s,” Regional Report and Workshop for Amman, Jordan, 1987

A 1987 report authored by the Unit for Housing and Urbanization and funded by The World Bank, “Urban Strategies for Economic Development: Towards an Agenda for the 90s,” addressed the growth of informal settlements and the lack of adequate housing opportunities for low-income families in Amman, Jordan.

Documents include a Background Report on Amman, Jordan by John Driscoll, a report by Dr. Mona Serageldin from September 1989 titled “Infrastructure Financing and Land Development,” and a workshop summary from October 1989.

Excerpt



[Excerpt: “Infrastructure Financing and Land Development,” Context, Mona Serageldin, pp. 1]

“Within a given economic context, the ability of urban areas to stimulate and drive development is determined by the range and quality of their infrastructure. Throughout the 80’s, intractable budget deficits and increasing debt burdens have led to the curtailment of funding for urban infrastructure in all but one of the OECD countries. In developing nations weak urban institutions inherited from colonial times almost collapsed in the face of mounting needs and dwindling resources. The dynamic private sector could neither muster the capital nor the organizational capabilities needed to operate on the scale required for infrastructure development. Throughout the 70’s and BO’S informal developers maximized profits by externalizing the environmental cost of unplanned urbanization; a cost that the public sector is now forced to absorb. Municipalities struggling to simultaneously service building plots and retrofit uncontrolled settlements have been stretching distribution networks without improved trunk capacity. In many cities, overload well in excess of design capacity risks to collapse whole sectors of the system.”

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[Excerpt: “Introduction, Background Report on The Urban Development Department” of Amman, John Driscoll, pp. 3, 5.]

“According to World Bank studies, 34% of the urban population lives (ca. 1987) in cramped conditions with four or more persons per room in contrast to the national average of 2.6 persons per room. Development standards prescribing a minimum plot size of 250 to 300 sq. meters with high land prices have made it difficult for the moderate income households to obtain serviced land. Rent control has also distorted the housing market and led to the typical situation of substantial key money requirements, a condition which severely affects new families altering the housing market. Urban population growth, estimated at 5%, coupled with the lack of affordable legal alternatives resulted in the growth of informal settlements on the urban periphery. Ninety percent of housing construction is done by the private sector. Public sector construction is distributed between the UDD, the government owned Jordan Housing Cooperation and smaller housing programs.
….
“In 1980, UDPl represented a major change in government policies regarding the provision of low-income housing and basic services for the urban poor. New development standards made housing more affordable for lower-income groups. The process of comprehensive community upgrading of selected informal settlements and the development of new sites-and-services projects employing cost-recovery principles were a departure from past government practices and policies.”

Project Year:1987
Project Type:Regional Report
Geographic Regions:Amman, Jordan
Reports:

Urban Strategies for Economic Development:
“The Urban Development Department,” Amman, Jordan (September 1989)



Urban Strategies for Economic Development:
“Infrastructure Financing and Urban Development”(September 1989)



Urban Strategies for Economic Development:
“Urban Growth, Economic Opportunity or Hardship” (Summary of the Workshop, October 1989)



Authors:John Driscoll; Mona Serageldin;
Sponsors:The World Bank
Categories:Reconciliation and Development
  
ID:1987_09_001

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