Water|Craft Urban-Infill Vol. 3

Water|craft is a collection of essays that look at urban and regional water issues and new design approaches. The impetus for this volume was the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative's experiences in working with the volatile urban situation of Cleveland; a fragile economy, aging infrastructure and damaged ecosystem. Within this context, water plays a critical role in revitalization efforts for the region. Water|craft highlights water-related best practices, particularly about water infrastructure made visible as a form-giver and a design driver.
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Pop Up City Urban-Infill Vol. 2

The staff of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative extend our deepest gratitude to colleagues in Berlin, Halle, and Chicago who contributed their work to Urban Infill Volume 2: Pop Up City. In this volume, Philipp Oswalt, Klaus Overmeyer, and Philipp Misselwitz provide a valuable framework for understanding the origins and outcomes of temporary and unplanned uses. Jennifer Malloy looks at the temporary use phenomenon as a counterculture urban development strategy. Tore Dobberstein and Andreas Haase provide an illustrated travelogue of their adventures in Cleveland. Elke Knöβ and Wolfgang Grillitsch explore the Dolmusch X-Press – a social and spatial experiment in the theatrics of temporary transit. And Terry Schwarz offers a Cleveland perspective on the role of temporary use in a transitional city.
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Support for the Pop Up City initiative is provided by the Civic Innovation Lab and the Sears-Swetland Foundation. The publication of the Pop Up City book was made possible by funding from the George Gund Foundation and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

 

Cities Growing Smaller Urban-Infill Vol. 1

This volume (and the series it begins) grew out of the experience of working in and with the volatile urban situation of Cleveland. Designing for neighborhoods with high vacancy and stagnant property values, the CUDC staff came to realize that the traditional tools of urbanism were not always right for the job. That experience led the CUDC to seek out partnerships with other researchers and practitioners who were looking for creative ways to improve cities with declining populations. Under the leadership of Terry Schwarz, the CUDC has conducted a variety of “Shrinking Cities” programs since 2004, and several of the collaborators we’ve met through those efforts are contributors to this book.
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