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UTILIZING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN OKLAHOMA 2013 GEOSPATIAL WORLD FORUM May 15, 2013 9:00 am – 11:00 am Beurs-World Trade Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands Leehu Loon, RLA, MLA, ASLA Associate Professor and Graduate Liaison The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture Division of Landscape Architecture

The United States

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The City of Yukon, Oklahoma

Route 66

Route 66 and Oklahoma

Route 66  Opened in the 1920’s  First major east/ west road in the US  Modernization/ personal vehicles made it a recreational activity to go “motoring”  Cultural significance  Construction of Interstate system in the mid- 1950’s  Has endured as a tourist attraction

City of Yukon, OK Data Population: 22,709  Median Household Income: $64,763  Median Age: 38  Average Household Size: 2.6  Most residents drive a personal vehicle to work for an average of  20 minutes Racial demographics  91% White  4% American Indian & Alaska Native  2% Asian  2% Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander  1% Black or African American 

Studio Design Team  12 month grant from the City of Yukon  Faculty  Landscape Architecture and Architecture  Students  3 rd year undergraduate Architecture students  2 nd year graduate Landscape Architecture students  Community and City leaders

Geospatial Technologies and Landscape Architecture  Well rounded educational opportunity  Project scope evolves throughout  Multi-disciplinary education  Pivotal for design education to mimic real world application  Faculty can conduct applied research  Positive impacts for Oklahoma communities  Connecting University to the taxpayers

Research Methods  Applied Research  Assesses theories, knowledge, methods, techniques  Qualitative Research  Why and how?  Results relate to specific cases(s) and general conclusions are only hypotheses

Geodesign and Landscape Architecture What is Geodesign?  “ Geodesign is the thought process comprising the creation of  entities in geographic space.” – Bill Miller “ Geodesign is designing with nature in mind.” – Jack Dangermond  “ Geodesign is changing geography by design.” – Carl Steinitz  “ Geodesign is both an old idea and a new idea.” – Jack Dangermond 

What is Geodesign? A Framework for Geodesign: Changing Geography by Design.  Written by Carl Steinitz, Esri Press, 2012. A Framework for Geodesign. (Source: Carl Steinitz, Esri Press)

A Geodesign Framework

GIS Methodology (Workflow) GIS Workflow from Making Spatial Decision: Using GIS, A Workbook  by Kathryn Keranen and Robert Kolvoord  GIS Workflow  Define the problem or scenario 1. Identify the deliverables (mostly maps) needed to support the decision 2. Identify, collect, organize, and examine the data needed to address the 3. problem Document your work 4. Create a process summary • Document your map • Set the environments • Prepare your data 5. Create a basemap or locational map 6. Perform the geospatial analysis 7. Produce the deliverables, draw conclusion, and present the results 8.

LA Design Process  Pre-Project Design Phase Work  Phase I: Data Collection and Analysis  Phase II: Conceptual Design and/or Program Development and Planning Studies  Phase III: Preliminary Master Plan  Phase IV: Master Plan  Phase V: Schematic Design  Phase VI: Design Development  Phase VII: Contract Documents  Phase VIII: Bidding and Contract Award  Phase IX: Construction Administration  Phase X: Post Construction Observation and Evaluation

GIS Workflow and the LA Design Process GIS Workflow LA Design Process Define problem Data Collection/ Analysis 1. I. Identify deliverables Conceptual Design 2. II. Data Preliminary Master Plan 3. III. Document work Master Plan 4. IV. Prepare data Schematic Design 5. V. Create basemap Design Development 6. VI. Perform geospatial analysis Contract Documents 7. VII. Deliverables, conclusions, Bidding/ Contract Award 8. VIII. and results Construction Administration IX. Post Construction X. Observation/ Evaluation

Course Goals and Objectives  Course Goals  Understand key areas of information, GIS, and design  Course Objectives  Analyzing, synthesizing, and applying information pertinent to projects  What is meaning in built environment?  What is a sense of community?  Real world project  Relevant issues: sustainability, urban form, pedestrian circulation, infill development, housing, density, mixed-use, public spaces, mixed-mode circulation; public participation, implementation and funding strategies, feasibility, and place.

Project #1 – Site Inventory and Analysis  Understand the City  What is successful?  Residential, Commercial, Parks & Recreation Areas GIS Workflow (8 of 8) LA Design Process (2 of 10) All 8! I: Data collection/ analysis • • Define problem, Identify II: Conceptual Design • • deliverables, Data, Document work, Prepare data, create basemap, Perform geospatial analysis, Deliverables, conclusions, results

Project #2 – Connections and Corridors  Scales of Urban Design  Traffic Calming  Pedestrian Oriented Community GIS Workflow (4 of 8) LA Design Process (4 of 10) 1: Define problem I: Data collection/ analysis • • 2: Identify deliverables II: Conceptual Design • • 5: Prepare data III: Preliminary Master Plan • • 8: Deliverables, conclusions, results IV: Master Plan • •

Project #3 – Urban Design (Main Street)  Comprehensive design process  Collect data, analyze data, understand data  Prepare basemap  Site Inventory and Analysis to Schematic Design to Master Plan LA Design Process (6 of 10) GIS Workflow (5 of 8) I: Data collection/ analysis • 3: Data • 5: Prepare data • II: Conceptual design • III: Preliminary master plan 6: Create basemap • • 7: Perform geospatial analysis IV: Master plan • • V: Schematic design 8: Deliverables, conclusions, results • • VI: Design development •

The Final Report

The Final Report  ArcGIS Online for inventory and analysis  ArcGIS Desktop  Lumion rendering software  City Engine software from Esri

For Oklahoma Communities?  What worked?  What did not work?  What almost worked?  Future community projects

Geodesign Center at OU  New initiative in the College of Architecture  Working to connect to…  On-campus partners  Off-campus partners  Find the people who…  Are asking the questions  Want the answers  Identify…  Potential projects  Funding sources

Questions/ Comments Utilizing Geospatial Technologies in Higher Education to Assist Communities in Oklahoma Leehu Loon, RLA, MLA, ASLA Associate Professor and Graduate Liaison The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture Division of Landscape Architecture lloon@ou.edu