Lunch & Learn:
"Zoning: Origins, Evolution, and Consequences"
UrbanForm is happy to present a Lunch-and-Learn session to interested companies.
See below for course details, presenter bios, and how to schedule.
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Course Title:
"Zoning: Origins, Evolution, and Consequences"
Course Description:
This course provides a brief history of zoning in the US and its evolution till today. Zoning information and compliance is required by every single design and construction project in the US, yet its origins and impacts are not well understood. This course will introduce the history of zoning, how it has evolved, and how it is typically managed by architects and builders today.
Learning Objectives:
A basic understanding of the history of zoning; what are the legal bases for its implementation, how it has been applied, contemporary mechanisms for regulating the built environment, and how architects can better manage the acquisition of zoning information required for their projects.
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Logistics:
This session can be provided over Zoom or in-person, depending on availability in certain geographies
Lunch can be provided for confirmed attendees in firms no larger than 10.
No AIA CEU credits are currently available (certification is in progress).
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Presenters
Co-Founder & CEO
Quang Truong
AIA, Registered architect in NY and OR
Author "Composite Architecture" Birkhäuser
Faculty Portland State University
M.Arch, Yale
A.B., Dartmouth
Quang Truong, AIA, is an architect with almost 20 years of practice experience in national architecture firms, an adjunct professor of architecture at Portland State University, and has authored a book on design technology. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of UrbanForm, a company that provides a software tool to manage the process of acquiring zoning information for architects, developers, and contractors. He has a Masters in Architecture from Yale University.
Director of Business Development
Robin Scholetzky
AICP
LEED AP ND
Principal, UrbanLens Planning
Faculty Portland State University School of Urban Studies and Planning
MCRP, University of Oregon
Robin Scholetzky, AICP, GBCI is an urban planner with over 20 years of experience in Portland, Oregon, working with private companies and public jurisdictions to navigate and craft zoning regulations. She is an adjunct professor in the Masters of Urban & Region Planning department at Portland State Univeristy and obtained a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon.
Book a date
Check out our current Lunch & Learn presentation availability using the button below, or use the form at the bottom to send an email to hello@urbanform.us and inquire more specifically
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Please don't hesitate to reach out, and we're looking forward to getting to know you!