THE BEAUTY OF THE QUAKE
According to a paper published by John B. McFarland in November of 2015, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission which regulates oil and gas in the state, although skeptical at first, are now beginning to take actions concerning injection wells and induced quakes since...
Connecting communities through Urban Farming – Towards resiliency
Urban farming takes many shapes and forms; It is a shape shifter with high potential in rendering services to communities and cities not just by providing food, they contribute in economic growth, community building and improved health. According to the...
27 Hours in Vinita
Hello! My name is Goutam Vella, I am a landscape architecture graduate student and graduate assistant at OU Institute for Quality Communities. I am from India with a background in architecture, I am always fascinated with buildings and green spaces....
Visiting Blanchard’s Main Street
17 students in the Environmental Design Practicum course took on a special project in Blanchard, as part of partnership between the City of Blanchard, Oklahoma Municipal League, and Institute for Quality Communities. After several weeks of studying street...
A Student’s Perspective
Hi, my name is Rachel Ware; landscape architecture graduate student & graduate research assistant at the OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC). Landscape architect (n): “Landscape architects analyze, plan, design, manage, and nurture the built and natural...
Propose a Project in Your Community
OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Established in 2008, the University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) offers conceptual design and planning assistance from the OU College of Architecture. This page provides an overview of how...
Toni Griffin and Mike Lydon – Placemaking Conference 2017
Design for the Just City (02:30) Toni L. Griffin works with cities as the founder of Urban Planning for the American City, with projects including Detroit Future City, a comprehensive citywide framework for urban transformation. She is developing values-based planning...
Victor Dover – Placemaking Conference 2017
Making Great Streets (01:40) Victor Dover is an expert on how to fix our streets, and in the process, shape enduring cities that people really love. His work spans 25 years and five continents as a cofounder of award-winning town planning firm Dover, Kohl &...
Mayor Jim Brainard – Placemaking Conference 2017
Video courtesy of OU OnDemand Leadership in Placemaking (8:00) Mayor Jim Brainard is Carmel, Indiana's first six-term mayor. During his leadership, Carmel has grown in population from 25,000 to more than 80,000, and has become a vibrant, thriving city with transformed...
Marcus Westbury and Patrick Kennedy – Placemaking Conference 2017
Renew Australia (01:45) Marcus Westbury is the founder of the multi-award-winning Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia projects that have helped launch more than two hundred creative and community projects in Newcastle, New South Wales, and reopened more than a hundred...
Fred Kent and Susan Silberberg – Placemaking Conference 2017
The Story of Placemaking (04:30) As founder and president of Project for Public Spaces, Fred Kent is a leading authority on revitalizing city spaces. He travels more than 150,000 miles every year, working on hundreds of projects since 1975. He has taken over half a...
Pedestrian Interventions in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires has been implementing an impressive set of pedestrian interventions since 2012- This page shares some examples from the city's official report, and provides Google Street View frames so that you can explore some of these intersections virtually....