Delays and Improvements

November 2nd, 2012, 9:50 pm

With our deadlines approaching quickly, we are still awaiting an Urban Designer whom we have previously contacted, will be arriving in Windsor over the weekend. If everything goes well, we will start with our design process. Moreover, our team had experienced many setbacks to this project. For one, our urban designer does not reside in Windsor, so future contact may be difficult.

With all the feed back, we went from a generalized idea  to a more narrowed specifics regarding this project. Thus experiencing a lot of changes to ideas. Because of this, we had to reform ideas and change our proposal countless of times and will continue to change as we investigate further.

Since this group is a two person team, both members have to fill in roles required to make this project succeed. We find ourselves multitasking interviews, data collection, animation and work with programs we were not trained for. As a team of two, we find ourselves reaching out discovering and acquiring new skills every week.

Since this project gave us a sense of growth and vast knowledge on alleyways. This is not the only thing the grew. Our friendship and freedom to communicate with each other on a informal level allowed us to be open with each other. So every group has its own problems and so did ours. As responsibility increased with measures, stress built for the both of us. But we were able to problem solve and work around them. We did not let our arguments get the better of us. We found being open is very important especially with the progress of this project.

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Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges

March 13th, 2010, 1:34 pm

Landscape Architecture specialist Karen Landman will present “Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges” to the public at 7pm on Thursday March 18 at the University of Windsor.

Ms. Landman will address the opportunities and challenges of sustainable living through urban food production while discussing urban agriculture, land stewardship, food systems and urban ‘greening’ projects in other communities.

A professor in Landscape Architecture at the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph has a background in landscape architecture, planning and development, and cultural geography.  Landman has had a design practice for over 20 years, specializing in planting design. In 2007, she was the recipient of the Ontario Agriculture College Distinguished Professor Award. Her current research interests include green infrastructure, urban agriculture, local food systems, urban to rural linkages, community landscape-stewardship planning, and especially the linkages between design and planning.

Event:

• Thursday March 18^th
• 7- 9pm
• Room 115
• School of Visual Arts, LeBel Building
• University Of Windsor

(South West Corner of Huron Church Road and College Ave.)

All students and community members are encouraged to attend this event to gain valuable insight into establishing Urban Agricultural Projects for our West Windsor community.

This event is hosted by University of Windsor, Green Corridor in support of the Campus Community Garden Project.

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