Hosted by the ICAA Florida Chapter 3 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Elective) | 3 AIA CES Learning Units | HSW
Join us as for a walking tour and lecture in the New Urbanist town of Windsor, FL. Meet at 1:00 pm at the Windsor Town Center designed by architect Scott Merrill. From here we will travel down to the South Village and tour several homes of different housing typologies. Following, a lecture with panelists Luis Van Cotthem, F. Xavier Iglesias, Isaac Stein, and moderator Jorge Hernandez will take place in the Windsor Town Hall, designed by famed urbanist Leon Krier. The panel will discuss the urbanism of the newly designed and platted North Village, discuss the history of the town’s urbanism, as well as discussions on this new future expansion. There will be discussions on identity and place, and how zoning and local codes affect this. The panel will discuss the unique urbanism of Windsor, its density, housing types, scale of blocks, streets, and public space; and how the relatively new, and still developing town, is proven exemplary with respect to its urbanism.
This event is hosted by an ICAA Chapter. Please check the Chapter website or contact the Chapter directly for the most up-to-date details including dates, times, and pricing.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1) Understand the urban principles by which Windsor was developed – Discuss the unique Windsor code in relation to its density, housing types, and scale of its streets, blocks, and public space.
2) Visit several housing types, including touring a few homes in Windsor’s South Village. Understand how certain traditional housing types, while using local materials and palette add to a sense of place and belonging within a new town.
3) Discuss how Windsor will use this traditional “New Urbanism” as a continued model for development in the future, particularly with discussions on the roles of zoning code on sense of place in the newly developing North Village.
4) Gain an understanding of the tangible measures in which this type of urban design improves the wellbeing of occupants and neighbors including increased social interaction, more active lifestyle, less reliance on motor vehicles, walkability, and “eyes on the street” security.