Design Connect is requesting applications for project partnerships with municipal governments, neighborhood organizations, and schools for its Fall 2018 semester. Design Connect is a student run community design and planning organization at Cornell University. We are committed to partnering with communities to address significant planning and design issues through a participatory and multidisciplinary process. This process requires a meaningful commitment of time and resources from both the community and Design Connect teams. SERVICES Design Connect offers community-based planning, design and policy work in the following areas: Research and Analysis Charrettes and Participatory Visioning Master Plans Parks and Open Space Design Public and Non-Profit Strategy Community Gardens Streetscape and Pedestrian-Oriented Design Playscapes and Educational Landscapes Interiors for Public PROCESS With guidance from a faculty advisor, students from a variety of disciplines - including, but not limited to, City & Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Historic Preservation - form teams and work with the community sponsor to complete the project task. Teams engage community members to shape an initial project idea into a conceptual design that reflects local needs and inspires a constituency that can take the project to the next level. Typically, teams work on projects within an academic semester, however, Design Connect will consider applicants with longer-term projects to submit proposals. Projects requiring more than one semester’s work must have distinct components with deliverables to be completed each semester. COST Design Connect requests a donation of $500 per project/semester to cover a travel expenses and material costs incurred by student volunteers. If your project is over an hour away from Ithaca, you may be asked to for an additional $200-$300 donation to offset the additional travel costs for the team. If your organization is unable to provide this level of support, please contact us to discuss alternatives. The donation is expected at the beginning of the project, as described in the Memorandum of Understanding upon project selection. ELIGIBILITY
Design Connect is requesting applications for project partnerships with municipal governments, neighborhood organizations, and schools for its Fall 2018 semester. Design Connect is a student run community design and planning organization at Cornell University. We are committed to partnering with communities to address significant planning and design issues through a participatory and multidisciplinary process. This process requires a meaningful commitment of time and resources from both the community and Design Connect teams. SERVICES Design Connect offers community-based planning, design and policy work in the following areas: Research and Analysis Charrettes and Participatory Visioning Master Plans Parks and Open Space Design Public and Non-Profit Strategy Community Gardens Streetscape and Pedestrian-Oriented Design Playscapes and Educational Landscapes Interiors for Public PROCESS With guidance from a faculty advisor, students from a variety of disciplines - including, but not limited to, City & Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Historic Preservation - form teams and work with the community sponsor to complete the project task. Teams engage community members to shape an initial project idea into a conceptual design that reflects local needs and inspires a constituency that can take the project to the next level. Typically, teams work on projects within an academic semester, however, Design Connect will consider applicants with longer-term projects to submit proposals. Projects requiring more than one semester’s work must have distinct components with deliverables to be completed each semester. COST Design Connect requests a donation of $500 per project/semester to cover a travel expenses and material costs incurred by student volunteers. If your project is over an hour away from Ithaca, you may be asked to for an additional $200-$300 donation to offset the additional travel costs for the team. If your organization is unable to provide this level of support, please contact us to discuss alternatives. The donation is expected at the beginning of the project, as described in the Memorandum of Understanding upon project selection. ELIGIBILITY
Design-Connect-RFP-Fall-2018-225trhy.docx