| The Yale Urban Design Workshop (YUDW) provides a forum for faculty and
students from the School of Architecture, as well as students and faculty
from other professional schools at Yale, to engage in the study of issues,
ideas, and practical problems in the field of urban design. Since its
founding in 1992, the YUDW has worked with communities all across the
state of Connecticut, providing planning and design assistance on projects
ranging from comprehensive plans, economic development strategies and
community visions to the design of public spaces, streetscapes and individual
community facilities.
The YUDW’s clients include small towns, city neighborhoods, planning
departments, Chambers of Commerce, community development corporations,
citizen groups, and private developers. Current projects include town-center,
neighborhood, and public space plans for five towns in Connecticut – Bridgeport,
Old Saybrook, Fairfield, Clinton, and Bethany – as well as an ongoing
collaboration with the Dwight Neighborhood and the Greater
Dwight Development Corporation, both of New Haven. This collaboration
has, in the past, included
a comprehensive neighborhood plan, an addition to the Dwight
Elementary School, and is now focused on the completion of a 9,000 sq.
ft. daycare
center and office building, currently under construction.
The YUDW was part of a team recently selected to design the new campus
of Gateway Community
College in downtown New Haven.
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