Smithville Foundation Grant 2020

Grant

Visit our growing collection of videos and webinars developed by CoDesign Commons and/or organizational partners. Topics range from aging and technology to dementia-friendly communities.

Design for a Livable Lifetime Community
Bloomington, IN. April, 2021.

Architect Zach Benedict discusses the concept of the Lifetime Community District, with particular reference to placemaking and current barriers to the development of good places. He emphasizes the importance of attention to social connections, over and above our cultural obsession with individualism.

Livable Communities for a Lifetime
ADA Great Lakes, University of IL, Chicago. March 2021.

ADA Great Lakes, University of IL, Chicago. March 2021. Anthropologist Phil Stafford clarifies the distinction between accessible design and universal design, arguing the latter framework lends itself well to comprehensive community participation for livable community development.

Lessons after COVID 19: Addressing Social Isolation through the Built Environment

Technology for a Good Old Age

Bloomington, IN and Portland OR. A talk by Michael Mehaffy of Sustasis Foundation and International Making Cities Livable (IMCL), with introduction and moderation by Phil Stafford of the Co-Design Commons, courtesy of Indiana University. Recorded December 10, 2020

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The CoDesign Co​mmons
Indiana office of Commons Planning, Inc. 
www.commonsplanning.org

Philip B. Stafford, CoDesign Director
[email protected]
812-361-6267
Bloomington, IN 47408