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John Hedrick Senior Advisor, Chaddick Institute
Robert Rotenberg Professor, Department of Anthropology
Municipal Design Review in Metropolitan Chicago…Community Look as Planning
The Chaddick Institute
Overview• Perspective
• General Design Review Approaches• Commission Based Study• Potential Improvements (MDRN)• Theory and Implications
• Observations (Q&A)
Background
Chaddick Institute Research: Prevalence of Design Review – IL Metro
Varied Approaches
“Appearance Commissions”(Design Review Boards)
Research FindingsTown/Village Decision
Type# of
Meetings # of CasesCases Invoking
Defense of Standards
Percent of Cases Invoking
Arlington Heights ARC 5 6 1 16%
Barrington ARC 4 4 2 50%
Glen Ellyn ARC 4 3 2 67%
Glenview 9 1 11%
Highland Park ARC 4 4 0
Lake Forest ARC/HPC 6 4 2 50%
Libertyville ARC 4 19 4 21%
Morton Grove ARC 3 5 1 20%
Schaumburg STF 2 3 1 33%
Totals 32 57 14
The Glen Ellyn ‘Look’
Design Review Best Practices
Municipal Design Review Network
Design Guidelines
Community Engagement
Example - Process
What Shapes Community Look?(findings for discussion)
“…the values we want to live by —rather than merely how we want things to look.”
New Directions?
“In essence, what works of design and architecture talk to us about is the kind of life that would most appropriately unfold within and around them.”
–Alaine de Botton, “The Architecture of Happiness”
CLOSING OBSERVATIONS…