WHAT IS BLUEPRINT FOR AMERICA?
Blueprint for America is the cornerstone of the AIAs 150th Anniversary Celebration. Intended to inspire communities to come together around architecture, Blueprint provides the opportunity for individuals to collaborate with AIA architects and share their ideas for creating livable communities. As the projects are completed over the course of this year, the AIA will compile case studies from individual Blueprint projects. The case studies, intended for local officials interested in implementing similar programs, will be accessible through the AIAs Web site, www.aia150.org free of charge. The completed piece, titled a Blueprint for America Mosaic: A Gift to the Nation, was presented by the AIA in 2008.
ROBERTSON COUNTY
On Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, 2007, citizens of Robertson County convened in the United Methodist Church in Springfield for a Visioning Workshop on Preserving Rural Land and Revitalizing Town Centers. This was the first of three workshops being convened this year in Middle Tennessee as part of the American Institute of Architects 150 Blueprint for America Initiative. In Middle Tennessee, this A.I.A. program focuses on the challenges communities face undergoing rapid growth. Prior discussion with Robertson County leadership indicated that there existed significant concern over the quality of its growth patterns, and the need to retain its traditional character while undergoing sustainable growth. Robertson County is the first such workshop, with subsequent workshops scheduled for Lebanon and Kingston Springs. There are two essential elements in the A.I.A. Middle Tennessee initiative. The first is to address problems of growth and town centers through the A.I.A.s Ten Principles of Livable Communities, and second, to get A.I.A. architects intensively engaged for a two-day period with the citizens of the three selected communities.
Robertson County Summary Report Presentation
Robertson County Final Report
Cost of Community Services Study
Cost of Community Services Handout
LEBANON
On Thursday and Friday, August 9 and 10, 2007, citizens of Lebanon, Tennessee convened at Cumberland University's Heydel Fine Arts Center Auditorium for Assessment and Visioning Workshops on Lebanon's Town Center and Its Neighborhoods: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats and The Potential of Transit-Oriented Development in Lebanon. This was the second of three such sets of workshops being convened this year in Middle Tennessee as part of the American Institute of Architects 50 Blueprint for America initiative, which celebrates through community interaction the AIA™'s 50th birthday. In Middle Tennessee, this program focuses on the challenges communities face undergoing rapid growth. Prior discussion with Lebanon public officials indicated that there existed significant concern over the quality of its growth patterns, and the need to retain traditional character while undergoing sustainable growth.
Lebanon Summary Report Presentation
Lebanon Final Report
KINGSTON SPRINGS
On Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, 2008, citizens of Kingston Springs, Tennessee convened at Harpeth High School for Community Assessment and Visioning Workshops on Revitalizing the Town Center(s) and Conserving Open Land in Kingston Springs. This was the third of three such sets of workshops being convened in Middle Tennessee as part of the American Institute of Architects 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative. In Middle Tennessee, this program focuses on the challenges communities face under going rapid growth. Kingston Springs could be characterized as a rural hamlet. There are two essential elements in the AIA Middle Tennessee Initiative. The first is to address the interrelated challenges of revitalizing town centers and conserving open land through the AIA's Ten Principles of Livable Communities, and second to get AIA architects intensively engaged for a two day period with the citizens of the three selected communities-- as grassroots outreach, public awareness, and cultural connectivity..
Kingston Springs Summary Report Presentation
Kingston Springs Final Report