TEACHING / PENN STATE UNIVERSITY/ FALL 2006

During the Fall 2006 semester an upper level studio of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and geography students from Pennsylvania State University worked on a comprehensive study of East Biloxi. They began the semester with a comparative analysis of three recently created plans for the future of the city, then paid a weeklong visit to Biloxi to gather additional information. The students worked in topical groups and identified projects to develop during the semester. During a second trip to Biloxi they presented their ideas to the community and gathered feedback. The final reviews were held at Penn State with David Perkes visiting from Biloxi, and were followed by the production of a comprehensive report entitled, The Citizen's Guide to Biloxi, through a collaborative effort with Penn State’s Hamer Center for Community Design, which you can view here.

For more information about the Citizen's Guide, please contact David Perkes (dperkes (at) gccds.msstate.edu) or Michael Rios (mxrios (at) ucdavis.edu).