FBC101 (virtual edition) consists of four, two-hour sessions, in which participants learn how form-based codes are funamentally different from conventional land use regulation and how they have evolved to solve many of the problems created by conventional zoning. The course provides an overview of the process of creating a form-based code, moving from an initial place-based community vision to an adopted code and beyond. Instructors combine lecture and classroom discussion with interactive exercises in observing community built form and shaping public space. Participants also learn about common misconceptions about form-based codes and the legal basis for form-based codes.
Unlike our one-day in-person version of FBC 101 class, this virtual edition unfolds over four sessions, and all are required for completion of the 101 class. Please ensure that you can attend all four of these sessions.
This class is a prerequisite for FBC 201 (urban design) and FBC 301 (code implementation). Participants who attend all three courses receive a certificate of completion from FBCI.
(All times Eastern)
- Module 1: Form-based codes – A tool for shaping community form and character.
Thursday, November 10, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET - Module 2: Learning what to look for when coding with a form-based code.
Thursday, November 17, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET - Module 3: Getting ready for a form-based code.
Thursday, December 1, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET - Module 4: Making your form-based code work in your community.
Thursday, December 8, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
- - -
Learning Obj. 1: Learn the definition and components of form-based codes, as important tools of urban design and placemaking, that are used to create and/or preserve communities that are livable, healthy, and prosperous.
Learning Obj. 2: Understand the types, scales, and diverse applications of form-based codes, including greenfield, infill, downtown, corridor, greyfield, historic neighborhood, zoning code update, and regional applications.
Learning Obj. 3: Understand the principles of urban form, which guide the development of form-based codes, including building site placement, height, use, and elements to frame the public realm and define "place."
Learning Obj. 4: Learn the organizing principles of form-based codes, and the various frameworks for form-based codes other than land use, including frontage, building, street types, transects, as examples.
Learning Obj. 5: Learn essential regulatory and legal aspects of form-based codes, as well as the genesis, rationale, and negative implications of by-right zoning under a “Euclidean” model, including the overuse of and need for special use permits and planned unit developments.
Learning Obj. 6: Successfully complete an interactive exercise of analysis of the local built environment to acquire an understanding of how the details of an existing place relates to code content.
Tony Perez
Confirmed Speaker
Tony works with communities to establish and translate policy direction into clear and implementable development standards that deliver walkable places. Tony is fluent in the language of urban design and architecture, enabling him to extract maximum information and direction out of a vision and from designers and stakeholders.
A leader …
Read More
Tony works with communities to establish and translate policy direction into clear and implementable development standards that deliver walkable places. Tony is fluent in the language of urban design and architecture, enabling him to extract maximum information and direction out of a vision and from designers and stakeholders.
A leader in advancing the practice of Form-Based Coding for 20 years, Tony has been on the Driehaus Award Jury and is a board member of the Form-Based Codes Institute. As an FBCI instructor, he works with planners across the U.S. to train them in using and explaining Form-Based Codes. Tony teaches Form-Based Planning and Form-Based Coding at Cal Poly Pomona in Southern California.
Read Less
Arti Harchekar, AICP
Confirmed Speaker
Arti is an urban designer, planner, and project manager who advocates for the creation of walkable, sustainable communities by way of physical placemaking. She is a trained architect in city architecture and urban design with a Master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. Her work includes the successful development …
Read More
Arti is an urban designer, planner, and project manager who advocates for the creation of walkable, sustainable communities by way of physical placemaking. She is a trained architect in city architecture and urban design with a Master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. Her work includes the successful development and implementation of downtown urban design plans, corridor and neighborhood revitalization strategies, transit-oriented plans, specific and special area plans, and form-based codes across the US. She brings a place-based thinking to planning and zoning and works with clients to ensure the calibrated strategies and standards can implement the community’s vision.
In addition to her professional work, Arti is a Lecturer at The University of California at Berkeley and is the Founder of Joyful Urbanist (www.joyfulurbanist.com).
Read Less
Marina Khoury
Confirmed Speaker
Marina Khoury is an expert in sustainable urban redevelopment, regional and master planning, transit-oriented developments, and form-based codes. As a partner at DPZ CoDesign, she has been Director of its Washington D.C. area office since 2007. A licensed architect and fluent in several languages, Khoury has worked on the design …
Read More
Marina Khoury is an expert in sustainable urban redevelopment, regional and master planning, transit-oriented developments, and form-based codes. As a partner at DPZ CoDesign, she has been Director of its Washington D.C. area office since 2007. A licensed architect and fluent in several languages, Khoury has worked on the design and implementation of projects in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and the Middle East including ground-breaking new codes around the world that mandate resilient urbanism. She speaks globally widely on issues related to Smart Growth and affordable, sustain¬able, and walkable communities, including at the United Nations. She co-led the development of the successful Miami21 code, the country’s first form-based code and holds a strong track-record of getting such codes adopted in efforts to create a predictable framework for resilient places. Marina is one of 20 members on the Expert Committee of Global Forum on Human Settlements (UNEP-GFHS) International Green Model City (IGMC) Initiative, under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Marina is also active in Washington area civic groups, including the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), where she served as a Board member of the CNU-DC chapter from 2007-2012, and was made a Fellow in 2022. She served as Chair of the Executive Board of Smart Growth America’s Form-Based Code Institute (FBCI) from 2018-2021, is a member of the Lambda Alpha International George Washington Chapter, a member of the Urban Guild and a LEED Accredited professional.
Read Less
