Smartcode Local is a studio that is at once physical, virtual, and traveling. Since 1980, principal Sandy Sorlien has explored all fifty states, collecting the traditional wisdom of American rural landscapes, small towns, and city neighborhoods. Since 2004 she has worked intensively with the new urbanist model SmartCode created by DPZ & Co. for the planning, protection, and zoning of walkable mixed-use neighborhoods. Smartcode Local offers:

CODE WRITING

• Writing and facilitating of Smartcodes and other form-based codes from vision to adoption

SMARTCODE CALIBRATION TRAINING

• Training in transect-based techniques for your design firm or municipal planning office

CODE REVIEW

• expert review and editing of your SmartCode calibrations and other transect-based codes

TRANSECT-BASED PHOTOGRAPHY

• professional imagery of urbanism and architecture organized by Transect Zone, type, and locale

LECTURES AND WALKING TOURS

• charrette presentations illustrated with local examples
• photographic lectures on the components of walkable communities
• outdoor tours and interactive analysis of your local urbanism

contact: sandysorlien@comcast.net

Center for Applied Transect Studies

SmartCode Version 9 and Manual

Transect Collection Photographic Resource

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

CNU 23:
Meeting the Demand
for Walkable Places
Dallas, Texas, 2015
Wed. 4/29 11:30 AM
CNU Core session,
Transect & Coding

Photographs this page
©2008 Sandy Sorlien.