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Field Session

MON-FS-01: Rooting in Place: Jackson Meadow’s Ecological, Cultural and Design Legacy

Monday, October 30, 2023
7:15am – 12:30pm CT

Ticket Purchase Required
3.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW
Ticket price: $120 per person; includes transportation. Moderate walking.
Jackson Meadow is a nationally recognized residential development in Marine on Saint Croix, Minnesota. Building on the historic town’s layout and strong Scandinavian culture, the project challenged the status quo of a suburban development and created an ecologically sensitive community rooted in the midwestern landscape.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how to extract context to inform layout and design through an analysis of Jackson Meadow’s response to Marine on Saint Croix and its rural Minnesota landscape setting.
  • Understand the importance of design guidelines in creating a sense of varied cohesion for housing developments, or any project with multiple iterations of similar program.
  • See how the passage of time impacts a development through the lens of long-time residents; learn how designers work with varied budgets and address recent cost increase issues.
  • Explore environmental stewardship and maintenance models that build upon an original ecologically sensitive design vision.