Introducing New Density to the Neighborhood

Bio: Gregory Tung is a Principal of Freedman Tung + Sasaki (FTS), a San Francisco-based urban design and town planning firm (formerly known as Freedman Tung & Bottomley). Mr. Tung’s professional focus is on the development of revitalization strategies for downtowns, corridors, and districts; the preparation of design guidelines and master plans for downtown and residential districts, civic centers, and street corridors; and the detailed design of streetscapes, public elements, and urban open spaces. Mr. Tung has been with FTS since its founding in 1986 in Mountain View, California. The firm’s implemented policies and built work are located in cities throughout California and neighboring states. In addition to his design work for FTS, Mr. Tung has taught and presented urban design for U.C. Berkeley and other California universities, the Congress for the New Urbanism, American Planning Association, the California Redevelopment Association, and at seminars abroad.

Education: BA Architecture Yale University 1979; Completed graduate coursework Architecture UC Berkeley 1985

Key Publications: "CNU Thirteen: Thee Polycentric City" (with Ellen Greenberg) PLACES Vol. 17, No. 2, July 2005. "Redesigning Suburban Arterials" CNU Task Force Report, Vol. 4, No. 4, Fall 2001. "Overlap Zones in the Street Section" PLACES Vol. 11, No. 2, July 1997.

Past Assignments: The Business Park of Yesterday and Tomorrow. June 12, 2012 - San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. The Grand Boulevard Corridor - Origins, Principles and Opportunities for the Future of San Mateo County. Housing Leadership Day, October 21, 2011 - Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County. Reworking Suburbia. September 28, 2011 - San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. Sustainability, Design and Community in Infill Development: The Experience of Livermore, California. April 21, 2011 - Institute of Urban and Regional Development. Restructuring for Urban Advantage. March 10, 2011 - AIA Sierra Valley Chapter. Retrofitting Corridors. January 19, 2011 - APA Webinar. Corridor Revitalization Opportunities. April 10, 2010 - American Planning Association National Planning Conference. Greening the Dream: Retrofitting the Suburbs - Evolving the City Pattern. November 11, 2009 - APA Sacramento Chapter. Getting more out of the same R.O.W.: Overlap Space Street Types. June 12, 2009 - Congress for the New Urbanism 17. Civilizing Two Downtown State Highways: SR-527 and SR-522 in Bothell, Washington. January 24, 2009 - 2009 New Partners for Smart Growth. Transforming Obsolete Strip Development into Community Assets. October 8, 2008 - California Redevelopment Association. Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares - Beyond Bulb-outs. June 1, 2006 - Congress for the New Urbanism 14. Civic Art - The Urban Design of Everything Else. December 7, 2005 - The Redwood City Forum. Corridors: The Urban Design Challenge. June 10, 2005 - Congress for the New Urbanism 13.

Bio: David Morley, AICP, is a Senior Research Associate with the American Planning Association, as well as APA's Planning Advisory Service Coordinator and Co-editor of Zoning Practice. Since 2007 he has contributed to APA research projects on topics including brownfields redevelopment, complete streets, urban agriculture, shrinking cities, solar energy, and disaster recovery. Morley has authored feature articles for APA publications including Planning, Zoning Practice, and PAS Memo on topics such as the use of computer simulation in development review, brownfields redevelopment, vacant land management, and land-use classification. Apart from his contributions to research projects and APA publications, Morley provides customized research on a daily basis for PAS subscribers. He coordinates and hosts a monthly after-hours lecture series titled Tuesdays at APA–Chicago and has facilitated workshops on community-based brownfield redevelopment strategies, and participated in numerous conference sessions and webinars on topics related to land-use regulation, solar energy use, revitalizing commercial corridors, design review, and brownfields.

Education: Morley has a master's degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Bio: Opticos Design, Inc (Founder) 1999-Present. Opticos is an urban design, architecture, and planning firm based in Berkeley California. We are focused on creating vibrant, sustainable urban places, are at the forefront of the paradigm shift in zoning practice away from used-based systems to form-based systems, and are also creating strategies for and designing innovative medium density housing (Missing Middle) to enable cities to meet the growing demand for walkable urban living. Previously worked with Robert AM Stern Architects in New York City

Education: Master of Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Architecture, University of Notre Dame

Key Publications: "Form-Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers." Wiley, 2008 "Missing middle housing: Responding to demand for urban living," 03 Apr 2012, Better! Cities & Towns http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs/dan-parolek/17698/missing-middle-housing-responding-demand-urban-living "Going Hybrid: How One City Overhauled its Zoning Code While Combining Form-Based and Conventional Element," Planning Magazine, February 2012

Other Publications: Various articles on Logos Opticos: Composing Vibrant Urban Places http://opticosdesign.com/news/

Past Assignments: Invited to give the New Jersey APA annual conference keynote in 2012 Teaching 101, 201, and 301 level Form-Based Code courses through the Form-Based Codes Institute since 2006 APA PTS training in 2011 and 2012 Ongoing speaking engagements at national APA conference, Congress for New Urbanism's national conference, and the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference since 2006