Austin Oaks charrette scheduled

As promised, the owner of the proposed Austin Oaks PUD along with neighborhood representatives will participate in a “design charrette” in January in order to come to some consensus over the site’s design. The owner of the site, Spire, agreed to the charrette, which is “a multi‐day design exercise that brings neighbors together with a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers, and other specialists to produce a design for the property,” according to a press release about the process. “Neighborhood representatives and the owner have hired Doug Farr, FAIA, from Chicago as the design facilitator for the charrette, and the Austin firm TBG Partners has been hired as the design team. Farr and the professionals at TBG are among leading urban design architects and landscape architects in the United States.” The charrette is scheduled to take place from Jan. 24 to Jan. 29 at the Austin Oaks site. Leading up to the exercise, there will be neighborhood meetings and workshops to help clarify the neighborhood’s input. For more information, contact project manager Ben Luckens at ben_luckens@sbcglobal.net or 707‐616‐0608.