What Do Design Reviewers Really Do? Understanding Roles Played by Design Reviewers in Daily Practice

Joongsub Kim, PhD, RA, AIA, AICP, Professor at Lawrence Technological University, directs its Detroit Studio (an off-campus, community-based design center) and the Master of Urban Design Program. Dr. Kim, a graduate of MIT and the University of Michigan, focuses on public interest design, and he has received numerous honors and grants, including an ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, a Boston Society of Architects National Research Grant, an ACSA Collaborative Practice Award Citation, a Graham Foundation Advanced Studies Grant, an NCARB Integration of Practice and Education National Grant, an AIA Michigan President’s Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, a Kellogg Foundation Grant, and a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant. He has written chapters for several books published by Routeledge, Brill, and Stylus. In addition, his work has been published in IN_BO (Italy), Urban Design International, Journal of Urban Design, Places, Environment & Behavior, Open House International (England), Architectural Research Centers Consortium Journal, Architectural Record, and Architect.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Overview of Current Status in Design Review.- Chapter 3. Research Method.- Chapter 4. Interview Results: The Design Reviewer as Educator.- Chapter 5. Interview Results: The Design Reviewer as Facilitator.- Chapter 6. Interview Results: The Design Reviewer as Therapist.- Chapter 7. Interview Results: The Design Reviewer as Convener.- Chapter 8. Survey Results.- Chapter 9. Lessons Learned from the Study, Implications of Design Review, and Conclusion.- References.- References for Figures.- Appendix 1: Interview questions.- Appendix 2: Survey Questionnaire.