Syracuse SDAT
- Syracuse SDAT Report (pdf)
- Original Syracuse Application (pdf)
- AIA Syracuse SDAT Draft Summary Report 04/09 update (pdf)
- Other Sustainable Communities
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What Is the SDAT Program?
The city of Syracuse was one of 8 cities nationally to be selected as an SDAT Community in 2006.
The SDAT (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) program is an interdisciplinary community assistance program that focuses on principles of sustainability. Launched in 2005, the program represents an exciting chapter in the AIA’s history of supporting communities with volunteer design expertise.
This SDAT program is modeled on the AIA’s Regional and Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT) program. While the R/UDAT program provides communities with specific design solutions, the SDAT program provides broad assessments to help frame future policies or design solutions in the context of sustainability and helps communities plan the first steps of implementation.
The SDAT program is based on an understanding of design as a process that:
- Is integrative, holistic, and visual
- Is central to achieving a sustainable relationship among humans, the natural environment, and the place
- Gives three-dimensional form to a culture and a place
- Achieves balance among cultural, environmental, and economic systems
The SDAT program is grounded in the AIA design assistance team values, which call for a multidisciplinary approach, objectivity of the participating team members, and broad public participation.
