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The Center for Communities by Design manages the Design
Assistance Team (DAT) program, which brings together
architect-led multidisciplinary teams to identify ways to encourage
desirable change in a community. The DAT approach - which
can address social, economic, environmental, political, and
physical issues - offers communities a tool that mobilizes local
support and fosters new levels of cooperation. The DAT
program is offered to communities as a public service of the
AIA.
Since 1967 the Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team
(R/UDAT) program has used a grassroots,
charrette-style approach to help create livable communities.
R/UDATs combine local resources with the expertise of professionals
from across the nation. The team conducts an intensive four-day
workshop onsite, engaging all members of the community in creating
a vision for the future.
The Sustainable Design Assessment
Team (SDAT) program was
introduced in 2005. Modeled after the R/UDAT program, SDATs
provide communities with broad assessments to help frame
future policies and design solutions in the context of
sustainability. SDAT teams work with local stakeholders and
community members to forge a sustainable relationship between
humans, the natural environment, and place.
The DAT program can
additionally craft technical assistance based upon specific needs
that do not fit into the R/UDAT or SDAT programs. Please
contact Erin Simmons at esimmons@aia.org or 202.626.7492
for more information.
More:
 About R/UDAT
R/UDAT Guide: Planning Your Community's
Future (Updated!)
List of R/UDAT
Communities
About SDAT
2008 SDAT Application Packet
Call for SDAT
Volunteers
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