1 vanegas/chud/carc/tamu january 19, 2007 i would like to start by thanking carol, for giving me the...

Vanegas/CHUD/CARC/TAMU

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I would like to start by I would like to start by thanking Carol, for thanking Carol, for

giving me thegiving me the

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Idiopathic postprandial syndrome

A medical term describing a collection of symptoms in which people suffer from recurrent episodes of altered mood and

cognitive efficiency, often accompanied by weakness and adrenergic symptoms such as

shakiness, typically after a meal...


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Enhancing the Quality of Life forEnhancing the Quality of Life for

PeoplePeople and and PlacePlacein the Colonias of Texasin the Colonias of Texas

Through Through Sustainable Sustainable UrbanismUrbanism

Dr. Jorge A. VanegasDirector, CHUD

2nd International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science

NZ Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science The University of Auckland

20-23 February 2007

CENTER FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


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Howdy!Howdy!Howdy!Howdy!

Tena KoutouTena Koutou


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The Context...The Context...

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Sustainability is about PEOPLE...

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7Sustainability is about PLACE...

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CHUD’s Primary Geographical Area of Operations to Date

1,254 miles2,333 colonias

over 400,000 people


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Our Physical Infrastructure...

Our Physical Infrastructure...

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CHUD’s Main and Regional Offices

College Station

Weslaco(Lower Rio Grande Region

El Paso(Western Region)

Laredo(Central Rio Grande Region)

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Val Verde CountyCRC: Del Rio

Hidalgo CountyCRCs: Progreso Monte Alto North San Juan San Carlos Alton/La Joya

Cameron CountyCRC: Cameron Park

CHUD’s Community Resource Centers and Service Centers

Maverick CountyCRC: Seco Mines

Willacy CountyCRCs: La Sara Sebastian

El Paso CountyCRCs: Sparks SocorroService Centers: Montana Vista Westway Fort Hancock Mexican Consulate

Webb CountyCRCs: El Cenizo Larga Vista Quad-Cities Rio Bravo Bruni Webb County Self Help Center (Hwy 359) Peñitas West Buenos Aires (Urban CRC) Santa Teresa (under construction) La Presa (under construction)

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Our Human Infrastructure...

Our Human Infrastructure...

CHUD Organizational Structure FY’06Direct Line of Supervision

and Communication

DirectorDr. Jorge Vanegas

* Variable Staff Number is Composed Primarily of Promotoras

Assistant Director of Texas Communities Outreach Program

June Martin

Assistant Dean for Finance & Administration

Craig Griffith

Advisory Boards are in the process of being established…

CHUD External Advisory Board

CHUD Internal Advisory Board

Total Staff: 10* Total Staff: 9*Total Staff: 31*

ProgramCoordinator

Diana García

AdministrativeAssistant

Yolanda Bryant

ProgramCoordinator

Sara Buentello


Ofelia Rodríguez

ProgramCoordinatorFlor Leal


Irene Treviño

Western Rio Grande RegionAssociate Director

Eufemia (Pema) Garcia

Central Rio Grande RegionAssociate Director

Pedro Lara

Lower Rio Grande RegionAssociate Director

Laura Treviño

Assistant Director of Finance & Administration

Barbara Henry

Business Coordinator IGloria Harvey

DeanJ. Thomas Regan

Deputy DirectorOscar Muñoz

Pool of AssociatedFaculty & Students

(As Needed on Projects)

Faculty and Student Fellows Programs are in the process of being established…

Faculty & StudentsFellows Program

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The Heart of CHUD:The Promotoras Program

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From the Beginning…

• “Work in the Colonias” was the primary directive of the State Legislative Mandate.

• CHUD began operations in 1991 by trying to learn what residents felt they needed to reduce their isolation.

We asked . . . .

Then we listened…

Then we

delivered…

And we continue to deliver…


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The Outcomes...The Outcomes...

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Total Number of People Served in CHUD’s Community Resource Centers

FY’05

643,062

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Total Number of People Transported with Vans by CHUD

FY’05

27,651

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Funding FY’04 (sample)

Total FY’04:

$4,889,306

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Total FY’05:

$3,168,941

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Total FY’06:

$2,545,836(partial to date)

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CHUD Public and Private Partners (sample)

Total To Date:

Over 400

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CHUD is a Portal…

…which, through its physical and human infrastructure…

…connects the complete resource base at TAMU to Las Colonias,

and Las Colonias to the complete resource base at TAMU …


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The Basic Premises...The Basic

Premises...

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Satisfying the infrastructure and economic development needs of rural and non-rural border and coastal communities in Texas, satisfying the growing needs for housing, and improving and strengthening the available resources and policies affecting economically distressed areas, especially regarding water and wastewater services, and transportation and health infrastructure needs of Texas colonias, pose inextricably linked problems, needs, and opportunities.

Premise 1

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As a result, these charges require that the State, working with other key

stakeholders in the public and private sectors, acknowledge their links, and invest in establishing mechanisms to work together at local, regional, state,

national, and even international levels, to pursue integrated solutions to these

challenges.

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In addition, any governmental and/or private sector initiatives to plan, finance,

develop, and deliver basic civil infrastructure solutions (such as potable

water supply, energy, transportation, sewage and solid waste management, and

communications systems), housing solutions, and/or community and economic

development solutions for these target communities, have multiple dimensions.

Premise 2

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Consequently, they need to address formally, explicitly, proactively, and

in an integrated way, the social, economic, and environmental

dimensions, and at the same time strive to eliminate, reduce, and

mitigate risk and vulnerability to natural hazards.

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Furthermore, and given that the interrelationships, interdependencies, and complexity of the external factors affecting the planning, financing, development, and delivery of these types of solutions, these initiatives cannot afford to continue following the same strategies, mechanisms, and processes that have been used to date.

Premise 3

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Thus, they require new approaches that are bold, creative and innovative,

systems-based, contextually-sensitive, evidenced-based, outcome-

driven, and technology-enabled.

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Finally, the challenges for the State posed by the problems, needs, opportunities, and

aspirations of border and coastal communities in rural and non-rural areas of

Texas, cannot be overcome by government officials, policy makers, regulatory

agencies, finance institutions, community leaders, planners, architects, engineers, suppliers, builders, or end-users alone.

Premise 4

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Rather, overcoming these challenges requires and demands that all these stakeholders link, coordinate, and

integrate their efforts as a single cohesive critical mass, pooling,

leveraging, and sharing their resources, within local, regional, state, national, and international public/private partnerships, in the pursuit of initiatives, programs, and projects of common interest and

benefit to all.


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The Vision...The Vision...

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Begins with new paradigm of integration…

CHUD

Practice/Outreach/Service

Education• Engagement• Exploration• Explanation• Elaboration• Evaluation

• Engagement• Exploration• Explanation• Elaboration• Evaluation

Research• Disciplinary• Multidisciplinary• Interdisciplinary• Crossdisciplinary• Transdisciplinary

• Disciplinary• Multidisciplinary• Interdisciplinary• Crossdisciplinary• Transdisciplinary

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…To move from the Baseline of what is, to a Vision of what can be…

Demonstration

Development

Deployment

Research

CHUDCHUDCurrent State(Status Quo)

Future State(Vision)

Partners Partners

Partners Partners

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…Focused on three specific knowledge domains:

Las ColoniasCurrent Set of Programs and Projects at the

Western, Central, and Lower Rio Grande Regions

UrbanDevelopment

Expanded Set ofPrograms and Projects at

Las Colonias,State of Texas,

Regional,National, and

International Levels

HousingExpanded Set of

Programs and Projects atLas Colonias,State of Texas,

Regional,National, and

International Levels

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Education

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FoundationFoundation

Research

…Target 1: Enhancing the current academic paradigm…

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Researching what isResearching what istaught and howtaught and how

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FoundationFoundation

Research

CHUD

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… Transcending traditional formal education

ContinuingEducationAEC ProfessionalsOther Professionals

Government OfficialsThe Community

ServiceLearningCARC Students

Other TAMU StudentsOther U.S. Students

International Students

K-12Education

Traditional Formal University Education

Disciplinary and InterdisciplinaryBachelor, Master, and

Doctoral Levels

Vocationaland Community

College Education

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…Target 2: Enhancing the quality of life (People) in las colonias and beyond...

Educationand

WorkforceDevelopment

ChildrenYoung Women and MenAdult Women and Men

The Elderly

Healthand

HumanServicesIndividuals

FamiliesCommunities

EconomicDevelopment

Young Women and MenAdult Women and Men

The Elderly

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…Target 3: Enhancing the quality of the built environment (Place) in las colonias and beyond...

CivilInfrastructure

SystemsWater and Sewage

StormwaterEnergy

Transportation/MobilityCommunications

UrbanPlanning and

DesignUrban

Semi-urban/Semi-ruralRural

Housing andCritical Community

Facilities Housing

Community Resource/Self Help Centers

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BUILTENVIRONMENT

EnhancedCharacteristics

of Specific Housing and Urban Development

Solutions

EnhancedContextual Envelopeof Specific Housing and

Urban DevelopmentSolutions

EnhancedProcesses for

the Delivery and Useof Specific Housing and


… By enhancing what we do, how we do it, with what we do it, and where we do it...

EnhancedCompatibility among

Characteristics,Processes, and

Resources

EnhancedResources for

the Delivery and Useof Specific Housing and


• Integrated: Practice, Outreach & Service Education & Training Research & Development Demonstration & Deployment

• Data and Information• Knowledge (Best Practices)• Experience (Lessons Learned)• Understanding & Wisdom• Creativity &

Innovation

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Characteristics andRequirements

of Specific Housing and Urban Development

Solutions

Processes forthe Delivery and Useof Specific Housing and


Resources forthe Delivery and Useof Specific Housing and


BUILTENVIRONMENT

Enhanced

EnhancedEnhanced

EnhancedContextual Envelopeof Specific Housing and


…Through the application of three sets of principles:

Sustainability

Lean ProjectDelivery

Fully Integratedand Automated

Technologies

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Principles 1:The full dimension of Sustainability…

Environmental andEcological Systems

Economic and Financial Systems

Social, Cultural, Political, and Regulatory SystemsSocial, Cultural, Political, and Regulatory Systems

Spatial andTemporal

Scales

Perspectivesand Levels ofComplexity

The Natural Environment The Resource Base

People

The Industrial Base

The Built Environment

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Principles 1:And of Sustainable Urbanism…

A new crucible for interdisciplinary expertise in environmental design and engineering, as well as earth and social

sciences, dealing with processes that make urban environments sustainable in the long

run.

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Principles 1:And of Sustainable Urbanism…

Explores sustainability and cities in a rapidly urbanizing world by focusing

on the developments, infrastructure, built landscapes, facilities, and the practices that govern them, which comprise the urban environment.

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Principles 1:And of Sustainable Urbanism… (cont.)

Specializes in integrative and collaborative approaches to theory-

informed, problem-based learning about the relationships among sustainability, cities, and the environmental design

professions.

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Investigates, designs, plans, and makes policy for urban settlements that are equitable, energy efficient, ecologically sound, and prosperous,

solving problems heretofore intractabledue to the separation of:

scales of practice,disciplines of knowledge,

jurisdictions of government, underlying causes from symptoms,

process from outcome, and scope of diagnosis and analysis, from prognosis and prescription.

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Satisfies a rapidly growing need for problem solving in urban, suburban, and urbanizing rural settings, where humans live, work and

play, from highly trained generalists who see the big picture, who integrate knowledge domains,

who analyze underlying conditions, and who create novel solutions through inclusive collaboration; while at the same time are

technically proficient in one or more urban specialties.

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Is anchored in the innate desires of people to make home, to make business,

to make place, to grow, and to be creative, as the active drivers of the process;

instead of being a process that renders people as mere props in soulless spaces

that do not respect these desires…

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Alteration &Decommissioning

Operations &Maintenance

Use

Commissioning

Installation

LeanAssembly/

Construction

Fabrication &Logistics

DetailedEngineering

LeanSupply

ProductDesign

ProcessDesign

LeanDesign

Principles 2:The full dimension of Lean Project Delivery …

DesignCriteria

PurposesDesign

Concepts

ProjectDefinition

WORK STRUCTURING

PRODUCTION CONTROL: WORK FLOW CONTROL

PRODUCTION CONTROL: PRODUCTION UNIT CONTROL

POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION (LESSONS LEARNED)

SOURCE: Lean Construction Institute; http://www.leanconstruction.org

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54SOURCE: FIATECH; http://www.fiatech.org

Principles 3:The full dimension of Fully Integrated and

Automated Technologies…

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Where will CHUD/CARC/TAMU be?

…Target 4: Enhancing the global reach of CHUD/CARC/TAMU within the housing and

urban development community

Anywhere, any time…

CHUD

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Reaching these four targets will enable CHUD:

…to higher levels of intellectual merit and

broader impact in a global context…

… to extend its focus to date on serving Las Colonias through social services…


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The Mission...The Mission...

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To achieve this vision, the specific mission of CHUD is two-fold:

CHUD will develop and deliver integrated,

sustainable, scalable, flexible,

evidence-based, outcome-driven, and

technology-enabled solutions toincrease the:

Quality of life(People)

Quality of thebuilt environment

(Place)

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To increase the quality of life (People)...

• CHUD will maintain existing, and establish new, relationships and partnerships with a wide range of public and private organizations to:

–Acquire, generate, process, and disseminate data and information, knowledge (best practices), and experience (lessons learned) on health, education, economic development, and other social services, and

–Develop and demonstrate new and innovative health, education, economic development, and other social services, and new and innovative mechanisms for their deployment and delivery,

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To increase the quality of life (People)... (cont.)

• (cont.): – For the disadvantaged populations in rural, semi-

urban, and urban settings, initially with a focus on the impoverished Hispanic communities in Texas (the colonias), both along the Texas/Mexico Rio Grande border, and subsequently, in other locations within the State of Texas, within the U.S., and internationally.

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To increase the quality of the built environment (Place)...

• CHUD will create an infrastructure to:

– Establish baselines of questions, problems, needs, opportunities, and aspirations that need to be addressed within the target knowledge domains

– Develop visions for potential answers, solutions, satisfaction, realization, and fulfillment to the drivers identified within the baselines established

– Research, develop, demonstrate, and deploy, either individually or in partnership with other

organizations, responses that link the baselines established to the visions developed

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Achieving this two-fold mission will enable CHUD to be an asset for TAMU at large, acting as both a Portal providing access, and a Bridge providing connection,

to the complete resource base of TAMU for:

Answering questions through innovative research,

Solving problems through innovative planning, design, procurement, and/or construction

Satisfying needs through innovative services,

Realizing opportunities through innovative entrepreneurship, and

Fulfilling aspirations through facilitation and coaching,

in any of CHUD’s knowledge domains…


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And also, to act as an Attractor to recruit, retain, and develop the best students, faculty,

researchers, practitioners, and others to TAMU, who want to work in any aspect of CHUD’s

main knowledge domains and/or thrust areas…

Students

FacultyResearchers

PractitionersOthers

CHUD


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The Bottom Line...

The Bottom Line...

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If it is meant to be,then it is up to

me…

If it is meant to be,then it is up to

me…

The parable of the 12 most powerful words in History…


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If not now... When?

If not here... Where?

If not us... Who?

If not now... When?

If not here... Where?

If not us... Who?


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Before I accepted my current appointment, I

was in a QUEST FOR SUCCESS*...

Before I accepted my current appointment, I

was in a QUEST FOR SUCCESS*...

* “Half-Time” by Bob Buford


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...And now I find myself in a JOURNEY TO SIGNIFICANCE*...

...And now I find myself in a JOURNEY TO SIGNIFICANCE*...

* “Half-Time” by Bob Buford


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Consequently, I invite you all, to join us in our

quest and journey to MAKE A DIFFERENCE...

Consequently, I invite you all, to join us in our

quest and journey to MAKE A DIFFERENCE...

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Toward a Sustainable World...


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And a Final Plug:


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Thank you…Thank you…

Kia OraKia Ora

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Dr. Jorge A. Vanegas, Director014 Williams Administration BuildingCollege of Architecture/CHUD3137 TAMUCollege Station, Texas 77843-3137Direct: (979) 845-7070General: (979) 862-2370 ･ (979) 862-2374 Fax: (979) 862-3174Email: [email protected]

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