The UNIBE Campus within a Sustainable District

THE UNIBE
CAMPUS
WITHIN A
SUSTAINABLE
DISTRICT

PROLOGUE
INTRODUCTION
METHODOLOGY
CONTEXT
STRATEGIES
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REVIEW: PHASE 1
A HOLISTIC STRATEGY: PHASE II
DISTRICT
CIRCULATION
TRANSPORTATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT & ENERGY
CONCLUSION: A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY

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PRO-
LOGUE
The Universidad Iberoameriana (UNIBE) has pioneered in the
development of educational programs in Environmental Sciences
in order to develop in our students the knowledge and skills
necessary to enable them to contribute to the discovery of
solutions and the prevention of environmental problems.
Local governments, businesses and higher
education institutions face increased
risks when operating in inefficient and
unsustainable urban environments.
Academic institutions have played an
important role in shaping their own com-
munities. They have also been catalysts
for specific policies at local and national
level which, at times, have created room
for hope. However, institutions still have a
crucial role to play in the effort to reduce
environmental impacts in urban environ-
ments where they settle. Both researchers,
administrators and students should be
familiar with the risks their campuses
impose on climate change and how they
affect not only economic development but
also their health and safety.
Assessing and measuring these risks may
provide the opportunity to restructure
the institutions of higher education for the
21st Century:
1 Providing them with tools to be
resilient in a changing world.
2 Committing them to solve real
life problems.
3 Rearranging to provide better
education and research needed
to create and maintain a
sustainable society.
The Research to Practice Program is an
interesting exercise which challenges
the ability of our universities to extend
knowledge and fosters an atmosphere
of inter-agency cooperation—essential
for the development of local policies for
urban development and environmental
sustainability.
We feel proud to participate in this scien-
tific innovation model articulated by the
Center for Green Schools, and we look to
provide the general public and relevant
institutions this research project aimed
at building a sustainable city model
articulated from inclusive space of our
family UNIBE.
Dr. Julio Amado Castanos Guzman
Presidente
“Building partnerships is key for the
management and development of urban
public policies. Partnerships leads
us to fulfill the vision of an integrated,
sustainable and competitive city.
As the government of the City of Santo
Domingo, we consider of high importance
supporting Universidad Iberoamericana
in the research coordinated by the
Master of Sustainable Design program
on urban sustainable strategies.”
Domingo Contreras
Secretary General of the Municipality
of Santo Domingo

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Intro-
duction
Universidad Iberoameriana is an institution which promotes ecological
responsibility and is extremely involved in the continuous growth of its
own academic community. For this reason, they have created initiatives
within the Strategic Plan of the institution to reduce the carbon impact
of its campus. Some of these initiatives include:
The Research to Practice Program (R2P2)
of the United States Green Building Council
(USGBC) has become an opportunity
for UNIBE to build on the sustainability
initiatives of its Strategic Plan. It has
motivated the collection of relevant data
required to develop the environmental
strategies needed to alleviate the pres-
sure on our academic campus in relation
to transportation, parking, motility and
urban security.
Launched in the fall of 2011, the R2P2
attracted many teams of 35 institutions
of superior education representing 300
researchers. These teams, with the help
of a counselor from the faculty or the
staff, gather students of arquitecture,
engineering, urbanism, interior design,
construction, energy management,
environmental psychology, real estate
development, historic preservation,
politics, economy, physics, environmental
science and biology.
The ¨Research to Practice Program¨
objectives has been:
“To engage the higher education
community in investigative green
building research through multi-
disciplinary student teams working
on their campuses and communities
to transfer project-based knowledge
to practice through the development
of tangible tools or resources”
We are pleased UNIBE has been
selected, together with eleven other
universities, to go to the second phase
of the research project. Our research
concentration, Campus Environment
Analysis, is developed in the following
pages. For reference, the other selected
topics from the various universities
range from Assessing Building Occupant
Comfort by Hawaii Pacific University,
Energy Performance Analysis by Ohio
State University and Post-occupancy
evaluation by North Carolina State
University, among others.
Creating a
Sustainable Campus
Committee
Improving
energy savings
and efficiencies
Reducing
consumption
and waste
generation
Effectively
administrating
water consumption
Developing internal
and external educational
campaigns about
sustainability
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make it real for the community

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Metho-
dology
The research revealed some impacts
which in some cases were easy to identify:
insufficient parking spaces, traffic jams, and
unsafe environments for pedestrians. Others
were less evident because of the lack of
official urban data needed to measure and
define the situation.
In order to cover the operational aspects of
the UNIBE campus in relation to its con-
text, we used different categories from the
USGBC evaluating system “LEED
for Neighborhood Development” and the
STARS system from the American Associa-
tion for Sustainability in Higher Education
(AASHE). We also used urban data informa-
tion from a second source, as well as maps
and other documents produced by the
team working on of the first phase of the
project. (See methodology chart in previous
page).
All of this data is going to be analyze in order
The data collected on Phase I was used to
to evaluate the capacity of the university to
embark in a planification strategy aimed at
developing a plan towards a sustainable and
socially responsible future.
Once an actionable work plan was defined,
the Phase II team used the Design Thinking
methodology to explore innovative ideas
with the purpose of defining tangible solu-
tions. The students embarked in a deep un-
derstanding of the sustainabillity challenges
found within four areas: district, transpor-
tation, circulation, and waste management
and energy. We chose the Design Thinking
methodology for its encouragement in dis-
covering insights which embrace real human
needs first, and design solutions second.
“The perspective of the neighborhood
is the best way to connect the impact
of one edification or group of edifications
with a more broad urban or regional
perspective. When the scale of the
neighborhood is the focus of the study,
we allowed the construction professionals
to evaluate the direct impact of their
edifications on climate change. “
Green Building and Climate Resiliance,
University of Michigan, USGBC.
This project has been developed in two phases by two different teams.
Phase I consisted of an interdisciplinary team composed by undergra-
duate students from the architecture department, research counselors,
campus architects, and administrative officials. They handled the
task of elaborating and gathering relevant campus data on the subject
of sustainability. Phase II was develop by students of the Sustainable
Design Masters Program who were responsable for analyzing the
collected data and translating them to specific strategies with potential
of becoming actionable solutions.

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CON-
TEXT
Dominican Republic
is located in the Greater
Antilles in the Hispaniola
island. It shares its
territory with Haiti and
occupies an area of
48,442 km2
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Santo Domingo is the capital city. It is si-
tuated south of the island overlooking the
Caribbean Sea. Its located at the mouth of
the Ozama River and is known for being
the first American city founded by Spanish
Colonizers. The most recent census con-
ducted by the National Statistics Office in
the Dominican Republic reported a popu-
lation of 9,445,281 inhabitants, of which
3,339,410 live in the territory of Greater
Santo Domingo.
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Dominican Republic has
has forty-four superior
Education Institutions
recognized by the state.
Thirty-one of them
are universities.
By the year 2010 the student population
increased in about 72.5% going from
02,069 in 1990, to 372, 433 in 2009
according to the General Statistic in
Superior Education from 2006-2009.
Only in the city of Santo Domingo there
are 231,730 students in comparison to
the 62% that exists nationally.
In the National District of the city of
Santo Domingo there are twenty-four
Superior Educational Centers. In less
than a 3km2 there is a concentrated of
202, 667 students representing 54% of
the national university population.
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UNIBE - Universidad Iberoamericana
UNAPEC - Universidad APEC
UTESA - Universidad tecnológica de Santiago
UCSD - Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo
UASD - Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
PUCMM - Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
O&M - Universidad Dominicana O&M
UNICARIBE - Universidad del Caribe
INTEC - Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
UNPHU - Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
MESCyT - Ministerio de Educación Superior Ciencia y Tecnología
UNICDA - Universidad Cultural Dominico Americano
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Santo Domingo Road Network
Protected areas
Green Belt
Green spaces
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UAPA - Universidad Abierta para Adultos
UNIVERSITY STUDENT CONCENTRATION IN SANTO DOMINGO
8,025 Students 202, 667 Students 13,917 Students TOTAL 224,663 Students
Dominican Republic
& THE Superior Education System

UNIBE is located in the
National District, the
geographical center of
Greater Santo Domingo.
The National District
is the most populated
city, with up to 965,040
inhabitants.
UNIBE shares the area with eight other
colleges located within less than 3km2
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As a whole they accumulate a university
student population of over two hundred
thousand enrolled students.
Unlike other campuses located further
south of the city, UNIBE converges in some
of the most important vehicular arteries
for transportation in the city. Maximo
Gomez Avenue, February 27th Avenue
and John F. Kennedy Avenue are all
part of the Duarte Corridor stretching
across the city. This is the most congested
transit network in the country.
In addition, recently the Santo Domingo
Metro opened its first intersection no more
than one mile away, making this segment
the most important transportation node of
the city within the Dominican Republic.
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT LAND USE
THE Campus DistricT OF UNIVERSIDAD IBERAMERICANA
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UNIVERSITY DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION NODES
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT METRO STATIONS
UNIBE is also located near
some of the most important
civic centers of the city of
Santo Domingo.
The Plaza de la Cultura, the Juan Pablo Duarte
Olympic Center, as well as some of the most
important State offices and government
agencies are located are within less than
a mile. Also in close proximity is UNAPEC,
which is one of the oldest universities in
the country and shares the same problems
UNIBE due to its location.
Furthermore, nearby are some of the head-
quarters of various banks, two hospitals,
a private inter-city transportation node,
as well as important commercial streets
and residential areas with historical value.
This institutional and commercial activity has
has led to one of the most important findings
of the investigation: in just one square kilome-
ter around the UNIBE campus there are 22.1
acres of surface parking, most of which are
only used until 4:00 PM in the afternoon.
This reveals an insight which defines the reality
of the academic environment: institutions in
the area devote more space for parking than
to productive activities. In the case of UNIBE
alone, 41% of the total area of
the campus is
dedicated to parking—this is more than what
is dedicated to classrooms, workshops and
laboratories together.
These challenges make evident the need
to understand the limits of the study area
at the scale of an University District. For this
reason, we have chosen the principles of
LEED for Neighborhood Development, which
establishes a range of miles or fifteen minute
walk to define the boundaries of an urban area
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Re-
VIEW
We have supported our work plan using as
a background document prepared jointly
by the USGBC and the AASHE “Roadmap
to Green Campus”. The strategies will be
arranged in a first stage by a specialized
team, who must draw specific actions in
the areas of public transportation, parking,
pedestrian networks and urban security.
In a second phase, issues of efficiency and
electricity savings, and waste management,
would be addressed, all which are directly
related to the operations of the campus.
This work plan would be the application
of methodologies for sustainability
at two scales:
1 Scale University District
Defined by a radius of 1/4 mile walk
from UNIBE or UNAPEC.
2 Scale University Campus
Property boundaries defined
by the University.
The strategy would aim to develop a plan
for an actionable pilot in UNIBE University
campus and its immediate surroundings.
This pilot will be used as an example
for the implementation of more ambitious
initiatives involving other institutions
in the proposed University District.
DEFINING THE STRATEGIC PLAN
First: Create a Steering Committee
of the Sustainable University District,
who shall:
1 Establish goals and objectives of the
strategies defined in the Plan.
2 Categorize nearby institutions which
could interact with the pilot for the
University Campus.
3 Create an actionable framework which
will ensure sustainability objectives
are integrated into formal institutional
planning, as well as in the approval
process of operations, actions and
policies maintenance.
4 Review existing plans in order to identify
sustainable strategies that have already
been taken into account by the municipality
or the institutions in the sector.
5 Assess efforts by public and private
institutions which could contribute to the
development of the sustainability goals on
the campus. This would help us understand
the challenges and successes of similar
institutions that have made the effort to
create sustainable urban strategies.
6 Involve the entire university community
(faculty and staff, employees, students,
merchants on campus) to raise awareness
about campus sustainability.
7 Coordinate the implementation of a
sustainability program with a commitment
to renewable energy and efficient results
that could be measured in the short,
medium and long term.
The sustainable urban strategies plan must build consensus among
institutions within the UNIBE sector. To accomplish this objective,
we need to form the figure of the University District, which does not
exist in our current legislation. Stakeholders from the public and private
sectors need to be involved in the various actions and measures defined.
It also important to include students in this dialogue, encouraging them
to take responsibilities related to their educational process.
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Second: Start with a pilot project containing
different levels of implementation.
We understanding change is difficult,
specially in public policy issues and large
institutions. For this reason, we propose
starting various small pilot programs which
work together to define a more effective
strategy. Concepts and ideas for the focus
of these small pilot programs will be explo-
red using the Design Thinking methodolo-
gy. Through design thinking we will look to
discover opportunity areas which speak to
the findings of our research.
Three: Define the roles and responsibili-
ties of institutional managers to create
the Sustainable University District.
Many are responsible for guiding the
sustainable development of the Academy:
Teachers: Make changes in their programs,
assignments or exercises to relate to the
processes of change in campus.
Public Servants: Establish urban and
legal standards that make possible the
implementation of the Plan.
Planners and design professionals:
Translate needs in space requirements.
Facility Managers: Establish operating
policies, procedures and maintenance
of facilities.
Professionals in Finance: Determine capital
investment budgets and look for financing
options.
Campus Administrators: Promote the
vision of sustainability in the maintenance
of the campus.
University Student Body: Determine with
their active participation the results of
green initiatives on campus.
Four: Disseminating and integrating
the financing plan.
The integration of sustainability initiatives
involves large capital investments in areas
such as development of vehicular and
pedestrian traffic, illumination systems,
remodeling and improvement of efficiencies.
Some of these investments should be the
responsability of the municipality since the
area extends the boundaries of the campus.
The investment would also require external
funding or a public-private initiative.
Fifth: Establish processes for
measuring and reporting.
Evaluate constantly the status of the
campus as a way of measuring the progress
of the strategy and reducing CO2
emissions.
These measures should be based on
recognized methods in order to make
comparisons with other similar institutions.
The reports should be distributed across
the campus and to senior officials of
various public and private stakeholders.
GREEN AREAS AND
PARKING SURFACES
WITHIN THE DISTRICT
PARKING AREAS
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ACTIONABLE ITEMS
We identified four
priority areas of action
for the second phase
of the study:
URBAN SAFETY
Issues related to public safety involve
society as a whole, because it directly
affects the quality of life of all people.
It is essential to establish coordinated
action and ongoing interaction between
organizations and state institutions
responsible for ensuring a preservation of
public safety in the community. Without
urban safety the State efforts to provi-
de public mass transportation systems
become useless. People are not able access
transportation stations from their work or
home locations if they feel threaten by their
environement.
PARKING
In recent years, parking problems have
skyrocketed specially in our country, in
which the rate of car ownership has increa-
sed dramatically. As universities are faced
with the problem of needing to provide
enough parking spaces, the growing number
of civil servants, teachers and students,
together with the lack of reliable public
transportation, has increased the rate of
motorization. It has created a capacity crisis
for the campuses who are not able to
provide adequate space for parking. As a
consequence, those who fail to get ade-
quate parking leave their vehicles in the
peripheral places, many of which prohibit
parking and are located off campus.
PEDESTRIAN-NETWORKS
Public space has been subjected to modifi-
cations due to the changes in land use
consequence of a growing metropolis.
Pedestrian networks have become insuffi-
cient and inadequate, unable to serve the
high densities or change of use generated
in our urban centers. The sidewalks are
uncomfortable, narrow and in many cases in
very poor condition. Cars often invade the
pedestrians areas, turning them into parking
space. They disrupt the a walkway creating
a space full of obtacles for the pedestrians.
There are no clear and consistent signage
systems defining speed and street priority.
The speed in some sections is inadequate
and poses a risk exposure to pedestrians.
This situation makes evident the need of
viable alternatives.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The inefficiency of public transportation
means: An increase in travel times of dri-
vers, passengers and pedestrians; growing
air pollution due to the use of obsolete units
for public transportation; An increase in
visual and noise pollution; A dependency
on citizens to solve their own transportation
problem by acquiring private vehicles;
neglect of pedestrian networks which serve
as public urban transportation. Despite
these facts, most of the urban population
in Santo Domingo continues to use
public transportation. According to a
poll made in UNAPEC and UNIBE, 34%
of students, faculty and staff uses public
transportation.
PARKING AREAS BUILDINGS
GREEN AREAS AND PARKING SURFACES WITHIN THE CAMPUS

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WASTE MANAGEMENT
& ENERGY
TRANSPORTATION
CIRCULATION
DISTRICT

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A HOLISTIC
STRATEGY
PHASE 2
The definition of actionable items in Phase I allowed the research
to transition from data gathering to the discovery of potential
small pilots. The Phase II team used the Design Thinking methodology
to discover possible solutions to the challenges encountered. The team
focused on four areas: District, Transportation, Circulation, and Waste
Management and Energy. The focus on these complementary and
interrelated set of challenges allowed for a sytems perspective
which in turn defined a holistic strategy.
For this part of the research we chose
the Design Thinking method for its
transdisciplinary collaborative approach.
Design Thinking provides an effective way
to solve problems which accelerates the
discovery of innovation opportunities.
It is based on the following principles:
• Empathy
• Imagination
• Experimentation
• Rapid Prototyping
• Synthesis
• LEARNING BY DOING
Design thinking has been adapted
worldwide in educational institutions,
corporations and government organiza-
tions for its ability to facilitate the
generation of ideas which places
the needs of people at the heart of
the investigation.
The students started the process
with observations and finalized them
through rapid prototypes, which became
representations of their concepts
for a sustainable University District.
The process took place in the
following stages:
Interviews / Observations
Students idenfied relevant users and
stakeholders within their areas of focus.
They interviewed these participants in their
homes or areas work. They also engaged
in field research, observing the context of
their users and their resulting behaviors.
Storytelling
Following the interviews, they exchanged
stories on what they heard and observed,
in order to share their different experiences
and help to all group members empathize
with users and understand the main pain
points for people.
Synthesis: Making Sense
At this stage, the different focus teams
identified patterns within their interviews
which became areas opportunity areas
for deeper research. The main takeaways
became insights statements which helped
further define the problem area.
Brainstorming
The teams used brainstorming to establish
a challenge question that would serve as a
driving force in the search solutions. They
also used it to explore ideas that would
later become potential strategies.
Rapid Prototyping
The selected ideas where transformed into
visual and physical models intended to help
represent and evaluate concepts. Through
rapid-prototyping the students were able
to request feedback from their users and
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EMPATHY
FOCUS
OBSERVATIONS
ASK & LISTEN
SYNTHESIS
DEFINE
CHALLENGE
RESEARCH
Look beneath
the surface:
Question / Inquiry
Understand
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GENERATE IDEAS
BRAINSTORM
ANALIZE & CHOOSE
FEEDBACK
RAPID-PROTOTYPING
Prototype CYCLE
ACTUALIZE
Make it real for
the community
Create opportunities
for intervention:
Build and
test your ideas:
Iterate

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DIS-
TRICT
The field research within the University
District was focused on the findings of
the first phase study were we identified
challenges in the public space in relation to
the shortage of pedestrian networks, and
the lack of definition and signalization in
the district. To further our investigation we
identified several profiles of people who
are an integral part of the area. We talked
to students, area residents and influential
officials. We also engaged with formal and
informal employees who work in the area.
Using qualitative interviews we heard
stories that reflect the everyday lives of
these users. Which areas do they frequent?
What hours are considered more or less
dangerous? How is their daily work within
the District? The intention was to have a
direct perception of how and who is being
affected by the existing urban problems.
Through our research we discovered
addressing the issue of public safety is
one of the most important aspects in the
creation of a sustainable University District.
The feeling of security influences the
relationship people have with space
and how they decide to interact with it.
For example, citizens are often forced to
use private transportation, even when
public stations are in the vicinity of their
places of study or work. They find
themselves are unable to easily walk
in the area because of the poor
conditions of pavements and streets.
The lack of security is also affected by the
changes in the flow of people at different
times during the day. Some are areas during
certain times of day are overly busy and in
the evenings become dark and desolate;
these areas tend to be prone to theft and
robbery, in many cases due to dark streets
and pedestrian zones.
The University District has an area of approximately 200 hectares
and is one of the most developed areas in the city in terms of
infrastructure, urban planning, economic activity and urbanization.
Within this urban area we can find different public and private
institutions together with a mixed land use (residential and commercial)
and several universities. UNIBE, our principal study focus is located
in the center at a distance of a ¼ mile radius.

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“If we walk in groups
or if there is traffic around,
I feel safe.”
Cynthia Gomez, Student at UNAPEC
“Any solutions should involve all
public institutions of the area
and the community at large”
Ada Prestol, Instution Employee
“I don’t walk through areas
that are not illuminated”
Jeimy Avila, Student at UNAPEC
“The owners of Ave. Francia are
the parking attendants”
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INSIGHT 1
There is a direct relationship
between feeling safe,
the level of illumination
and pedestrian flow.
Due to the diversity of institutions in the
area there is a drastic difference between
daytime and nighttime in relation to the
flow of people, illumination and the
perception of security. Public institutions
during the day have a high flow of people,
yet at night their environments become
desolate. The residential areas nearly
empty during the day, but in the night
the presence of people raise the sense
of security.
INSIGHT 2
The involvement of the
community is necessary
in the search of solutions
within the District.
Only the collaboration of the institutions
within the district with the constituencies
of the community will result in an integra-
ted in solutions that all make all parties
accountable for the care of the district.
INSIGHT 3
The street vendors take
over the urban space.
The parking attendants take over public
spaces, transforming it at their will.
Interviewees, specially permanent
residents expressed concern with the
situation as this informal trade happens
near residences, and creates a feeling of
insecurity in residential neighborhoods.
RESEARCH INSIGHTS
SAFE VERSUS UNSAFE AREAS
DAY TIME
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prOtOtype lOcatiOnS
The following diagram shows
the location of the defined meeting
points redefined the pedestrian
network streamling the pedestrian’s
path. In this graph we have also
mapped the proposed locations for
communty walls and bus station
prototypes. The images protray
the of the current state of these
locations, which were selected for
the characteristic of space, among
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CHALLENGE & PROPOSALS OVERVIEW
How might we create a safe college district with the
collaboration of all institutions? The involvement and
participation of responsible and committed community members,
universities, public institutions, as well as formal and informal
vendors is intrinsic to the creation of a safe college district.
Through our research we discovered that
in order to accomplish an integration of
the community towards a safer district we
needed to:
• Create a district identity
• Identify zones by colors
• Encourage the integrated
flow of people
• Safety circuits
• CREATE Community walls WHICH
reflect the voice of all citizens
• ESTABLISH Ephemeral ExhibitIONs
• START A “WALK WITH ME” PROGRAM
Another requirements is the restoration of
confidence in the security forces of the city.
Currently citizens of the District distrust
even the country’s police authorities.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE 1
Create a more permanent
flow of people to decrease
the perception of insecurity
in the University District.
OBJECTIVE 2
Utilize the existing urban
area and encourage the
participation of institutions
to consolidate the feeling of
belonging and security in the
University District.
OBJECTIVE 3
Empowering the community
so that it can come together
with the University District
an take responsibilities for
the environment.
ACTION ITEMS
1 Establish a University District brand.
2 To delimit the space that makes up the
district, to promote a sense of belonging.
3 Provide public furniture placement and
appropriate signage.
4 Regularize informal vendors.
5 Provide public illumination systems
which use clean energy.
6 Identify unsafe areas that can pose a
threat to citizens life.
7 Creation of new bus stops stations.
8 Establish meeting places for citizens
to meet before walking to the public
transportation stops or stations.
9 Establish bicycle renting systems at
strategic points within the district.
10 Creating community walls in selected
areas which serve as artistic enjoyment
throughout the District.
12 Use plazas or open spaces
for temporary exhibitions.
13 Use daytime parking at night for a
reduction in vehicle within the district.
14 Expand the radio monitoring coverage
done by institutions and communities,
turning it into a means of collaboration.

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UNIVERSITYDISTRICT
THE DISTRICT BRAND
The analysis of our research resulted in
a the primary action item: the integration
of the community with a focus on the
institutions who belong to the District. As a
first step to this integration we have defined
a district called “[60]: University District”
This name represents the 60 blocks around
approximately 200 hectares. To represent
the integration, we used the symbol “[]” to
become a methaphor of the collaboration
and integration of the community.
60-Web
The 60-Web will be a platform
hosting District activities. Institu-
tions can publish news, as well as
achievements. Visitors to the
district will have access to an
agenda of cultural activities offered
in the community. Finally, there will
be a directory of businesses and
institutions within the district.
Information gathered by different
sensors and applications around
the District will be hosted on
this website, creating database
of what actually happens in
the District. This will also help
improve the management of
infrastructure services.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Color CODING OF STREETS & AVENUES
Avenues and major streets will be identified
by colors, in this way users can quickly identify
their location, since many of the problems in
regards to the perception of safety is related to
the lack of street signs.
BUS STOPS & community walls
Bus stops will be established through
out the University District. They will
be made of environmentally sensitive
materials and have a digital display
promoting district activities. Security
sensors and an integrated safety circuit
will be another important feature.
The “Community Wall” will
be come the voice of the District.
Here citizens can express their
concerns and needs in this way
allowing for an understanding of
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REGULATION & IDENTIFICATION
OF INFORMAL VENDORS
The distric will create a vendors union to help
identify and organize the informal vendors in
the area. The vendors will be given a district
ID that allows for residents, students and
community members to recoginize who does
and does not belong to the network.
Meeting points
Meeting point will be a pleasant and
easily identifiable place in the environ-
ment which facilitates the flow to the
meeting point to a bus or station.
¨WALK with me” App
This software application is for the
students, employees and residents of
the district. The objective is to facilitate
meetings and coordination between
groups, who want to feel safer by
walking with someone to a transporta-
tion stop. The app will facilitate the
use of meeting points.
It will works as follows: Each user will
register in a secure district category
system, once inside the application
people can summon a group to perform
a specific route schedule.
Through the app they will establishing
a meeting point and destination. People
can join different groups according to
their schedule and needs. The system
members with have access to users
where they can get to know a little more
about the people taking their chosen
pedestrian path.
The application will include be a forum
and a map showing the locations of the
predetermined assembly points.
SECURITY CLUSTERS:
District security management sections
will be defined to encourage the collec-
tive monitoring of the district. Sectors
will be composed of one member from
each institution and active community.
Each section team will be responsable
needs and activities for their sector.

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TRANS-
PORTATION
The vehicle fleet of the Dominican
Republic went from 1, 611,023 in
2002 to 2,734,740 in 2010, an increase
of 69.75% in 8 years. These extreme
growth of private vehicle fleet has
become a major source of air pollution
in the city of Santo Domingo
Besides these these conditions, there
are other spatial attributes that do
not contribute to certain pedestrian
standards requirements to be met.
Even though there is a large amount of
parking lot surfaces, the high amount of
vehicles leads to the misuse of public
spaces. Sidewalks and prohibited areas are
used for the purpose of parking vehicles.
This is still the case even when most of
the parking surfaces are only used until
4:00 pm when the numerous banks and
public offices work schedule is over.
Public transport in the city of Santo
Domingo does not meet the parameters
of comfort, safety, speed, and overall
efficiency people expect. The units are not
enouh to meet the high demand for public
transportation. This situation forces people
to solve their transportation problems
by acquiring a personal vehicles.
Consequently, major traffic congestion take
place during peak hours and which causes
a shortage in parking spaces. During the
night, although the parking spaces ex-
ceeding the needs of the university these
space are not accessible to the public or
otherwise unsafe.
Another aspect of this situation is the
incessant noise of horns, vehicle ignition
engines, and general chaos which is
unsustainable.
UNIBE sits within one of the most important transit route nodes in
the city of Santo Domingo. This node allows vehicles to safe time and
costs. Yet, even with these infrastructure in place public transportation
tends to be very poor. Transportation unions are not heavily regulated.
The different transportation sources: private, public and independent
drivers, offer uncordinated routes routes across the metropolitan area.
All this results in frustrated citizens who prefers not to use public
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“The public bus takes longer,
many stops, it is not easy
because there are no conditions,
one is always tight (little room),
very largar routes to reach
their final destination”
Amelia Rodriguez, Ing. Civil
“The street elevations and tunnels
have been made, but the vehicle
fleet has grown, so we’re more
or less in the same situation “
David Morera, Topographer
“Before it was more comfortable,
there was congestion and
now gasoline is more expensive
and there is more risk of accidents”
Nicolas Fermin, Attorney

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RESEARCH INSIGHTS
INSIGHT 1
Traffic congestion is a stress
factor for users of all
modes of transportation.
INSIGHT 2
The UNIBE student is
predisposed to public
transport because it
means belonging to
another social class.
INSIGHT 3
The pedestrian considers
having a vehicle luxury,
which many times can
not afford.
INSIGHT 4
Public transportation is
the last option for users
because of its insecurity,
inefficiency and lack
of comfort.
INSIGHT 5
There is a scarcity of parking
spaces even with the current
amount of parking surfaces
and colleges hard having a
hard time coping.
STRATEGIES
How might we build alternative methods of transportation
to the various institutions within the University District?
Users travel long distances from all areas of the city of
Santo Domingo to arrive at the University District. This influx
of people into this the area, specially during peak hours, are
the main source of traffic congestion and all its consequences.
The identification of the sources of increase
flow of users to the University District
allowed us to establish a comprehensive
strategy connecting the many the transpor-
tation modes, such as the Santo Domingo
Metro, and in this way creating an efficient
mass transit system.
For this strategy to be implemented we need
a partnership between the private and public
sectors in order to achieve significant reduc-
tion of vehicles. Among these measures is
the choice of “carpooling” and advertising
campaigns encouraging the priority use of
alternative transportation.

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OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE 1
To significantly
reduce private
vehicle traffic on
the main streets
that make up the
University District.
OBJECTIVE 2
Encourage the
use of the Santo
Domingo Metro.
OBJECTIVE 3
To reduce parking
spaces and make
its use more efficient
for the universities in
the area.
OBJECTIVE 4
Raise awareness
on how different
our modes of trans-
portation have a
negative impact
on the environment.

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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Bus Agency
The proposed solution to minimize
the use of private transportation is to
create an bus agency interconnecting the
different zones within the city with the
Santo Domingo Metro. The agency would
be responsable of providing vehicles in
well conditions and comfortable ame-
nities. The intention is to generate an
increase in mass transit users, supported
by the incentive to utilize the Santo
Domingo Metro.
To achieve this we propose defining bus
sectors, which cover specific areas where
students live. Students will be granted
access to the bus with their student IDs.
The bus will pick them up in their sector
and transport them to the nearest Metro
station which will take them directly to
the university district.
Map of bus agency sectors

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PUCMM
O&M
UNIBE
UCSD
UASD
UTESA
UNICDA
APEC
PLAZA
CONSERVATORIO
Universidades.
Area de Influencia.
Ruta Transporte Publico Universitario.
Paradas.
Sentido Direccion del Bus.
BUS AGENCY ROUTE
CONNECTING UNIVERSITIES
BUS -metro system
UNIVERSITIES
AREA OF INFLUENCE
INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSPORATION ROUTE
BUS STOP
BUS DIRECTION

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CARPOOLING PROGRAM
We propose an inter-university campaign
to raise awareness of “carpooling” within the
various institutions within the district.
UNIBE would be a pilot project which will serve
as an example for reducing the use of private
vehicles individually, encouraging students who
shre similar schedules and live in close residential
areas to share a vehicle.
A carpooling software applications will help
manage schedules, routes, and profiles of peers.
It will be available through mobile and web
compotents. Awareness campaigns will
incentives the carpooling practice.
BUS -metro system JOURNEY

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CARPOOLING NETWORK
And after completing the various
campaigns and incentives for the
spread of this trend, we propose to
create an electronic application
system where students can access
a private social network. The intention
is to let users control who they
share their car with within the
institution. The also should be able
to access carpooling times and
confirm venues.
The system will integran an electronic
dashboard which tracks all services
used within the district through the
student ID card. The institutions will
be able to keep track of students
enrolled in the carpool program, and
grant them points for their efforts.
The goal is to achieve in the first stage
of the project, a reduction of 30%
of directed traffic to the University
District at peak times.
student JOURNEY TO DISTRICT
FIND PEOPLE
IN YOUR
DEPARTMENT

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CIRCU-
LATION
Entering the campus one can observe
pedestrian entrances which are not
properly identified. The visible signage
is aimed at vehicles drivers. Pedestrians
enter and circulate through the street
entrances designated for vehicles,
creating conflicts of use.
The campus parking is congested at
peak hours causing the vehicles to park
in prohibited areas or spend a long time
trying to find parking space. Vehicles find
themselves circulating from one place to
place in search of availability.
During peak hours, pedestrian also
experience congestion issues. This happens
specifically in the elevator areas where
people wait in line for their turn due to over
crowded elevators. Even though escalators
are available, students neglect their use.
The growth of the student population in the last decade of the
Universidad Iberoamericana has influenced a campus expansion
ad-hoc, which has created problems that affect sustainability.
One of the most evident issues is the competition between pedestrian
and vehicular circulation. The vehicle presence, represented by the
parking surfaces reserved for vehicles, propose a threat to the vision
of a sustainable campus which supports of productive activities.
As the university is subjected to acquire more land, primarily to meet
parking needs, we should consider: Should an educational institution
dedicated more surface space to parking lots than classrooms,
workshops, laboratories and offices together?

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“The campus signage
should be more visible”
Luis Reyes
“The pedestrian enters through
the same place as the vehicles”
Indira Santana
“The elevators are not
sufficient. At peak traffic
hours problem the city
spread to the campus”
Indira Santana

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57% of the campus
area is dedicated
to cars.
VEHICLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN SPACES
The comparison of the real estate
dedicated to pedestrians versus vehicles
paint a clear picture of the infrastructure
priorities of the institution. One of the
most importantant takesways was
identifying that within the area of the
campus, there where only two small
entries dedicated to pedestrian in
comparison to the various parking lot
entrances enabled for vehicles.
PEDESTRIAN AREAS
PEDESTRIAN ENTRIES
VEHICLE ENTRIES
VEHICLE AREAS

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INSIGHT 1
The UNIBE campus
isdesigned for cars.
Were located on maps access and pedes-
trian and vehicular movement on campus
today and the car takes over the campus,
whereas 57% of the land of the campus
is dedicated to vehicle access, roads and
parking lots.
INSIGHT 2
At peak hours the
caos of the city reflects
in the campus
The campus as well as the transport of
the city of Santo Domingo suffers from
blockages in both vehicular and pedestrian.
Become congested access, vehicular circu-
lation, parking can not cope and elevator
cores agglomerate a group of people, to the
point that people like solution only say “we
need more parking.”
INSIGHT 3
Users need signage to find
their way in the campus.
Among the surveyed profiles, highlighted
that although there are signs on campus did
not know people had to be located and ask
where a certain area.
INSIGHT 4
Pedestrians are not motiva-
ted to use the stairs
On campus there is an overuse of the lifts
and this is given because the user for con-
venience and disorientation prefer to use
the elevators to the stairs because they do
not have to tell signaling can direct you.
RESEARCH INSIGHTS
STRATEGIES
How might we reorganize pedestrian and vehicular circulation
to create the neccesary balance for a sustainable campus?
To reorganize and streamline the flow of UNIBE we need to take
into account the access, signage aimed at pedestrians, vertical
circulation and parking in order to achieve a campus where users
can move smoothly without problems of spatial orientation and
conflicts with vehicles.
The proposal includes solutions that
work at virtual and physical. Within the
physical space is proposed:
• Encourage the use of stairs.
• Discourage the use of campus
parking BY encouragING The
use of alternative means of
transport.
• Implement A smart
parking system.
• A virtual level arises for
mobile application indicating
the availability of parking on
campus and help guide you in
the same on the premises.
OBJECTIVE 1
Prioritize
pedestrian
access
OBJECTIVE 2
Encourage the
use of stairs
OBJECTIVE 3
More efficient
parking by discoura-
ging the use of
the vehicle
OBJECTIVE 4
Optimize campus
signage
OBJECTIVES

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ACCESS
1 Prioritize pedestrian access
(Ave. February 27, North and France, south)
2 Create a new pedestrian access
(from the parking at the west entrance)
3 Integrate pedestrian circulation within the
campus and leave the vehicle in the vicinity.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
1
2
4 Allocate 28%
of the land area
of campus for
green spaces
versus 14% today.

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CURRENT VERSUS FUTURE CAMPUS

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PARKING SENSORS & SIGNAGE
We will make parking lots more efficient by utilizing
a system of wireless sensors that indicate the
availability of parking spot. The entrance to each
parking area should have a digital sign indicating
the availability of parking spots in that area.
This technology will reduce of CO2
pollution in
campus, by reducing roaming vehicles. It will be
complimented with an “smartphones” app which
would notify users of the availability of parking
spots increaing vehicular traffic flow on campus.
PARKING STATUS APP
Develop a mobile application in order to optimize the
parking lots. The app will report on the availability of
parking spaces in different areas by showing the amount
of open parking spaces. Vehicles will be charged by the
use for parking per hour, a timer in the app will indicating
for how long the user has been parked.
Timed parking to
be charged once
exiting the campus.
Colores coded
parking lots
Parking notifications
synced to class
schedule and
enabled by location

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OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
Implement the Smart Lift system to
avoid congestion at rush hour in the
vertical circulation cores. This action
reduces the waiting time and increases
between 25% and 40% travel time
avoiding the crowds.
Change the start and end times of clas-
ses and / or activities at peak time in
20 or 30 minutes to avoid crowds and
congestion of parking lots. Thus achie-
ving greater fluidity in the circulation of
the campus.
Locate an area as VIP parking for cam-
pus users who have cooperated with
more sustainability.
STAIRS SIGNAGE
Place signage at all levels of the stairs,
giving basic guidance and promoting
these activities to make them more
attractive to use.
GREEN BONUS
Discourage the use of the parking lots using incentives for
people who come to campus for alternative methods of
transport. This applies to students, faculty and staff of UNIBE.
smartfloors
Incentive to use the stairs by
installing Smartfloor system which
when steping on the step on the step
your trace glows. The steps also
generates clean energy and sends
waves to wireless devices at a range
of 50 to 500 meters.

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WASTE
MANAGE-
MENT &
ENERGY
Through a photographic survey carried
out in all campus facilities we observed an
excessive energy consumption at different
times of our journey. It was common to
find classrooms fully illuminated and the
airconditioner on despite being in the total
absence of users. We could a witnessed poor
management of waste, in part due to the
lack of of collection points in public areas
which caused to excessive waste
in the classroom.
We discovered some people are motivated
to save energy and control their waste
production because they understand
its impact on the environment and respect
regulations. Others, however, are solely
motivated by the monetary savings from
reducing energy consumption.
Our qualitative research process focused on understanding
the reality of the challenges people face when making
environmentally concious decisions. We wanted to see what
we could learn from the various sustainability plans already in
place at the campus. How can we improve these plans? Our main
purpose was understanding the reasons that motivate individuals
are to lean towards a behavior that benefits the environment,
and how can this transcend from campus to their daily lives.

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“People show more interest
in the electrical problem,
not because it has more
importance, but because it
directly affects their economy”
Yabaldy Reyes
“You can not make things difficult
for users. Programs must be designed
so that anyone who wants to
cooperate can do so with the least
amount of effort.”
William Cunningham
“You can take everyday
items and turn them into
beautiful things that last
much longer”
Ebony Lafountaine
“Why should I sort out the
garbage? If everything get put
together to bring it to the dump!”
Jorge Miguel

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INSIGHT 1
People save energy for
economic reasons.
INSIGHT 2
People are not aware
of the contribution to
the environment by
saving energy.
INSIGHT 3
People doubt recycling
programs work or get
executed at all.
INSIGHT 4
Most people do not recycle
because they do not see
any benefit or it doesn’t
interest them.
INSIGHT 5
The awareness of saving
energy, reducing and
recycling waste is affected
by the level of education
of the invidivual and
an sense of responsability
for the environement.
RESEARCH INSIGHTS
STRATEGIES
How might we create a system where students benefit from
reducting their waste production and energy consumption?
Our proposal aims to develop a plan to reduce waste and energy
consumption by involving the entire university community (faculty,
staff and students) in various incentive schemes which motivate
behavioral chance and provides a reason to continue saving.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE 1
Establish a waste
management system
with scientifically metrics
which allow an effective
control program.
OBJECTIVE 2
Involving the campus
community in reducing
energy consumption in a
pro-active, competitive
and fun manner.
OBJECTIVE 3
Engage the whole
community by encouraging
and stimulating them
withpublic recognition
for their efforts.

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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Intelligent garbage can System
We proposed the distribution of 288 units
of smart trash cans around the campus.
This is the quantity that we determined
through our research would be necce-
sary to meet the existing demands at the
waste collection points. They will cover
areas not contemplated before, which are
a source of considerable volume of wastes
currently not collected by janitors.
These units will be divided into groups
of four which will be to collect: Paper,
Cardboard, Glass, Metal and organic
matter, in this way facilitated the subse-
quent processing. The purpose is to help
collectors accelerate classification and
streamline the recycling process.
These containers will have a calibrated
waste measurement system which is
directly proportional to the type of waste
it will contain. These units will quantify
the amount of discarded trash according
to their density. As students place their
objects inside the container, they will earn
points that will be recorded in a general
database. These points will be charged
to a student user ID card that must be
passed through a reader built into each
trashcan to collect the points.
These points can later be used to acquire
none economical benefits or incentives
inside the campus.
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Using smart card readers:
The intention of using this system in the
campus is to limit access and use of ener-
gy resources in classrooms are not being
used for regular classes. Students or
others who need a study space per level
will have a classroom capable of doing so.
The smart card readers will be located
at the entrance to each classroom, and
teachers will have full domain of these
cards in the form of control so that each
classroomuses them at the designated
times of their classes.
It is projected that these smart cards the
hav typical applications such as
digital identification of the holder, access
control, and storage usage data with their
schedules.
Card System: Its function will be to re-
gulate the power consumption and account
recycling on campus. Interesting facts
concerning energy saving and waste
management will be place, serving both as
a means a method of raising public cons-
ciousness on the subject matter. This will
worked with the same student card that
the students currently possesses.
Electric consumption
With this cards spaces as the on and
off Switch in the air conditioning will
be independent.
The classrooms will be lit 15 minutes
before school and after 15 min they
will be turn off by the floor manager.
REPLACE AIR CONDITIONERS
with VRF (inverter)
Recycle control: Operating in
conjunction with the intelligent
containers will serve to account for
staff recycling and points asignation.
These points can later be
exchanged for privileges on campus
and it can be a way of recognizing
students and teachers with the hig-
hest percentage of recycling points
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Electric consumption
Installing motion sensors in
bathrooms and hallways
Point System: This is a system in which savings
were counted per person, so it can serve to benefit
those who contribute most and also to provide accu-
rate information of the goals achieved within a certain
amount of time. By using these card is possible to store
Information for each student, faculty or staff.
Benefits.
• VIP Parking spaces.
• Company store
• Participation in conferences.
• Funding of thesis (environmental)
• Scholarships
• Decreased in semester tuition
Display: achievements will be publis-
hed on a screen in the square
central campus highlighting the actors
who have made a greater effort to
the contribution of the goal.
Screen display operation: Its function
will keep the UNIBE (employees,
teachers and students) on the power
consumption and recycling campus, in
real time. Interesting facts concerning
energy saving and management of
waste are placed on the screen, raising
consciousness on this issue. It will
Worke with solar energy.
Display Update: Your upgrade will be
provided by a central base that will
keep control by the number of overall
scoresof the cards.

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48%
EnerGY
EFFICIENCY
62%
WASTE CONTROL
EFFICIENCY
RESULTS OF MEASURES
If all measures in terms of saving energy
are applied on campus UNIBE will have a
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CON-
CLUSION
“We believe that colleges, universities, museums, libraries, historical
societies, and other cultural institutions have a central role to play in
conceiving and implementing an urban agenda for our twenty-first century
communities. Increasingly, these institutions are emerging as the venues
around which strong, inclusive, well-functioning modern communities can
form. We believe that universities in particular can be the exemplars of
a new kind of civic engagement, neither easy nor accidental, but strategic,
comprehensive, intense and purposeful”
—Judith Rodin
Universities in Santo Domingo, should begin
collaborating with communities and the
municipalities on local policies and urban
environmental adaptation providing experti-
se, training and organizational capacity. They
have the opportunity to serve as meeting
points for their communities on adapta-
tion issues taking a proactive approach in
creating a set of policies for new university
districts.
The Research to Practice Program has been
very effective for such a purpose. In Phase
1 a team of undergraduate students and
faculty from UNIBE gathered data, formu-
lated metrics, investigated strategies and
developed thematic mapping. In Phase II the
graduate program engaged in a meaningful
educational process of evaluating all data
collection, generating ideas, prototyping so-
lutions and receiving feedback from the com-
munity. Then this methodology is supposed
to be disseminated to a variety of audiences
thus making it real for the community.
A PATH TO
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There are some recommendations that
UNIBE could take the community leaders-
hip for creating a new sustainable district:
• Engage leaders in a dialogue to identify
opportunities for the university to provide
education, research, and pilot projects on
adaptation; and for larger projects that
can be pursued in collaboration with other
similar institutions to improve the resi-
liency of the city’s infrastructure, energy
systems, water system and transportation
systems.
• Collaborate with the municipality of San-
to Domingo in establishing urban policies
that would protect existing residential
neighborhood and promote land use
diversity.
• Engage with relevant public agencies to
promote adaptation research supported
on real world urban problems.
• Evaluate academic offerings on sustaina-
bility to ensure all graduates have suffi-
cient understanding of sustainability and
how to address them in their professional
lives.
There are some straightforward actions
UNIBE could take from this study, that
would greatly improve urban environment
and transform car-mentality:
• Joining forces with higher education
institutions in the area for sharing shuttle
buses and creating routes to major trans-
portation nodes and big parking lots.
• Recreating a future scenario by changing
on-site parking mentality.
• Evaluating possibilities for outsourcing
parking spaces in collaboration with other
institutions in the area that underperform
their parking lots.
• Improving pedestrian safety and security
by promoting walkable neighborhoods
principles.
UNIBE is beginning to embrace these
opportunities, recognizing its risks, while
working to create more effective systems
to deal with the urban problematic it is
confronting. However, further efforts
need to be done. Adaptation research on
sustainability issues and its subsequent
implementation will often require collabo-
ration across diverse disciplines. This can
be challenging within the current structure
of most academic institutions that tend to
operate autonomously and in isolation to
others.
UNIBE has gained two crucial and strategic
institutional allies: the City Government
and the National Environmental Network
for Universities; both have agreed to sup-
port this initiative and are strongly focused
to go forward for the next step.
The challenge for this type of civic en-
gagement is to make of it a permanent
component of the mission and ethos of
our universities. Many individuals have
recognized this situation and are engaged
in research, creative experimentation, and
complex policy discussions, thus this path
to sustainability has begun and this contri-
bution to it is offered.

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General
Coordination
Odile Camilo | Academic Vice-Chancellor
Degree in Psychology, from the Instituto
Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, has a
Masters in Curriculum and Instruction
and a Ph.D. in International Education
Development from Teachers College,
Columbia University. She is the Academic
Vice-Chancellor of Universidad Iberoame-
ricana.
Laura Sartori | Dean of Graduate Studies
Degree in Education, holds a Masters
Degree in Education Management from
Lesley University in Cambridge Massa-
chussets. She is a specialist in Academic
Coaching and Virtual education environ-
ments.
Marcos Barinas Uribe | Coordinator,
Master of Sustainable Design
Graduate studies at Catholic University
of America and the Southern California
Institute of Architecture under a Fulbright
Scholarship. Post graduate studies in
International Relationships at the National
School of Diplomacy in Santo Domingo
and Graduate Diploma on Urban Settle-
ments and Environment from Universidad
de Chile. He is the coordinator of the
graduate program in Sustainable Design
at Universidad Iberoamericana.
Alex Martínez Suárez | Professor,
Diploma in architecture from Universidad
Iberoamericana. Graduate studies at Ber-
lage Institute, Rotterdam, NL. Researcher
for Erwin Walter Palm Foundation and
Dominican DoCoMoMo Chapter. Editorial
Collaboration for Arquitexto and AAA
Magazine. He is an architecture theory
and design studio professor (undergra-
duate school) and lead professor at the
graduate program in Sustainable Design
Phase 1
Elmer González | Coordinator,
School of Architecture
Diploma in architecture from Universidad
Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña. Did gra-
duate studies in education at UNIBE. He is
the coordinator of the School of architec-
ture at Universidad Iberoamericana.
Amin Abel | Professor, School of
Architecture
Diploma in Architecture from Universidad
Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Gradua-
te studies in Tropical Architecture from
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez
Ureña. He is a professor of urban design
Vanessa Espaillat Bonnelly | Lecturer,
Diploma in architecture from Universi-
dad Iberoamericana. Graduate studies in
urbanism from Architectural Association
in London. She holds a lecturer position in
urbanism at UNIBE.
Undergraduate students
Sarah Victoria Gómez, Julio Lorenzo, Ana
Elisa Mejía, Enmanuel Santos, Pame-
la Bournigal, María E. Español, Hector
García, Jacob Brockmans, Luis Amarante,
Nathalie Caraballo, Julio Bera, María
Noceda, Gabriela Ortíz, Zamel Roig &
Genesis Acosta
Colaborators
Higinio Llames, Melisa Vargas. Milagros
Rodríguez, Ginia Montes de Oca, Sixto
Inchaustegui, Simón Guerrero. Virginia
Peguero.
CRE-
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Phase 2
Indhira Rojas | Visiting Professor,
Master of Design
Holds a Bachelors in Communication
Design from Parsons The School for Design
and a Master in Transdisciplinary Design
from California College of the Arts. Her
practice focuses on highlighting the role of
the transdisciplinary designer as strategic
thinker and mediator, who has the capacity
to not only serve the traditional fields of
design, but also areas of public service,
policy and social justice. She is currently
teaching at California College of the Arts,
San Francisco CA.
Humberto Cavallín, Phd | Visiting Professor,
Director at the School of Architecture
of University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Cavallin
work and interest focus on the study of
the design process, and the development
of design projects through non-collocated
collaboration. His research interests also in-
clude the studying of thinking and problem
solving in architectural design, particularly
on the use of models for simulation and
problem solving, as well as the study of
the impact of tools, communication, and
collaboration in the professional practice of
Architecture.
Teaching Assistant
Sarah de la Cruz
Researchers
[Graduate Students]
District
Isabel Díaz
Bownny Mosquea
Paola Fortuna
Gil Cáceres
Jomarif Fermín
Transportation
Rosemil Martínez
Laura Rodríguez
Mariel De Peña
Vicente Chacón
Waste Management
and Energy
Carlos Medina
Laura Leger
Ivan Cordero
Erika Arias
Francesca De Marchena
Pedestrian Circulation
Ismabel Sosa
Delio García
Edna Rivera
Jessica Martínez
Editing
Credits
Editors
Marcos Barinas Uribe,
Alex Martínez Suárez & Indhira Rojas
Editing Assistance
Isabel Díaz, Paola Fortuna & Edna Rivera
Translation
Zoilo Pimentel
Graphic Design
Indhira Rojas & Paolat de la Cruz
Published on:
June 26, 2012
Santo Domingo,

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