Urban Design
Urban Design affects the look and feel of our city environment. Structures, streets, and open spaces interact to create a wide variety of community contexts throughout Davidson County; the design of a suburban area like Antioch or Bellevue will be very different from the design of an inner-ring suburb like East Nashville or Belmont-Hillsboro, and both will be very different from the Downtown city center.
Our Design Studio helps create a wide variety of unique and usable neighborhoods, all with respect to the diversity of development in Nashville and Davidson County. Our staff designers work with Council members, development professionals, neighborhood leaders, and other Metro departments to guide and support livable, appropriate development based on each community’s needs and goals.
Our Neighborhood Guidebook explains Metro Planning’s basic philosophy for creating neighborhoods and communities.
Urban Zoning Overlay
Basic information about the Urban Zoning Overlay District
Clarksville Pike Corridor Study
Corridor Studies provide design assistance along existing road corridors. Metro Planning staff began preparing an update to the Bordeaux-Whites Creek Community Plan in spring 2003, after a series of community meetings which revealed a community need for improved residential, entertainment, and shopping opportunities.
At the request of the Councilwoman, the planning staff began to develop a varied land-use plan for the area along Clarksville Pike from the Cumberland River to Briley Parkway.
That study led to a proposal for growing an interconnected ribbon of four sustainable communities along Clarksville Pike.
Clarksville Pike Corridor Study, complete document
Regional Urban Design Assistance Team
A “Regional Urban Design Assistance Team” provided by the American Institute of Architects helped plan the area’s renovation and rebuilding after the 1998 tornado.