This master plan cooking class is open to everyone:

  • First time bakers: If you have no hand drawing skills – come and learn the basics of drawing a plan.

  • Food Critics: If you are a municipal planner – see how a quick hand drawing can fix a plan you are reviewing.

  • Julia Child Proteges: If you are an experienced designer – join us for a fun drawing workout!

Making a Master Plan is as fun as baking a cake!

    1. Greetings Bakers!

    2. APA-IL Introduction

    3. Zerin's Introduction

    1. Introduction to Activity 1

    2. Activity 1: Quiz 1

    3. Activity 1

    4. Activity 1: Quiz 2

    1. Activity 2

    2. Activity 2: Quiz 1

    1. Activity 3, Part 1

    2. Activity 3, Part 2

    3. Activity 3: Quiz 1

    1. Q&A

About this course

  • Free
  • 1.5 hours of video content
  • 1.5 CM Credits
Just like with baking, the best way to learn is through hands-on experience. Experts will teach attendees the basics of hand drawing using three activities. These activities include tracing a master plan, improving an existing plan, and using your new skills to create a master plan. In order to participate, attendees must print out the workshop handout(s). Click here for handouts and list of few drawing supplies. 

Instructors

Ferhat Zerin

Ferhat Zerin, FAICP, is the principal and founder of Ginkgo Planning & Design. Zerin has been an avid champion on making design an essential skill in planning education and practice. She brings over a decade of teaching the capstone graduate urban design studio at UIC. Zerin will share her tips and easy techniques on how to draw a master plan that is as delicious as her Red Velvet Cake.

Pericles Georgopoulos

Pericles Georgopoulos is the Senior Associate at Ginkgo. Perry likes to remind everyone he meets that our streets are more than just things that move traffic, they are the public framework of our cities and towns and are the places where vibrant urban life happens. Perry can design and draw beautiful multimodal street cross sections in his sleep! He will share his tips on drawing great streets that are as memorable as his Chocolate Ganache Cake.

Sarah White

Sarah White, AICP, ASLA, LEED, is the Lakefront Planning Coordinator at the Chicago Park District, and president elect for IL-ASLA. As a child of a gifted artist, Sarah has always considered her drawing skills a demonstrable regression toward the mean. But that doesn’t stop her! By day, Sarah produces clunky sketches for the Chicago Park District Department of Planning and Construction. For recreation, she enjoys spending time with her husband, toddler son, and a geriatric Pomeranian.

Make great communities for all in Illinois!