During Spring Semester 2014, a University of Tennessee School of Architecture Urban Design
Studio, led by Associate Professor T. K. Davis, partnered with the Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Architecture Master of Science in Urban Design Program, led by Professor Ellen-
Dunham Jones; Nashville’s Metro Planning Department, led by Executive Director Rick Bernhardt;
the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors, led by Jarron Springer; and the School’s longtime
lead partner, the Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC), with faculty member and Design Director
Gary Gaston. The studio was sponsored by a grant from the National Association of Realtors.
