NEAL I. PAYTON
Washington, D.C.

AFFILIATION: Torti Gallas and Partners - CHK, Inc.

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Architecture and Town Planning

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE: Neal is Director of Town Planning and Urban Design for one of the largest New Urbanist architecture and town planning firms in the United States. He has been a design principal on a variety of greenfield developments, revitalization efforts including Hope VI, brownfield, and greyfield sites as well as  county-wide regional planning efforts.  Previously, he was a faculty member in schools of Architecture at The Catholic University of America, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, and Rice University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Neal expects to pursue a typological investigation of codes.  He will examine the relationship between the form of these codes, their substance, and effectiveness. Utilizing examples of TND ordinances, TODs, Specific Plans, Urban Village ordinances, "Smart Codes," and other early attempts to instrumentalize the Transect, he will compile a catalogue of these advanced codes, determine a set of criteria to compare and differentiate them, and document their degree of implementation.  Most important to this effort will be the analysis of the effectiveness of these codes on changing the form of development in the jurisdictions in which they are applicable.

E-MAIL: npayton@tortigallaschk.com