PDF of "Connected for Reconstruction" presentation given at SXSW 2013 on March 8th. Embedded video not included. This presentation focused mainly on our reconstruction work in Haiti, Japan and NY/NJ
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4. Architecture for Humanity is a non-profit architecture and construction services firm. By
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utilizing the power of design we improve living standards and help underserved communities
attract future investment. We manage all aspects of the design and construction process, from
conception to completion, with the aim of building a more sustainable future for all.
Total Impact
Since 1999 we have helped to build structures and places to live, learn, heal and play for more than 2.7 Million people in 47 countries
around the world. Currently we are building in 27 countries including working on long-term reconstruction in post-disaster communities in
Haiti, Japan and the US.
Our Global Network
Over 35,000 design and construction professionals and an additional 150,000+ in our global network. We have a full time staff of 35 and over
60 building professionals on pro-bono design fellowships.
Our Local Chapters
We have 54 city based chapters in more than 12 countries. Each chapter is made up of volunteer architecture, engineering, landscape and
building professionals dedicated to shaping and improving the local environment.
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19. In 2013, Architecture for Humanity is working in 27 countries
rebuilding lives affected by natural disaster, war, blight and neglect.
Regional Office / Japan
Tohoku Reconstruction
Regional Office / US
Sandy Reconstruction
Organization HQ
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Regional Office / Haiti
Haiti Reconstruction
Regional Office / Colombia
Regional Office / Africa
ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY - Global, National and Local Response #SXSW4Sandy
20. Current Architecture for Humanity Projects - On The Boards Tohoku Business Lounge (MakiBiz), Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
"Recomeçar" Project - Morro do Bumba, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kitakami "We Are One" Market and Youth Center, Japan
Ruka Llallin Domuche Ralco, VIII Region del Biobio, Chile Shizugawa Banya, Shinzugawa, Japan
San Francisco de Asis Educational Institution, Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia Maeami-hama Banya, Maeami-hama, Japan
San Felice sul Panaro Sports Centre, San Felice sul Panaro, Modena, Italy Tohoku Sports facility, Tohoku,Japan
Sumate School, Lota, Concepcion, Chile CSI High School, Melrosapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Santa Elena de Piedritas School, Caserio Piedritas, Talara, Piura, Peru Coney Island School, New York City, New York, United States
Izvoarele Medical Center, Izvoarele, Giurgiu County, Romania Coney Island School 2, New York City, New York, United States
People in Need Community Center, Rožkovce, Slovakia Far Rockaway School, New York City, New York, United States
Besongabang FFH Centre, Besongabang, Cameroon Restore the Shore, Seaside Heights, New Jersey, United States
Tarrafal FFH Centre, Tarrafal, Santiago Island, Cape Verde Healthy Schools by Design Investment Guide, United States
South East FFH Centre, Ramotswa, South East District, Botswana Rio Floods Community Center, Petrópolis, Brazil
Bujumbura FFH Centre, Bujumbura, Burundi USAID Training Manual on Community Design and Construction, United States
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Siyabonga Creche, Umkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal Nez Perce Straw Bale Village, Lapwai, Idaho, United States
Kalebuka FFH Centre, Lubumbashi, Katanga, DR Congo Public Arts Program, Various Locations, United States
Addis Ababa FFH Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Manica FFH Centre, Bairro Vumba, Manica, Manica, Mozambique
Mogalakwena FFH Centre, Dudu Madisha Drive, Mokopane, Limpopo, South Africa
Edendale FFH Centre, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Alexandra FFH Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Iringa FFH Centre, Iringa, Tanzania
Bulawayo FFH Centre, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Ile a Vache Community Development Plan, Ile a Vache, Haiti
Villa Rosa / Saint Marie Community Plan, Villa Rosa, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Ecole Nationale Republique d'Argentine, Bel Air, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Collège Coeur Immacule de Marie, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti Economic Corridors, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
École Elie Duboism Champ Mars, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
École Baptiste Bon Berger, Pele, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
Ecole Bon Berger Montrouis, Montrouis, Haiti
Haiti Partners Childrens Academy, Haiti
Simon Pele Community Action Plan, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Atelier Modayiti, Haiti
Liga FOS, Moreno, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Guerrilla Green School Challenge, Various, United States
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21. Upcoming/Potential Architecture for Humanity Projects Chapter Projects
Little Ferry School, Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States Lamas Cultural Center, Lamas, Peru [LA Chapter]
Union Beach School, Union Beach, New Jersey, United States El Dorado Dog Park, Long Beach, CA, USA [LA Chapter]
Harbor Light Restaurant, Far Rockaway, New York, United States Gaia Gardens - Multipurpose Shelter, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [Sante Fe Chapter]
Broad Channel Volunteer Fire House, Queens, New York, United States ParkFEST, Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT, USA [New Haven Chapter]
Galapagos Island Environmental Center, Galapagos, Ecuador The Remakery, Brixton, London, UK [London Chapter]
Vanuatu Environmental Research and Arts Center, Vanuatu ABC Cultural Orphanage, Bangladesh [Dhaka Chapter]
Open Architecture Challenge 2013 [Focus TBC] CMC Community Cube for Bangladesh [Dhaka Chapter]
Fort Peck Tribal Housing, Montana E+O’s housing and community initiative, Bangladesh [Dhaka Chapter]
Kinshasa Orchestra House, Kinshasa, DR Congo Green Meeting Space, Lisbon's Cerebral Paralysis Assoc. [Lisbon Chapter]
USGBC / FEJ Orphange, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Viviendas "a prueba de agua", Hatillo de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Cavalion Community Plan, Cavalion, Haiti Touristic Center, Bahia Solano, Chocó, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Martissant Grande Ravine Development Plan, Port-au-Prince, Haiti PCK artistic Community Center, Bogotá, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
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IDB Professional Village, Haiti Wounaan Community House, Bogotá, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Bainet Schools Schools, Jacmel, Haiti FUNES Handicapped Center, Bogotá, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Artists Peace and Justice / Cine Institute, Jacmel, Haiti IT rooms, Amaga and Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Dlo Haiti, Haiti Hope Forest park, Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Ecole Republique de Chile, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Join The Action, Cundinamarca, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Healthy Schools by Design National Bus Tour, United States Saco Community Development, Atlantico, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Resilient Retrofitting of Multi-Unit Housing, Brooklyn, NY, United States Barefoot School, Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia [Bogota Chapter]
Greater Chicago Food Depository Pantry Prototype, Chicago, United States ACTIVATE! Design Competition, Chicago, IL, United States [Chicago Chapter]
Avondale Park Master Plan - Chicago, United States Nyegina Library and Resource Center - Tanzania [Chicago Chapter]
Crawford Power Plant Remediation + Redevelopment - Chicago, United States Fisk Power Plant Remediation Project, Chicago, IL, United States [Chicago Chapter]
Reilly Elementary Outdoor Classroom - Chicago, United States Neighborhood Housing Services, Chicago, IL, United States [Chicago Chapter]
"An Inconvenient Youth" Off-the Grid Community Center, Biratnagar, Nepal Chicago Avenue Revitalization, Chicago, IL, United States [Chicago Chapter]
e5Star Wetsuit Factory, Ishinomaki, Japan South Park Storefront Improvements, Seattle, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Tokura Earthblock Workshop, Minami-sanriku, Miyagi, Japan Hunter Tree Farm Bench Prototypes, Seattle, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Osaka Photo Studio, Rikuzen-takata, Iwate, Japan Ryther Meeting Space, Seattle, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Kazuma Youth Center, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan Raise the Roost; Chicken Coop Competition, Seattle, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Hanahama Fishermen's Cafe, Kesennuma, Miyag, Japan El Rincon Taco Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Matty's Surf Shop, Shichigahama, Miyagi, Japan Oasis/Rainbow Center, Tacoma, WA, United States [Seattle Chapter]
Ishinomaki Sharehouse and Business Incubation Center, Japan
Farm Camp, Minami-sanriku, Miyagi, Japan
Takayama Inn, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Ishinomaki Playground project, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
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25. Tohoku Reconstruction / Japan
12 SME’s and 2 Parks
Bati Byen Reconstruction / Haiti
3000+ Homes, 12 Schools
Sandy Reconstruction / NY/NJ Katrina Reconstruction / USA
5 Schools, Fire House and Boardwalk 760 Houses, 5 Businesses and 1 Park
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0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 ........
SET UP FIELD OPERATIONS
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
RAISE MAJORITY OF INITIAL FUNDING
ANNOUNCE INTENTION AND LONG TERM PLAN
THE RULE OF FOUR // RESPOND // RAISE // MOBILIZE // COMMIT
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Professional Business Development
Site Evaluation and Survey Training
Mason Training at International Code Bid and Tender Adjudication CAD/BIM Training
Bati Byen // Professional Development and Support #SXSW4Sandy
33. “Today we saved a lot of lives”
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Designing as if a Childs Life Depended On It
Partner: Jenkins Penn H/RO and Can-Do Foundation #SXSW4Sandy
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Ceverine School, Ceverine, Haiti // Completed 2011 #SXSW4Sandy
Client: Stiller Foundation and Save The Children
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Ecole Elie Dubois, Port au Prince, Haiti // Under Construction #SXSW4Sandy
Client: Barefoot Foundation, Shakira and CINA Foundation
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College Mixte Le Bon Berger, Montious, Haiti // Completed 2011 #SXSW4Sandy
Funder: Stiller Foundation and Students Rebuild
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College Mixte Le Bon Berger, Montious, Haiti // Completed 2011 #SXSW4Sandy
Funder: Stiller Foundation and Students Rebuild
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Ecole La Dignite, Jacmel, Haiti // Completed 2011 // Funder: Stiller Foundation / Students Rebuild #SXSW4Sandy
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Model Rural Towns (500 Homes in 2012) #SXSW4Sandy
Partners: President Carter, Habitat for Humanity, Kellogg Foundation
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Model Urban Towns (2075 Homes in 2013) #SXSW4Sandy
Partners: Komité Humanitaire de Villa Rosa, Cordaid, IOM, CHF and UN Habitat
52. our architect our carpenter local architect
economic development client
ACCESS TO EDUCATION &
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SPORTS WELFARE
スポーツへのアクセス 教育&福祉
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
経済発展
Offering a hand, not a hand out. // Social enterprise as a mechanism for recovery #SXSW4Sandy
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idea to rebuild needed: accessing: buildings built:
architects and engineers private capital new business
construction and materials government opportunities
business advisory services grants and income
private grant
programs
MakiBiz Program Flow #SXSW4Sandy
80. Our five-point plan for long-term reconstruction:
1. Enable our local chapters to provide technical assistance and support to
existing recovery agencies.
2. Provide design and construction assistance to nonprofits and community-
b a s e d o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n a ff e c t e d c o m m u n i t i e s t o r e p a i r c i v i c s t r u c t u r e s a n d
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public spaces.
3. Provide technical assistance to property owners, with a focus on small
businesses and rental properties in low-income communities.
4. Provide community design, planning and architectural support to local
agencies to rebuild and to develop model mitigation strategies, especially
along the New Jersey shore.
5. Build resilient and green. Provide assistance to replace outdated building
sys tem s wit h m or e s u s ta i n a b l e e n e rg y -e ffi c i e n t sol uti ons.
New York & New Jersey // Five Point Plan #SXSW4Sandy
81. Seaside Heights, NJ
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Far Rockaway, NY Breezy Point, NY
New York & New Jersey 2012 #SXSW4Sandy
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Rapid Repairs for Critical Career Families
Rebuild One Block in Far Rockaway
130th and Rockaway // Rebuild One Block #SXSW4Sandy
88. ONE BLOCK, ONE WORLD
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Far Rockaway, NY
(c) Wayne Price / Far Rockaway
$85,000 MATCHING GRANT #SXSW4Sandy
89. MOVING
TODAY’S CHILDREN ARE THE FIRST
GENERATION TO HAVE A SHORTER LIFE
EXPECTANCY THAN THEIR PARENTS
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WE ARE DESIGNED TO MOVE #SXSW4Sandy
90. Architecture for Humanity is seeking to partner with cities to
transform under-utilized spaces into active places within the
US.
We are focusing on five areas that support physical activity;
1. Open Spaces / Parks
2. Urban Design / Land Use
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3. Transportation
4. Schools
5. Buildings / Workplaces
Working with over 70 partners under the Designed To Move
collective we hope to bring momentum to a nationwide
movement to create healthier, active spaces in our cities and
towns. As the lead organization in the built environment,
Architecture for Humanity is seeking to identify three to five
cities to pilot programs to build innovative spaces that tackle
obesity and empower healthier citizens.
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91. USA
Three Challenges. 1965
IN FEWER
7 out of 10 Americans are either overweight or obese THAN TWO
GENERATIONS
The US Spends $147B on health related costs. ~2X the federal budget for the Dept. of Education
-32%
Children 10 and younger are estimated to die 5 years younger than their parents.
2009
-46%
2030 PROJECTION
EARLY
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CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE ADULTHOOD
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30% Misses school
of Lower
2 days higher test $2,741 per
PHYSICALLY children than average scores
INACTIVE year higher 1 week per
CHILDREN
are obese health care year of extra 5.3 million
costs sick days premature
taken deaths/yr. due
to inactivity
PRESCHOOLERS
WITH INACTIVE
PARENTS ARE FAR
LESS LIKELY TO
BE ACTIVE
2X AS LIKELY TO BE
OBESE AS ADULTS
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92. Goals of This Initiative. INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL CAPITAL PHYSICAL CA
IMPROVEMENTS IN: IMPROVEMENTS IN: IMPROVEMENTS IN:
Educational attainment Income General motor s
Lower rate of obesity School engagement Job success Functional fitnes
Create holistic approach to tackling inactivity Processing speed Productivity/Job performance Physical appear
Cardio respirato
Utilize vacant land to encourage future development Executive function/Inhibition/ Morale/Commitment/Turnover
fitness
Mental flexibility REDUCTION IN:
Build spaces that connect downtown with surrounding peri-urban and suburban neighborhoods
Memory Health care costs
Muscular streng
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Academic performance Adiposity/Body
Absenteeism
composition
Brain structure and function Presenteeism
Lipid profile
Concentration/Attention/Impulse control
Bone health/
Learning Osteoporosis
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ADHD management Joint health
FINANCIAL
CAPITAL
Age-related cognitive Maternal & infa
M AY decline management health
Rehabilitation &
ACTIVE recovery
PARENTS MAY LIVE 5 IN Immune system
ASSOCIATED CHILDREN OF ACTIVE YEARS LONGER CA TELL AL
SIC AL
function
MOMS ARE 2X AS PI EC
WITH ACTIVE
LIKELY TO BE ACTIVE TA TU HY PIT
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INDIVIDUAL
CHILDREN
CAPITAL
SOCIAL CAPITAL EMOTIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN: IMPROVEMENTS IN:
EARLY Social norms Fun, enjoyment,
CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE ADULTHOOD Social network/ Feeling good
Positive relationships Self esteem
Social status/Social commitment INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL Self efficacy
GOALS Social inclusion & acceptance IMPROVEMENTS IN: #SXSW4Sandy Body image
Trust/Teamwork/Collaboration Activity knowledge and skills
Intrinsic motivati
Civic participation Social skills/Life skills/
93. Local Case Studies - Urban Spaces
Our city based chapters have worked on a series of urban interventions to
support local economic development and social services.
Homeless Lockers, Minnesota, MN (Bottom Left)
More Than Books, Boston, MA (Bottom Middle)
The Remakery, Brixton, London (Upper Right)
Under the BQE, Queens, NY (Middle Right)
The Point Community Center, South Bronx, NY (Bottom Right)
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RETHINKING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE- Case Studies #SXSW4Sandy
94. Local Case Studies - Natural Spaces
Our city based chapters have worked on a series of urban interventions to
support food equity and access to healthier options.
Reclaimed Garden Shelter, Sioux Falls, SD (Bottom Left and Middle)
Fresh Moves, Chicago, Il (Upper Right)
People’s Community Market, Oakland, CA (Middle Right)
Coconut Grove Community Gardens, Miami (Bottom Right)
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RETHINKING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE- Case Studies #SXSW4Sandy
95. Local Case Studies - Active Spaces
For the past seven years we have built over two dozen sports and physical
educational spaces within the urban fabric. This has included taking over empty
spaces under bridges to working with city officials to close streets to cars and
turn them into permanent places of play. This has ranged from $400K
revitalization projects to $2000 interventions
Coleman Oval Skate Park, NYC (Right)
Street Soccer, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Bottom Left and Middle)
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RETHINKING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE- Case Studies #SXSW4Sandy
96. 1. Open Spaces / Parks
Who Doesn’t Love An Open Place To Play?
Quick Win: Organize playground/park clean up and other
‘done in a day’ improvement projects
2. Urban Design / Land Use
Walk it, Bike it, Skate it, Jump It.
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Quick Win: Beautification and Enhancement of Space -
Clean up trash, plant trees, add benches/lighting, inc art
1 3
3. Transportation
You Have to Get There Somehow.
Quick Win: Closing off streets of calming traffic
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for physical activity
2
4. Schools
Use What You’ve Already Got?
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Quick Win: Paint bright colored lines on playgrounds and
asphalt to appeal to kids’ senses, increase games 5
5 Buildings / Workplaces
Keep It Moving.
Quick Win: Include cues/signals that enhance stair
usage.
URBAN ACUPUNCTURE - Stitching Together A Community Through Active Spaces #SXSW4Sandy
97. Transforming empty lots and
abandoned infill development into
active and healthy environments
for families
1
Transforming the urban street
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scape to encourage public
gathering spaces, moments of
play and discovery and safe biking
and walking.
2
Capturing the border zones. Re-
imagine highway underpass as
connections and meeting points
with the peri-urban community.
3
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98. To empower alternative teaching
methods we need to embed
education in entrepreneurial
environments. Use downtown as
an incubator and interweave the
classrooms within start-ups and
4 businesses
4 Bradner Gardens Park Improvements,
Seattle, 1999–2000
Bradner Gardens Park holds particular The Design/Build Studio participated Central meeting pavilion
Social issues are overlapped and
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action in Seattle. Long neglected by the as an in-kind contribution to enable
city and its parks department, the park the community to obtain a matching
was rescued in the early 1990s by a grant from the city’s Department of
dedicated group of local residents, who Neighborhoods for park improvements.
reconfigured it as a public community
garden. In the late 1990s, as real estate
values improved, the city attempted to
replace the park with a market-rate
Among the projects completed over
two years were a wood and concrete
footbridge, three decorative steel
perimeter gates, and a pavilion canopy
complex. By integrating social
housing development, and the ensuing for the central meeting area.
controversy galvanized the local com-
munity to establish the park as open
space in perpetuity.
services within the urban fabric
we can tackle inner-city needs
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within the community instead of
shunning them to the outskirts.
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Historic way-finding and signage.
Rather than treating Las Vegas as
a place of destination we can use
alternative way-finding to
5 transform it into a place of
discovery.
6
[Case Study: UrbanRock Design/LA]
Canal Basin Charette, Cleveland, 2000
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE - A Holistic Approach to Stitching Together A Community Through Active Spaces
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Malala Fund Congo Orchestra
Schools for All Performing Arts Center
TWO UPCOMING PROJECTS #SXSW4Sandy
100. Resiliency is not by chance, it is by design. Our role is to build a
more sustainable future using the power of innovative solutions.
Together with SXSW lets help rebuild a commuity. #sxsw4sandy