This document summarizes a thesis paper about stewardship and the concept of "stone soup." The paper discusses how American society promotes both individualism and compliance, creating a contradiction. It defines stewardship as choosing service over self-interest. The paper references a French folktale where a man makes "stone soup" by getting villagers to contribute ingredients until he creates a meal for the whole town. The paper suggests architects wishing to enact change within communities face similar resource constraints and could take inspiration from this tale.
This document outlines a vision for Cultural Engines, which are described as empowering communities through cultivating local leadership, accessing community gifts, and driving cultural paradigm shifts. Themes of the program include practices like permaculture, co-creation, and following one's heart. Goals are to feel love and nourishment in the work, grow a culture of regeneration, and affirm life. The program will run from June to November and teach skills like gardening, cooking, and event production. Participants will help establish a food system and community kitchen, create celebration events, and emerge as inspired community leaders and social entrepreneurs.
The document discusses the concept of a "BioCity" that aims to increase biodiversity for both wildlife and humans. It proposes designing inhabited land areas with diverse plant and animal species that coexist in balanced distribution, without any single entity dominating. This integrated habitat would protect diminishing wildlife by making it accessible to people within proximity. Exposure through experience and education can help the public appreciate nature and support habitat preservation. The document also outlines problems like rapid urban growth threatening Arizona's riparian ecosystems, upon which most wildlife depends. It analyzes a specific site on the North Branch of the Santa Cruz River that could be rehabilitated through a biocity approach to restore disrupted wildlife corridors between habitats.
[Challenge:Future] OLD OBJECTS - NEW SPACES : Fun + Meaning2 = 2030 finalsChallenge:Future
This document discusses problems caused by overconsumption and waste production on a global and local level. It proposes attracting people's attention to public spaces by having artists reuse old objects and trash to create sculptures, furniture, and games. This would involve collecting waste, holding workshops to make objects, and exhibiting them. The community, local authorities, artists, NGOs and sponsors would all play a role. Potential issues like authorities refusing permission or neighbors arguing about objects could be addressed through communication and understanding different perspectives. The overall goal is to reduce waste and encourage appreciation of public spaces.
Eilidh conducted user research on the topic of life balance through interviews and exercises with 12 participants from different stages of life. Her goal was to understand what balance means to people and how they achieve it. Key insights included that people only share certain events on shared calendars, diaries can motivate productivity, and periods of imbalance often coincide with life transitions. Eilidh analyzed the data and identified three themes: communication with family/friends, food/eating habits, and personal prioritizing/planning. She focused on prioritizing and developed "how might we" statements to explore challenges people face with an increased pace of life due to technology and how personal informatics could help with awareness and behavior change.
The document discusses permaculture, which is described as an art and science of employing life in service of itself to create a safer and saner world beyond sustainability. Permaculture fosters self-supporting systems that grow in fertility, creativity, and possibility. It utilizes Earth Care ethics, People Care ethics, and Resource Share principles to design integrated systems that observe natural patterns and honor life. The goal is to design an ethical and elegant descent from current unsustainable peaks through regenerative living.
This document provides information about an organization called Community. It includes sections on who they are, their history, and their mission. The who they are section is blank, while the history section states they have a history but provides no details. The mission section similarly states they have a mission but does not elaborate on what it is.
Shelterbox: Innovation in the Non-Profit SectorSanMag
ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and supplies to victims of natural disasters worldwide. Run primarily by volunteers, they deploy boxes containing tents, blankets, cooking supplies and more to thousands of people each year. Response teams are key to delivery, assessing needs and creatively getting boxes to remote locations using local networks. Through donations and partnerships, over 100,000 boxes have been deployed since 2000, helping over 1 million people regain shelter and dignity after losing everything in disasters.
This issue of Arctic Trend focuses on sustainability and upcycling trends. It introduces the editor and discusses visiting various artists and designers. Topics covered include experiencing increased information, longing for nature, and thrift/vintage styles coming back in fashion. It profiles artist Kerstin Hedstrom and her "slow art" which incorporates recycled materials like eyeglasses, CDs, and stoplights into installations. The issue emphasizes reusing and upcycling trash into new creative works of art.
This document outlines a vision for Cultural Engines, which are described as empowering communities through cultivating local leadership, accessing community gifts, and driving cultural paradigm shifts. Themes of the program include practices like permaculture, co-creation, and following one's heart. Goals are to feel love and nourishment in the work, grow a culture of regeneration, and affirm life. The program will run from June to November and teach skills like gardening, cooking, and event production. Participants will help establish a food system and community kitchen, create celebration events, and emerge as inspired community leaders and social entrepreneurs.
The document discusses the concept of a "BioCity" that aims to increase biodiversity for both wildlife and humans. It proposes designing inhabited land areas with diverse plant and animal species that coexist in balanced distribution, without any single entity dominating. This integrated habitat would protect diminishing wildlife by making it accessible to people within proximity. Exposure through experience and education can help the public appreciate nature and support habitat preservation. The document also outlines problems like rapid urban growth threatening Arizona's riparian ecosystems, upon which most wildlife depends. It analyzes a specific site on the North Branch of the Santa Cruz River that could be rehabilitated through a biocity approach to restore disrupted wildlife corridors between habitats.
[Challenge:Future] OLD OBJECTS - NEW SPACES : Fun + Meaning2 = 2030 finalsChallenge:Future
This document discusses problems caused by overconsumption and waste production on a global and local level. It proposes attracting people's attention to public spaces by having artists reuse old objects and trash to create sculptures, furniture, and games. This would involve collecting waste, holding workshops to make objects, and exhibiting them. The community, local authorities, artists, NGOs and sponsors would all play a role. Potential issues like authorities refusing permission or neighbors arguing about objects could be addressed through communication and understanding different perspectives. The overall goal is to reduce waste and encourage appreciation of public spaces.
Eilidh conducted user research on the topic of life balance through interviews and exercises with 12 participants from different stages of life. Her goal was to understand what balance means to people and how they achieve it. Key insights included that people only share certain events on shared calendars, diaries can motivate productivity, and periods of imbalance often coincide with life transitions. Eilidh analyzed the data and identified three themes: communication with family/friends, food/eating habits, and personal prioritizing/planning. She focused on prioritizing and developed "how might we" statements to explore challenges people face with an increased pace of life due to technology and how personal informatics could help with awareness and behavior change.
The document discusses permaculture, which is described as an art and science of employing life in service of itself to create a safer and saner world beyond sustainability. Permaculture fosters self-supporting systems that grow in fertility, creativity, and possibility. It utilizes Earth Care ethics, People Care ethics, and Resource Share principles to design integrated systems that observe natural patterns and honor life. The goal is to design an ethical and elegant descent from current unsustainable peaks through regenerative living.
This document provides information about an organization called Community. It includes sections on who they are, their history, and their mission. The who they are section is blank, while the history section states they have a history but provides no details. The mission section similarly states they have a mission but does not elaborate on what it is.
Shelterbox: Innovation in the Non-Profit SectorSanMag
ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and supplies to victims of natural disasters worldwide. Run primarily by volunteers, they deploy boxes containing tents, blankets, cooking supplies and more to thousands of people each year. Response teams are key to delivery, assessing needs and creatively getting boxes to remote locations using local networks. Through donations and partnerships, over 100,000 boxes have been deployed since 2000, helping over 1 million people regain shelter and dignity after losing everything in disasters.
This issue of Arctic Trend focuses on sustainability and upcycling trends. It introduces the editor and discusses visiting various artists and designers. Topics covered include experiencing increased information, longing for nature, and thrift/vintage styles coming back in fashion. It profiles artist Kerstin Hedstrom and her "slow art" which incorporates recycled materials like eyeglasses, CDs, and stoplights into installations. The issue emphasizes reusing and upcycling trash into new creative works of art.
세바시 15분 임완수 커뮤니티매핑센터장-사람과 세상을 바꾼 공동체지도 이야기cbs15min
지난해 미국 북동부를 강타한 허리케인 ‘샌디’ 재난 때의 일이었습니다. 저는 남미계 이민자 가정 고등학생들과 함께 커뮤니티 매핑(공동체지도만들기) 작업을 진행하고 있었습니다. 태풍 피해 상황에서 우리는 발빠르게 커뮤니티 매핑 작업을 통해 피해지역에서 이용 가능한 주유소 지도를 만들어 온라인으로 제공했습니다. 태풍으로 모든 전기와 난방시설의 작동이 중단된 상태에서 석유는 필수생존물품이었기 때문입니다. 그리고 우리가 제공하는 지도 정보는 미국재난방지국, 구글재난지도, 연방에너지국 등에 의해 활용될 정도로 미국 내에서 유일한 리소스였습니다. 사람과 세상을 바꾼 커뮤니티 매핑과 그 가능성에 대해 자세히 말씀드리겠습니다.
Habitat for Humanity of Utah County has been selected to participate in Habitat for Humanity International's Repair Corps program, which provides home repairs for veterans. The program will provide grants of up to $15,000 for home repairs like new roofs or wheelchair ramps. Habitat for Humanity of Utah County is one of 84 affiliates selected for the program funded by The Home Depot Foundation with $2.7 million. The program aims to ensure veterans have safe, accessible homes.
The document discusses World Habitat Day which is celebrated each year on the first Monday of October. This year's theme is "Many Homes, One Community" which highlights the role of affordable housing in reducing poverty and creating sustainable communities. It also provides statistics on global housing issues and examples of Habitat for Humanity's work in countries like Zambia, Nepal, Cambodia, Haiti, Macedonia, and Ireland to build homes and empower families.
Livable Lives | Office Push and Pull: Common Employee Predicaments | Addressi...Regus
Over the course of many years’ research on people’s interests, needs and responses to the built environment, I have interviewed hundreds of individuals, learning how they negotiate the interfaces we all have to manage between work, family and our other commitments. This relates to the settings that we use, our scope to move between them, and the changing scenarios we face as we progress through the life cycle ....
About Regus: http://www.regus.com/?utm_campaign=slideshare
The document profiles several influential environmentalists and their contributions:
- Rachel Carson warned of the damage from unrestrained pesticide use in her book Silent Spring.
- Aldo Leopold is considered the founder of wildlife management and conservation in the US through his writing.
- Thomas Berry developed a comprehensive vision of a sustainable future for the Earth community over 40 years.
- David Suzuki is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist who founded the David Suzuki Foundation to promote living sustainably.
The document provides a recap of the 2009 fall retreats for the Natural Helpers of Maine program. It discusses how the retreats allow Natural Helpers to support their peers and build community. Specific strategies the Natural Helper groups planned to address issues in their schools are also summarized, such as awareness events around substance abuse and building school spirit. The summary highlights the program's focus on empowering youth to help their peers and make a positive impact in their communities.
The document discusses the new Microsoft School of the Future in Philadelphia, which was designed by the Prisco Group to be a high-performance green school utilizing numerous sustainable design features and technologies to reduce energy and water usage and improve indoor air quality. These include a vegetated roof, solar panels, daylighting, and an innovative HVAC system. The School District of Philadelphia expects the school's sustainable design to result in cost savings and better educational performance.
This document discusses the importance of daylight in architecture. It notes that daylight improves children's performance and happiness in schools by up to 25%, according to researcher Lisa Heschong. While science can help little in understanding how space and form create impressions, certain guidelines have been established for humane urban development based on behavioral research. The architect's responsibility is to create healthy, sustainable spaces that support human life.
This document discusses how architecture can be designed to support human health and well-being. It explores how certain design elements like daylight, biophilic design, and multi-sensory spaces can positively impact people. Case studies of hospitals and community buildings are presented that demonstrate innovative and people-centered design approaches. The document calls for more interdisciplinary collaboration in architecture to ensure social aspects are adequately addressed to create buildings that enhance emotional and physical health.
The document proposes a sustainability education center in Atlanta called [re]think. It aims to educate urban residents and visitors about sustainable practices through various exhibits, workshops, and lectures. The center would be located near popular attractions in a renovated building with natural lighting and materials. It would serve as a hub for a community of volunteers, educators, and individuals interested in sustainability. The goal is to provide accessible information and opportunities for people to apply their learning and choose more sustainable lifestyles, helping Atlanta progress in its sustainability efforts.
Collective housing aims to simplify everyday life through shared common spaces and facilities while promoting sustainable lifestyles. Sharing items like tools, workshops, and subscriptions across 15-40 households can save 10% of normal private space usage. The Stolplyckan model in Linköping includes 184 apartments divided into staircases, 2000 square meters of common space, and municipal child and elderly services. Collective housing traditionally appealed to well-educated 1940s workers and families but now includes a more diverse mix like single mothers and seniors. Individualism may reduce health by limiting social interaction, while communal spaces can foster local tasks, organization, and economy for improved well-being.
How to design a creative product not only meeting the green principles, but also invoking the user's awareness on green consumption? Design by Blending could be an answer.
The document discusses the Smileytize YourTown project, which aims to actively counteract bullying in schools through digital games and classroom debates. The project uses a "dialogic recontextualization" process where students play missions in a digital game about a town called YourTown. The missions portray incidents that raise social issues. Students then discuss these incidents in the classroom under the guidance of their teacher. By discussing the digital scenarios in the real world context of their own school and community, students can better understand the perspectives of others and promote inclusion. The document provides examples of game missions and suggests questions teachers can ask to facilitate related classroom debates.
Jackie Calderwood creates collaborative filmmaking mediascapes that allow people to contribute user-generated content across physical and digital spaces. Her projects include e-merge, a filmmaking walk in St. James Park that mapped participant films onto a website, and Ambience, which mapped films from a public call onto a mediascape using PDAs and large-format projections. Her current project Soundlines will use film, sound, and web to engage communities with local landscapes over time. Calderwood's work explores how digital technologies can foster democratic cultural participation and community imaging through movement, collaboration, and shared experience.
This document provides guidance for architecture students on developing their thesis projects. It discusses choosing a topic area and specific problem to address. Suggested problem areas include developing new projects, improving existing knowledge, or comparative studies. Criteria for selecting a topic include the student's interests and capabilities. The document also provides questions to help propose a project to interpret the chosen topic. It emphasizes that the thesis should integrate the student's learning and justify their graduation. The thesis process involves research, data analysis, site analysis, programming, design development, and translation of the design into a structure or guidelines.
This 3 credit, 33 session course on Industrial Marketing is taught by Manish Parihar. The purpose is to understand concepts of business-to-business marketing and differences from consumer marketing. Students will learn organizational buying processes and latest online B2B marketing trends. The course covers fundamentals of industrial marketing, business buying behaviors, product strategies, pricing, distribution channels, strategic planning, and industrial marketing using online media.
Planning Proposal and Voluntary planning Proposal: 8-10 Martin Avenue, 9 Bidjigal Road and 47-49 Bonar Street, Arncliffe - Appendix 1 - Urban Context Report on public exhibition from 26 November 2015 → 13 January 2016.
This is a presentation I created to explain the Concepts of Print to Kindergarten parents at our school's Literacy Night. Parents said it was very helpful!
The JT Performing Arts Centre (JTPAC) is located in Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 2009 with the vision of being a premier arts and performance hub in South India that preserves traditional Indian art forms. JTPAC offers a world-class performance venue and regularly hosts Indian classical music, dance, drama, and folk performances by renowned Indian artists. It also supports upcoming performing artists through scholarships and helps preserve dying art forms in India.
This document discusses various concepts in marketing including societal marketing, social marketing, not-for-profit marketing, cause-related marketing, sports marketing, guerrilla marketing, viral marketing, experiential marketing, search engine marketing, tourism marketing, and personal branding. It provides definitions and examples for each concept.
Chapter 2-Realated literature and StudiesMercy Daracan
This chapter reviews related literature and studies relevant to the present study. It discusses ideas from local and foreign sources on the importance of computer information technology and information systems. It also examines related theories like the iterative implementation approach and discusses how technologies like WAMP5, Windows 7, and web-based systems have influenced various fields and processes like enrollment. Finally, it summarizes some related local studies that have developed web-based enrollment systems to make the enrollment process more efficient.
Can social media become the final frontier in customer experience management? This research paper was published in Nirma International Conference on Management, 5th Jan 2012. ISBN 93-81361-68-1
세바시 15분 임완수 커뮤니티매핑센터장-사람과 세상을 바꾼 공동체지도 이야기cbs15min
지난해 미국 북동부를 강타한 허리케인 ‘샌디’ 재난 때의 일이었습니다. 저는 남미계 이민자 가정 고등학생들과 함께 커뮤니티 매핑(공동체지도만들기) 작업을 진행하고 있었습니다. 태풍 피해 상황에서 우리는 발빠르게 커뮤니티 매핑 작업을 통해 피해지역에서 이용 가능한 주유소 지도를 만들어 온라인으로 제공했습니다. 태풍으로 모든 전기와 난방시설의 작동이 중단된 상태에서 석유는 필수생존물품이었기 때문입니다. 그리고 우리가 제공하는 지도 정보는 미국재난방지국, 구글재난지도, 연방에너지국 등에 의해 활용될 정도로 미국 내에서 유일한 리소스였습니다. 사람과 세상을 바꾼 커뮤니티 매핑과 그 가능성에 대해 자세히 말씀드리겠습니다.
Habitat for Humanity of Utah County has been selected to participate in Habitat for Humanity International's Repair Corps program, which provides home repairs for veterans. The program will provide grants of up to $15,000 for home repairs like new roofs or wheelchair ramps. Habitat for Humanity of Utah County is one of 84 affiliates selected for the program funded by The Home Depot Foundation with $2.7 million. The program aims to ensure veterans have safe, accessible homes.
The document discusses World Habitat Day which is celebrated each year on the first Monday of October. This year's theme is "Many Homes, One Community" which highlights the role of affordable housing in reducing poverty and creating sustainable communities. It also provides statistics on global housing issues and examples of Habitat for Humanity's work in countries like Zambia, Nepal, Cambodia, Haiti, Macedonia, and Ireland to build homes and empower families.
Livable Lives | Office Push and Pull: Common Employee Predicaments | Addressi...Regus
Over the course of many years’ research on people’s interests, needs and responses to the built environment, I have interviewed hundreds of individuals, learning how they negotiate the interfaces we all have to manage between work, family and our other commitments. This relates to the settings that we use, our scope to move between them, and the changing scenarios we face as we progress through the life cycle ....
About Regus: http://www.regus.com/?utm_campaign=slideshare
The document profiles several influential environmentalists and their contributions:
- Rachel Carson warned of the damage from unrestrained pesticide use in her book Silent Spring.
- Aldo Leopold is considered the founder of wildlife management and conservation in the US through his writing.
- Thomas Berry developed a comprehensive vision of a sustainable future for the Earth community over 40 years.
- David Suzuki is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist who founded the David Suzuki Foundation to promote living sustainably.
The document provides a recap of the 2009 fall retreats for the Natural Helpers of Maine program. It discusses how the retreats allow Natural Helpers to support their peers and build community. Specific strategies the Natural Helper groups planned to address issues in their schools are also summarized, such as awareness events around substance abuse and building school spirit. The summary highlights the program's focus on empowering youth to help their peers and make a positive impact in their communities.
The document discusses the new Microsoft School of the Future in Philadelphia, which was designed by the Prisco Group to be a high-performance green school utilizing numerous sustainable design features and technologies to reduce energy and water usage and improve indoor air quality. These include a vegetated roof, solar panels, daylighting, and an innovative HVAC system. The School District of Philadelphia expects the school's sustainable design to result in cost savings and better educational performance.
This document discusses the importance of daylight in architecture. It notes that daylight improves children's performance and happiness in schools by up to 25%, according to researcher Lisa Heschong. While science can help little in understanding how space and form create impressions, certain guidelines have been established for humane urban development based on behavioral research. The architect's responsibility is to create healthy, sustainable spaces that support human life.
This document discusses how architecture can be designed to support human health and well-being. It explores how certain design elements like daylight, biophilic design, and multi-sensory spaces can positively impact people. Case studies of hospitals and community buildings are presented that demonstrate innovative and people-centered design approaches. The document calls for more interdisciplinary collaboration in architecture to ensure social aspects are adequately addressed to create buildings that enhance emotional and physical health.
The document proposes a sustainability education center in Atlanta called [re]think. It aims to educate urban residents and visitors about sustainable practices through various exhibits, workshops, and lectures. The center would be located near popular attractions in a renovated building with natural lighting and materials. It would serve as a hub for a community of volunteers, educators, and individuals interested in sustainability. The goal is to provide accessible information and opportunities for people to apply their learning and choose more sustainable lifestyles, helping Atlanta progress in its sustainability efforts.
Collective housing aims to simplify everyday life through shared common spaces and facilities while promoting sustainable lifestyles. Sharing items like tools, workshops, and subscriptions across 15-40 households can save 10% of normal private space usage. The Stolplyckan model in Linköping includes 184 apartments divided into staircases, 2000 square meters of common space, and municipal child and elderly services. Collective housing traditionally appealed to well-educated 1940s workers and families but now includes a more diverse mix like single mothers and seniors. Individualism may reduce health by limiting social interaction, while communal spaces can foster local tasks, organization, and economy for improved well-being.
How to design a creative product not only meeting the green principles, but also invoking the user's awareness on green consumption? Design by Blending could be an answer.
The document discusses the Smileytize YourTown project, which aims to actively counteract bullying in schools through digital games and classroom debates. The project uses a "dialogic recontextualization" process where students play missions in a digital game about a town called YourTown. The missions portray incidents that raise social issues. Students then discuss these incidents in the classroom under the guidance of their teacher. By discussing the digital scenarios in the real world context of their own school and community, students can better understand the perspectives of others and promote inclusion. The document provides examples of game missions and suggests questions teachers can ask to facilitate related classroom debates.
Jackie Calderwood creates collaborative filmmaking mediascapes that allow people to contribute user-generated content across physical and digital spaces. Her projects include e-merge, a filmmaking walk in St. James Park that mapped participant films onto a website, and Ambience, which mapped films from a public call onto a mediascape using PDAs and large-format projections. Her current project Soundlines will use film, sound, and web to engage communities with local landscapes over time. Calderwood's work explores how digital technologies can foster democratic cultural participation and community imaging through movement, collaboration, and shared experience.
This document provides guidance for architecture students on developing their thesis projects. It discusses choosing a topic area and specific problem to address. Suggested problem areas include developing new projects, improving existing knowledge, or comparative studies. Criteria for selecting a topic include the student's interests and capabilities. The document also provides questions to help propose a project to interpret the chosen topic. It emphasizes that the thesis should integrate the student's learning and justify their graduation. The thesis process involves research, data analysis, site analysis, programming, design development, and translation of the design into a structure or guidelines.
This 3 credit, 33 session course on Industrial Marketing is taught by Manish Parihar. The purpose is to understand concepts of business-to-business marketing and differences from consumer marketing. Students will learn organizational buying processes and latest online B2B marketing trends. The course covers fundamentals of industrial marketing, business buying behaviors, product strategies, pricing, distribution channels, strategic planning, and industrial marketing using online media.
Planning Proposal and Voluntary planning Proposal: 8-10 Martin Avenue, 9 Bidjigal Road and 47-49 Bonar Street, Arncliffe - Appendix 1 - Urban Context Report on public exhibition from 26 November 2015 → 13 January 2016.
This is a presentation I created to explain the Concepts of Print to Kindergarten parents at our school's Literacy Night. Parents said it was very helpful!
The JT Performing Arts Centre (JTPAC) is located in Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 2009 with the vision of being a premier arts and performance hub in South India that preserves traditional Indian art forms. JTPAC offers a world-class performance venue and regularly hosts Indian classical music, dance, drama, and folk performances by renowned Indian artists. It also supports upcoming performing artists through scholarships and helps preserve dying art forms in India.
This document discusses various concepts in marketing including societal marketing, social marketing, not-for-profit marketing, cause-related marketing, sports marketing, guerrilla marketing, viral marketing, experiential marketing, search engine marketing, tourism marketing, and personal branding. It provides definitions and examples for each concept.
Chapter 2-Realated literature and StudiesMercy Daracan
This chapter reviews related literature and studies relevant to the present study. It discusses ideas from local and foreign sources on the importance of computer information technology and information systems. It also examines related theories like the iterative implementation approach and discusses how technologies like WAMP5, Windows 7, and web-based systems have influenced various fields and processes like enrollment. Finally, it summarizes some related local studies that have developed web-based enrollment systems to make the enrollment process more efficient.
Can social media become the final frontier in customer experience management? This research paper was published in Nirma International Conference on Management, 5th Jan 2012. ISBN 93-81361-68-1
This document provides guidance on writing an effective problem statement for a research proposal. It defines a research problem as a situation that needs a solution where possible solutions exist. An effective problem statement clearly describes the issue to be addressed in one sentence, with additional paragraphs elaborating on the problem's importance and context. It should identify the variables of interest and relationship between variables to be studied. The problem statement establishes the foundation for the rest of the proposal by framing the scope and focus of the research. It is important to demonstrate that the problem is worth studying by considering factors like its current relevance, future implications, practical applications, and theoretical significance. The problem statement helps motivate the need for the study and generates the research questions to be answered.
This document outlines the typical structure and sections of a thesis or dissertation. It discusses the key parts including preliminaries, text/body, and references. The body typically contains five major sections: introduction, literature review, methodology, results and discussion, and conclusions. Each section is then described in more detail, outlining what they should contain such as the problem statement, objectives, data collection procedures, analysis methods, and more. Sample paragraphs and examples are provided for many of the sections.
Role models can influence communities to adopt more environmentally friendly habits. Regulations and community norms also shape behavior. Changing perceptions of nature from an integrated part of the world to an object dominated by humans contributed to current environmental problems. Making sustainable choices easier through accessible community design could help shift habits.
The document discusses the importance of stewardship of the land and environment. It contains two quotes: (1) a Native American proverb stating that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors but borrow it from our children, and (2) an unknown author stating that the land belongs to past, present and future generations both living and dead. Overall, the document emphasizes that the environment belongs to current and future generations, so it is important that it is cared for and preserved.
The document discusses the importance of stewardship of land and environment for future generations. It contains two quotes: (1) a Native American proverb stating that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors but borrow it from our children, and (2) an unknown author stating that land belongs to both past, present and future generations not yet born. Both quotes express the idea that the environment is meant to be preserved for those in the future.
Implementing Regenerative Design through Community DialogueBNIM
The document discusses principles of regenerative design through community dialogue and systems thinking. It emphasizes understanding community aspirations and the character of place, integrating human and natural systems through collaborative design, and ongoing learning and feedback through participation. Regenerative design seeks to align human efforts with natural systems and engage in the co-evolution of people and place over time.
This document discusses the source of value in nature. It argues that nature itself is a source of value, not just human labor. Nature provides ecosystem services through reproductive work that creates unaccounted natural value. If nature is accepted as creating value, it should be treated as an economic actor in its own right rather than just a factor of production. This would have profound implications for how environmental governance and biodiversity management are approached.
The document summarizes the development of a conceptual garment design project focused on the relationship between humans and nature. It explores key themes like wabi-sabi philosophy, the shifting dynamics of control between humans and nature, creating awareness of how we interact with the natural world, and illustrating the paradigm of attempting to control nature through a garment that responds to the wearer's movements. The garment aims to prompt contemplation about our relationship with nature and choices around accepting natural forces or continuing to assert control.
Neil Murphy Feed Your Curiosity Sustainable Urbanism30088
The document discusses the principles of sustainable urbanism. It notes that rising populations, consumption, and resource use are putting pressure on the environment. Sustainable urbanism aims to concentrate development to promote interaction and exchange while reducing environmental impacts. The document argues that sustainable urbanism improves economic, social, and environmental outcomes by creating dense, walkable, and socially inclusive communities. It also notes that sustainable urbanism requires rethinking how we plan cities and live to focus more on accessibility, diversity, and resilience.
Mark Simmons founded USELESS to address the connected issues of overconsumption in developed nations and lack of access to clean water and sanitation in developing areas. USELESS sells sustainable products made from organic or recycled materials, with 10% of profits donated to water and sanitation projects. The brand aims to give consumers tangible ways to make a positive impact through responsible purchasing choices and raise awareness of global resource inequality issues. Mark sees initiatives like product impact labeling as empowering consumers and the potential for USELESS to grow into a grassroots movement inspiring broader lifestyle changes around sustainability.
Trim tab spring 2013 Regenerating the wholeBill Reed
The document discusses the concept of regenerative design and living system design. The key points are:
1) Regenerative design aims to engage human activities in positive relationships with all life by restoring ecosystems and focusing on interrelationships rather than just minimizing impacts.
2) Living system design views places as unique, interconnected systems and recognizes that life only regenerates through exchange of energies between interrelated living entities.
3) The role of design is to create opportunities for ongoing, evolutionary relationships between people and life that inform infrastructure and buildings.
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The document discusses the concept of regenerative design and living system design. The key points are:
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2) Living system design views places as unique, interconnected systems and recognizes that life only regenerates through exchange of energies between living entities in relationships.
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Trim tab spring 2013 Regenerating the wholeBill Reed
The document discusses the concept of regenerative design and living system design. The key points are:
1) Regenerative design aims to engage human activities in positive relationships with all life by restoring ecosystems and focusing on interrelationships rather than just minimizing impacts.
2) Living system design views places as unique, interconnected systems and recognizes that life only regenerates through exchange of energies between interrelated living entities.
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From Steve Banhegyi,
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This document discusses the need for a new operating system to guide human development given the failures of 20th century systems. It argues that resilience is needed at regional scales to counter vulnerabilities from factors like climate change and economic disruptions. The document explores cultivating a culture of resilience through principles like planning for change, expanding opportunities, developing rich relationships, designing for learning, and considering multiple scales. Regional approaches are emphasized as critical to bolstering resilience of social-ecological systems. Stories of innovation will show how resilience is being built in the region covering the West Coast of North America.
“Imagine Stratford” is our vision as to what the Town will be like in twenty years. Citizens have assisted in developing this vision as well as a set of principles and a strategy for moving Stratford forward. It includes not only what the Town itself can do to operate in a more environmentally friendly way, but also encourages citizens to make a difference in their everyday activities.
This resource book is a compilation of forty-seven stories about residents of Stratford who are taking action to reduce their carbon footprint. The stories are divided into six sections based on subject and each section concludes with related statistics from a survey that was completed by many of the people who are profiled in the stories and their friends or neighbours within the community.
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The document discusses the concept of placemaking and its importance in city planning and community development. Some key points:
1) Placemaking focuses on building communities around public spaces and destinations rather than just design. It requires effort to understand people and create places they enjoy.
2) There is growing recognition of the need to define cities by authentic neighborhoods and destinations rather than just buildings. Placemaking can converge with sustainability, health, and other urban planning goals.
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The team brainstormed ideas around addressing excessive growth and resource utilization. They conceptualized a carpooling service that would control and balance resource use by reducing traffic, pollution and overconsumption. The final concept was a platform for people to connect and share rides to common destinations, saving on energy, money, and creating social connections while helping the environment through less fuel use and traffic. The service would introduce through trusted social networks and involve registration fees and standardized fares paid via smart card.
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The chapter Lifelines of National Economy in Class 10 Geography focuses on the various modes of transportation and communication that play a vital role in the economic development of a country. These lifelines are crucial for the movement of goods, services, and people, thereby connecting different regions and promoting economic activities.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
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2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
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There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
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𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
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3. Table of Contents
Abstract 7
Thesis Paper 9
Organizational Precedents 23
Architectural Precedents 35
Community Needs Assessment 51
Site Selection and Analysis 67
Programmatic Development 101
Design Implementation 141
Stone Soup and the Public Square 161
Conclusion 179
Bibliography 183
Appendix 189
4. ABSTRACT:
STEWARDSHIP AND STONE SOUP
“Stewardship is the choice for Service.
We serve best through Partnership, rather than patriarchy.
Dependency is the antithesis of stewardship and so
Empowerment becomes essential.”
-Peter Block, Author of Stewardship: Choosing
Service over Self-Interest-
Stewardship is hardly a new concept. The bibli-
cal basis for the idea of stewardship dates all the way
back to the creation story in Genesis. God created man
and “placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and
watch over it” (Genesis 2: 15). The biblical idea of stew-
ardship suggests that as humans we do not, in fact, have
ownership nor entitlement over the things that we typi-
cally claim to be ours. Our time, skills, and possessions
have been entrusted to us not for our own benefit, but
for the benefit of the human community as a whole.
Living out stewardship within an individualistic,
consumer culture seems to be an impossible paradox.
Stewardship requires a high degree of accountability
for the results of one’s actions on the environment, the
economy, and our fellow man or woman. It is the opposite
of being wasteful, cautious, apathetic, or complacent.
This thesis, while accepting the American, consumer
culture as a reality to be reckoned with, seeks to coun-
teract its throwaway tendency by inserting programs
Stone Soup is a French Folk Tale in which a poor man comes to a village that make it easy, beneficial, or fun to do stewardship
during a famine. No one is willing to share their food, so the man in an architecture that acts as a catalyst for sharing as
begins to boil stones in a pot of water in the town square. When asked
what he is doing the man replies he is making stone soup. In sequence,
well as a vehicle for reuse and interaction. By working in
he tells several people the soup is nearly perfect but is missing just synergy with the existing capitalist structure, this thesis
one ingredient, which that person quickly provides. By supper time the
will attempt to create an architecture that will act as
man has created a soup full of meat, vegetables, and spices, and the
whole town joins him in a feast. Stone Soup within its community; bringing together
excess resources and redistributing them for the benefit
of all.
7 THESIS ABSTRACT
5. THESIS PAPER:
STEWARDSHIP AND STONE SOUP
“We’ve become like a nation of advertising men, all hiding
behind catch phrases like, ‘prosperity’ and ‘rugged individualism’
and ‘the American way.’ And the real things like freedom, and equal
opportunity, and the integrity and worth of the individual – things that
have belonged to the American dream since the beginning – they have
become just words, too (Byron 20).”
Introduction
Freedom, democracy, self-expression, individu-
ality, the American Dream – these words all describe
American society, right? What about – compliance, con-
formity, obedience, reliance, and greed; sadly, these
words all describe American society as well. The United
States exists within a constant state of dichotomy. On
the one hand, there is the so-called “free market,” the
ephemeral possibility of the American Dream; anybody
can potentially become a millionaire. On the other
hand, there is the brutal world of corporate America;
an amorphous set of religious beliefs based on the ideals
of survival of the fittest. Often, within the corporate
world, acts of compliance, conformity, and obedience
are encouraged. Peter Block, in his book, Stewardship:
Choosing Service Over Self-Interest, describes the corpo-
rate world as having a “this is not a democracy” mental-
ity. Simultaneously, popular American Culture demands
democracy, self-expression, and individuality. Conse-
quently, because of our economy, what we, as a nation,
“believe in” and how we act out those beliefs does not
always correspond (Block xii). This contradiction, how-
ever, is not necessarily the fault of the individual. Amer-
ican society is structured in such a way that actions,
which create waste and unequal surplus while also en-
dorsing selfishness and self-promotion, are often easier
than actions that encourage equality, fairness, sharing,
and compassion. In other words, seemingly fruitful
squandering is easier than industrious stewardship.
9 THESIS PAPER
6. Peter Block defines stewardship as “the choice When asked what he is doing the man
for service.” He states that, “We serve best through replies he is making stone soup. In
partnership, rather than patriarchy. Dependency is the sequence, he tells several people the
antithesis of stewardship and so empowerment becomes soup is nearly perfect but is missing
essential (6).” Stewardship is hardly a new concept. just one ingredient, which that person
The biblical basis for the idea of stewardship dates all quickly provides. By suppertime, the
the way back to the creation story in Genesis. God man has created a soup full of meat,
created man and “placed him in the Garden of Eden to vegetables, and spices, and the whole
work it and watch over it” (Genesis 2: 15). The biblical town joins him in a feast.
idea of stewardship suggests that as humans we do not, The man in this story chooses to accept the society in
in fact, have ownership nor entitlement over the things which he is situated; for that reason, he uses a more-or-
that we typically claim to be ours. Our time, skills, and less deceitful tactic to bring about a positive outcome.
possessions have been entrusted to us not for our own The present situation of the U.S. economy very easily
benefit, but for the benefit of the human community compares to the famine of this folktale. Architects and
as a whole. Stewardship is the idea of responsibility other individuals wishing to affect change within their
without ownership. communities are often given very little if anything to
With the ever-growing phenomenon of the use as resources. Therefore, the question can be asked
“global economy,” it seems that the American economic whether architects and community activists can be as
system is becoming more and more disconnected with sneaky and resourceful as the clever soldier in the story
the lives and the people it directly affects. Stewardship of Stone Soup. By inserting programs that make it easy,
requires a high degree of accountability for the results beneficial, or fun to “do stewardship,” it may be possible
of one’s actions on the environment, the economy, and to create an architecture that could act as a catalyst for
other people; however, the present global, competitive, sharing as well as a vehicle for reuse and interaction
and consumerist system rarely allows anyone, within its existing environment.
especially architects, to act as responsible stewards
to their neighbors (Byron 24-29). To act as steward The Issue
within America’s present form of capitalism, it often Our society is individualistic and based on liberal
takes a great deal of ingenuity, resourcefulness, and ethical principles. These principles uphold liberty over
collaboration; such as the man in the French folktale, equality and individuality over communal altruism
“Stone Soup:” (Lebacqz); they are played out through an economic
Stone Soup is a French Folk Tale in which system called capitalism. Within the capitalist system
a soldier comes to a village during a disparities do not imply discrimination, and the overall
famine. No one is willing to share their sentiment towards the poor is that their plight is
food so the man begins to boil stones unfortunate, but not unfair (Lebacqz 55, 56, and 58). One
in a pot of water in the town square. of the chief ethical advocates of this position is liberal
THESIS PAPER 10 11 THESIS PAPER
7. theorist, Robert Nozick. In his theory of “entitlement,” proposal of an entirely new economic system seems
Nozick attempts to explain the fairness of a capitalist to a be frightening and nearly impossible endeavor;
system by arguing that it is a just procedure and, however, the insertion of a sub-economy that works
therefore, its outcomes, no matter how disparate, are synergistically within capitalism to create more socially
in turn just as well. just communities and therefore more socially just
Capitalism, according to Nozick, is based on fair, architecture (an architecture of stewardship) is possible
free exchange between two knowledgeable parties. Both through the implementation of stone soup principles.
parties must freely agree to the exchange in order for The pursuit of an architecture of stewardship
it to take place, and therefore, in theory, the exchange through the tactic of Stone Soup may be unconventional,
is just. Within this system of free exchange there often but it is certainly not unprecedented. Organizations
arises a small group of individuals who seem to prosper such as Forgotten Harvest of Metro Detroit, Goodwill
significantly more than their “free” but less successful Industries, and One World Everybody Eats, work daily
counterparts; Nozick acknowledges this phenomena and within unsympathetic environments to successfully
argues that it does not violate any basic human rights promote and achieve stewardship. Similarly, architects
Nozick’s defini-
(Lebacqz 57, 58). This part of Nozick’s argument is used tion of basic and artist have been working within adverse environments
by many Americans to justify the economic disparities human rights to initiate social change and cultivate human potential
are: the right
within the United States. Whereas racial discrimination not to be killed in their local communities. Artists, architects, and
is illegal in our country, economic discrimination is not or assaulted, religious organizations such Jon Rubin, Samuel
the right not
(Wenz 58). Capitalists argue that these people, the poor, to be sacrificed Mockbee, the collaboration of Artists for Humanity and
have simply been unable to prosper in the free market for another’s Arrowstreet, and Grace Centers of Hope have designed
sake, the right
system, but because capitalism is “fair” in procedure, to acquire and and built projects which empower people and encourage
then their situation cannot be counted as injustice. transfer property, growth and sustainability in both the human and natural
and the right to
The economy has a tremendous affect on the freedom of choice environments.
ways in which people can live their lives; it can allow (Lebacqz p 52).
them to live to their full human potential (The National Organizational Precedents
Conference of Catholic Bishops) or it can force them Forgotten Harvest is the third largest food rescue
into a life of oppression and powerlessness (Iris Marion organization in the United States. The organization is
Young). The economy of the United States is part of a based in Metropolitan Detroit, and rescued over 12.5
capitalist system that does not naturally provide for the If 5% of this food million pounds of food last year. Normally when a
poorest and most marginalized of society. Therefore, was reclaimed it restaurant, grocery store, or caterer has extra perishable
could eliminate
this generation of architects, community developers, hunger within food, they have to throw these things into the garbage.
social workers, entrepreneurs, and political leaders, if the United States In fact, last year Americans threw away approximately
(Harvest News
they desire to be good stewards, must be prepared to 2009). 96 billion pounds of food, about 25% of all the food
work within this context and challenge themselves to the country produced (Luoma 20). Forgotten Harvest,
reshape this system to the benefit of all people. The however, acts as stone soup within metro Detroit by
THESIS PAPER 12 13 THESIS PAPER
8. making it easy and beneficial for restaurants, grocery profit companies. Similarly, in holistically approaching
stores, or caterers to donate their excess food rather job placement, by also providing things such as childcare
than throw it away. The organization operates a fleet and transportation, Goodwill has been able encourage
of 14 refrigerated trucks that travel through three stewardship in both their for-profit, corporate partners
counties. This door-to-door pickup assures that there is as well as the individuals whose lives they have changed
no extra work for donors to give their food rather than through these collaborations.
throw it away. Further, donors are able to right-off this One World Everybody Eats is a “pay as you can”
donation rather than pay for the cost of garbage removal. café/community kitchen in Salt Lake City, Utah. The
Oddly enough, the biggest hurtle Forgotten Harvest has founder of the café, Denise Cerreta, desired to create a
overcome is that of liability. With the passing of the place where all could come to share a meal regardless
Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, food of economic class. Therefore, patrons of One World are
donors are now excused from any liability if the food asked to pay what they believe their meal is worth. If they
which they have donated, assuming it meets all typical cannot pay, they are asked to give one hour of service,
federal, state, and local food regulations, should cause doing things such as food preparation, gardening and
harm (Luoma 22). With extremely limited liability yard work, or meditation and prayer. A bowl of “dal and
and added benefits of donating excess food, Forgotten rice” is available free of charge, so that anyone, even
Harvest has found a way to make stewardship the easy those that cannot work, will be able to eat. All of the
choice for hundreds of food organization in Metropolitan food served is organically grown and the menu changes
Detroit. with the seasons. Similarly, patrons choose their own
Goodwill Industries International is a unique portions of food to eliminate food waste (http://www.
organization. Although the company is a 501(c)(3) oneworldeverybodyeats.com). Because this precedent
nonprofit, it makes over 2.16 billion dollars in sales each brings up an issue often overlooked in architecture, it
year. Most people know of Goodwill because of their could be categorized with the architectural as well as the
thousands of thrift stores across the country; however, organizational precedents. Architecture, especially well
the true mission of this organization is job placement designed architecture, is usually exclusionary. In fact,
and training. Goodwill acts as stone soup within their most places in American society, places like restaurants,
environment by not only the reuse and profitability clothing stores, hair salons, coffee shops, etc. exclude
inherent in their thrift stores but also through the poor. By allowing people a chance to learn a skill
partnerships with for-profit companies. Collaborations and earn a meal, One World Everybody Eats is not only
with corporations such as the Bon-Ton, GM, or Dell being a good steward to its community, it is also acting
have been created for anything from fund-raising to as stone soup, almost literally, by bringing together the
job creation (http://www.goodwill.org/page/guest/ contributions of many, no matters how small, to feed a
about). These collaborations have systematically been community.
carried out in clever ways by making the relationships These three organizational precedents are
mutually beneficial to both the for-profit and not-for- sources of inspiration as well as proof that stewardship
THESIS PAPER 14 15 THESIS PAPER
9. is most successful and affective when it is done in unconventional exchange and advertisement.
a collaborative, synergistic, and resourceful way. Samuel Mockbee started the project Rural
Different lessons can be learned from each one of these Studio in Hale County, Alabama, in the early 1990’s.
organizational precedents. Forgotten Harvest proves Mockbee was an architect and professor who saw
that it is possible to make “doing stewardship” beneficial the overwhelming poverty in rural Hale County as
and fun for those involved. Goodwill confirms that an opportunity to get his students involved in social
working in partnership with for-profit companies can justice as well as an architecture of innovation and
be mutually beneficial, and allow for things that would resourcefulness. Although Samuel Mockbee has passed
otherwise be impossible. Lastly, One World Everybody away since the studio was started, the project continues
Eats inspires us to think outside the limitations of our to be run through Auburn University. All of the projects
present financial conditions, and suggests a sub economy done by Rural Studio are funded through grants or
that builds communities and allows for an exchange of other means that do not take money away from the
skills, talents, and goods without an exchange of money. poor individuals or communities for whom the studio
is working. Many of the projects reuse objects that
Architectural Precedents would otherwise be considered “trash” to the average
Jon Rubin is an artist in Oakland, California. His eye or buildings that seem to be beyond repair. Rural
project, FREEmobile is a great example of stewardship Studio, similar to One World Everybody Eats, makes the
architecture. FREEmobile was created in collaboration argument that well designed architecture is deserved
with Hillman City, a neighborhood in Seattle Washington. by all people, regardless of economic class. On the
The intent of the project was to help Hillman City find same note, it encourages architecture students to act
an identity, and Rubin felt that the best way to do this as stewards to their neighbors. This project forces the
was to create social interaction. So he went and bought designers to be clever and innovative; they must be
a 1968 Chevy step-van and painted the word FREE in big capable of designing sensibly on a small budget, often
bubble letters on the side of the vehicle. Rubin then with found materials. It discourages waste and allows
enlisted several community members to take the van out for meaningful interactions between the designers and
individually on eight consecutive weekends and offer the community (Dean and Hursley).
their neighbors some personal skill, talent, or good for The Artists for Humanity Building, in Boston, was
free (Baudelaire 1). The project was a huge success. designed by Arrowstreet. It is another good example
People were lining up down the block to receive anything of what an architecture of stewardship might look like.
from free vegetables to free bike repair or hair braiding. Not only is the building LEED Platinum, but it is partially
FREEmobile is an example of how architecture can act built out of the products of the program it contains.
as a vehicle for sharing as well as social interaction. Artists for Humanity is an organization that takes in
Additionally, like One World Everybody Eats and troubled adolescents and helps them establish careers in
Stone Soup, this project potentially created a micro- the arts. The program assists the students in marketing
economy within its neighborhood, acting as a means of and selling items they create, often from reused or
THESIS PAPER 16 17 THESIS PAPER
10. found materials. In congruence with the program, the neighborhood in downtown Pontiac,
architecture was also made from reused material, such destroyed by drugs and prostitution,
as a railing made out of windshields or the artwork on is now a growing community where
the walls composed of anything from old shoes to old children ride their bikes safely up
magazines. In the aspect of stone soup, the organization and down the street (http://www.
bleeds out into the community through its program, but gracecentersofhope.org).”
also draws the community in with its architecture. The One of the reasons Grace Centers of Hope is such a
exhibition hall is rented out as banquet facility, both successful stewardship organization is because it is
bringing in revenue and acting as a public gallery for the entirely self-sustaining. Because they do not rely on
students’ work. government funding the center is free to be resourceful,
Grace Centers of Hope, in Pontiac Michigan, is experimental, and community based with their financial
the precedent that most strongly connects a program of support and operation. Grace Centers of Hope acts as
stewardship with an architecture of stewardship. Grace a catalyst within its community through its thrift stores,
Centers of Hope is a lot more than a homeless shelter. community clinic, and its rehabilitation programs. Many
Their mission is based on the idea that the brokenness of Grace’s graduates later return to the community to
of the homeless, addicted, and unwanted can only be be volunteers, continuing to build up Little Grace Village
healed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because this strong and maintain the shelter.
belief in the gospel is an integral part of their recovery These four architectural precedents make it
program, they accept no money from the federal clear that an architecture of stewardship is inextricably
government. Instead, their three million dollar budget related to a program of stewardship. A building alone
each year is met entirely by private donations, churches, cannot be a steward or act in stewardship; instead, a
their five thrift stores, and volunteers. Grace takes a building needs a steward. A building can be a vessel,
community approach to stewardship. After graduation a vehicle, a result, or a catalyst for stewardship, but
from their two year, in-house program, the graduates only if the program and the people acting within it are
move into rent-to-own houses on close-by Seneca Street, being or doing stewardship themselves. Therefore,
which they refer to as Little Grace Village. What used to to build or design an architecture of stewardship, the
be one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Pontiac architect must first set in place or ensure the existence
is now the epitome of a strong, interactive, and safe of a steward and a stewardship program.
community:
“Grace Centers of Hope has pioneered a Conclusion and Proposal
fresh approach to ending and preventing Any post-industrial city within
homelessness by weaving together the United States would have most likely been an
supportive services, safe and affordable appropriate place to explore this thesis. Most cities that
housing, and neighborhood revitalization once relied on manufacturing and industry as their sole
efforts. What once was a blighted sources of income and economy are now suffering from
THESIS PAPER 18 19 THESIS PAPER
11. the massive voids and damage caused by the rise and interaction. By working in synergy with the existing
fall of their once prized industrial leaders. For the past capitalist structure, this thesis will attempt to create
several decades, American society has produced less an architecture that will act as stone soup within its
and less goods due to outsourcing and more and more community; bringing together excess resources and
waste due to consumerism. This disproportionate cycle redistributing them for the benefit of all.
of unfettered, global capitalism is negatively affecting
all involved, as made most evident by the recent global
recession and the ever-present effects of global climate
change. Similarly, the gap between the richest American
and the poorest American grows ever wider, and is now
beginning to affect even the middle class. With many
people fed up with this sick cycle, yet unwilling or
unsure how to change it, the climate is perfect to test
the insertion of a synergistic, alternate yet coexistent
system within American capitalism. This system could
allow for an architecture as well as an entire system of
stewardship to exist and even thrive within our cities
and our society.
The goal of site selection was to find a community
that could provide both the steward and the environment
to foster the growth and development of an architecture
of stewardship and its necessary correspondent system
of stewardship and stone soup. Although, Defiance Ohio
was chosen as a site in which to explore Stewardship and
Stone Soup, the intent is that the conclusions drawn can
potentially be applied to most cities across America.
The present global, competitive, and
consumerist economy rarely allows anyone, especially
architects, to act as responsible stewards to their
communities. This thesis, while accepting this reality
as something to be reckoned with, seeks to counteract
the existing culture’s wasteful and apathetic tendencies
by inserting programs that make it easy, beneficial, or
fun to do stewardship in an architecture that acts as a
catalyst for sharing as well as a vehicle for reuse and
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13. ORGANIZATIONAL
PRECEDENTS
The word “Stewardship,” is very alluding. It
is the kind of word that everyone knows what it means
but no one can easily explain its definition. Similarly, the
idea of stewardship seems to be one of common sense,
yet ironically it is very rarely practiced. Therefore, to
begin the search for what an architecture of stewardship
might be or look like, it is imperative to first understand
what a practice of stewardship means, what it looks
like, and how it exists within our present society.
This thesis begins by searching out and
analyzing several organizations that are presently
Grace Centers of
Hope, Forgotten
practicing stewardship in dynamic and innovative ways.
Harvest, and These organizational precedents are then used not as
Goodwill
examples to be artificially copied from, but instead, as
sources of inspiration as well as proof that stewardship
is most successful and affective when it is done in a
collaborative, synergistic, and resourceful
way.
These organizations work daily within the
American, capitalist system, to bring everything the
“American Dream” idealistically stands for, to
more people than capitalism realistically ever could.
“People are afraid to think straight – afraid to face themselves – afraid
to look at things and see them as they are. We’ve become like a nation
of advertising men, all hiding behind catch phrases like, “prosperity”
and “rugged individualism” and “the American way.” And the real
things like freedom, and equal opportunity, and the integrity and
worth of the individual – things that have belonged to the American
dream since the beginning – they have become just words, too.”
William J. Byron,
Author of Toward
Stewardship: An
Interim Ethic of
Poverty, Power,
and Pollution
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14. FORGOTTEN HARVEST
METROPOLITAN DETROIT, MI
According to the USDA, one-
quarter of the food produced
in the United States each day
FOOD is wasted, while simultaneously
more than 36 million people go
hungry. Of the large amount of food
thrown out in the United States a
very minute amount is composted and
the rest ends up in a landfill or
incinerator, releasing toxic gases
into the atmosphere.
Forgotten Harvest is an
organization that rescued about
TRASH CAN COMPOST BINS 12.5 million pounds of perishable
food last year. The organization takes
the excess, perishable food from places
such as grocery stores, restaurants, and
caterers, and then delivers that food
directly to the organizations that feed
the hungry of metro Detroit.
GARBAGE TRUCK GARDEN
One pound
of food is
approximately
one meal.
So Forgotten
Harvest rescues
12,500,000 meals
from going to
the landfill each
year and instead
delivers them to
INCINERATOR LANDFILL hungry families.
27 ORGANIZATIONAL PRECEDENTS
15. FOOD
Like the man in the story
of Stone Soup, Forgotten
Harvest is able to feed
AT
many people by convincing
COLLECTING DONATIONS LOADING TRUCK community members that it
would be more beneficial
to donate their excess food
rather than to throw it in
the trash. Forgotten Harvest
markets their process as a
money saver; if they collect
food before it perishes, the
cost of waste collection is
greatly reduced or avoided
for the food’s donor.
MOBILE PANTRY DELIVERY TRUCK STORAGE
The donation
does not cost
anything
It saves the donor
on dumpster fees
The donation is
tax deductible
There is no risk
of liability for
HUNGRY PERSON RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION donors
<http://www.forgottenharvest.org>
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16. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
INTERNATIONAL
Although most people know
of Goodwill because of their
thousands of thrift stores
internationally, the organization
actually uses the 2.16 Billion
DONATIONS OF GOODS CLOTHING DONATIONS Dollars of sales each year to
fund their true mission – job
placement, creation, and
training. Goodwill collects
some of society’s excess goods
and resells them to the general
public; this keeps these usable
goods from being lost to a
landfill. They go beyond this,
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PRIVATE DONATIONS GOODWILL STORES
however, by creating jobs
through partnerships with
for-profit companies (stone
soup). These programs range
from recycle and reuse of a
companies’ products to janitorial
and maintenance work. For
example, Detroit, Goodwill has
partnered with several auto
makers to reclaim, disassemble,
and reuse parts from excess cars.
CORPORATE PARTNERS NON-PROFIT PARTNERS
JOB CREATION
AND TRAINING <http://www.goodwill.org>
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17. ONE WORLD EVERYBODY EATS
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
One World Everybody Eats is a “pay as
you can” café/community kitchen. The
founder of the café, Denise Cerreta,
desired to create a place where all
could come to share a meal
regardless of economic class.
Therefore, patrons of One World are
asked to pay what they believe their
MAINTENANCE WORKER PAYING FAMILY PRAYERS
meal is worth. If they cannot pay, they
are asked to give one hour of service,
doing things such as food preparation,
gardening and yard work, or meditation
and prayer. A bowl of “dal and rice” is
available free of charge, so that anyone,
even those that cannot work, will be
able to eat. All of the food served is
organically grown and the menu changes
with the seasons. Similarly, patrons
choose their own portions of food to
eliminate food waste. This precedent
DISHWASHER MEAL COOK brings up an issue often overlooked in
architecture. Architecture, especially
well designed architecture, is
usually exclusionary.
FOOD SERVER COMMUNITY OUTREACH FAMILY GARDENER <http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com>
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19. RURAL STUDIO
HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Rural Studio was started by Samuel Mockbee,
an architect and professor who saw the vast poverty
in rural Hale County, Alabama, as an opportunity to
get his students involved in social justice as well as an
architecture of innovation and resourcefulness.
The buildings use
excess goods such The studio was started in the early 90’s and continues
as windshields, to the present, even after the passing of its founder.
Wax Impregnated
tires, scrap
Cardboard All of the projects done by the Rural Studio are funded
metal, and wax
impregnated without taking money from the poor individuals or
cardboard for
anything from communities for whom the students are working. Many
cladding to of these projects reuse objects that would be considered
structural walls.
“trash” to the average eye or buildings that seem to
Student Dorms be beyond repair.
Yancey Chapel in Sawyerville, one of Rural
Studio’s first projects, was built mainly out of salvaged
tires coated in stucco. Scrap metal sheathing was
used for the roof. Another chapel was also built from
Recycled License
Plates
found materials, using windshields from a scrap yard in
Chicago. The Boys and Girls Club in Akron was created
from the remains of a long abandoned grocery store.
Rural Studio saw
the abandoned The building stood as brick walls without a roof or
and used as an windows for years, but Rural Studio transformed it into
Student Dorms opportunity
instead of as a this small town’s community center.
detriment to the The projects of Rural Studio are innovative,
community.
fun, ethical, and fitting. They are direct responses to a
place, its needs, its resources, and its personality.
Tires Coated in
Stucco
Rural Studio: An Architecture of Decency
Yancey Chapel
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20. The Smokehouse
was constructed
The walls were almost entirely of
created from reused materials,
large pieces of on a budget of
concrete one hundred and
leftover from fifty dollars.
the repair of a
nearby highway.
Smokehouse Smokehouse and
Interior Hay Bale House
One of the first projects that the students from Rural
Studio designed was a smokehouse built to accompany
Recycled street the Hay Bale House. The smokehouse was mainly designed
signs were used
to create the and built by one thesis student. He used broken pieces
roof. of leftover concrete from a local highway project
for the walls, glass bottles for the windows, and
unused street signs for the roof. The entire project
was built for only $150.
Recycled bottles
were used to let
in sunlight.
Smokehouse
Detail
ARCHITECTURAL PRECEDENTS 38
21. GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
Grace Centers of Hope is a lot more than an
average homeless shelter. Their mission is based on the
idea that the brokenness of the homeless, addicted,
and unwanted can only be healed by the gospel of Jesus
Christ. Because this strong belief in the gospel is an
Grace Gospel
The act of integral part of their recovery program, Grace accepts
Involving several
Fellowship no money from the federal government. Instead, their
players within the
funding of the three million dollar budget each year is met entirely by
organizations, is
Little Grace
Village an act of Stone private donations, churches, their five thrift
Soup stores, and volunteers. Grace takes a community
approach to stewardship. After graduation from their
two year, in-house program, the graduates move into
rent-to-own houses on close-by Seneca Street, which
they refer to as Little Grace Village. What used to
be one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Pontiac
is now the epitome of a strong, interactive, and safe
community.
Grace Centers
of Hope
Aerial of Grace
Centers of Hope “Grace Centers of Hope has pioneered a fresh approach to ending and
preventing homelessness by weaving together supportive services, safe
and affordable housing, and neighborhood revitalization efforts. What
once was a blighted neighborhood in downtown Pontiac, destroyed by
drugs and prostitution, is now a growing community where children
ride their bikes safely up and down the street.”
<http://www.gracecentersofhope.org/>
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22. PRIVATE DONATIONS FREE COMMUNITY
HEALTH CLINIC
CHURCHES EMERGENCY SHELTER
PROGRAM
One of the reasons Grace Centers of Hope is
such a successful stewardship organization
is because the organization is entirely
self-sustaining. Since Grace does not
rely on government funding, the center
is free to be resourceful, experimental,
and community based with their funding
THRIFT STORES AFTER CARE and operation. The diagram to the left
PROGRAM
exemplifies how Grace Centers of Hope
acts as a catalyst within its community
through its thrift stores, community clinic,
and its rehabilitation programs. Many of
Grace’s graduates later return to
the community to be volunteers,
continuing to build up Little Grace Village
and maintain the shelter.
VOLUNTEERS
LITTLE GRACE
VILLAGE
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23. ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Vinyl From Billboards Used Magazines Reused Shoes
The Artists for Humanity building might be considered
good stewardship because it is LEED Platinum, but
stewardship goes beyond the building into the program
Artist Designed and the items they produce. Artists for Humanity takes
Bathrooms
“Artists for in troubled adolescents and helps them establish
Humanity’s
mission is to
careers in the arts. The program assists the students
bridge economic, in marketing and selling the items they create, often
racial, and
from reused materials. In the aspect of stone soup,
social division by
providing under the organization bleeds out into the community
served youth
through its program, but also draws the community
with the keys to
self-sufficiency in with its architecture. The exhibition hall is rented out
through paid
as banquet facility, both bringing in revenue and acting
employment in
the arts” as a public gallery for the students’ work.
Rentable
Gathering Space
Railing Made
From Windshields <http://www.afhboston.com/>
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24. FREEmobile
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Before After
The FREEmobile is a 1968 Chevy step-van, designed
by the artist Jon Rubin. On eight different weekends,
during the summer of 2003, different members of the
community took the van out into their neighborhood and
The FREEmobile gave away a particular skill, talent, or resource
is stewardship on
wheels. Going for free to their neighbors. Some people gave away
Free Pansies directly into vegetables or flowers from their gardens; others offered
the community
and catalyzing bike repairs, or free hair braiding. In a community
dialogue, struggling to find an identity, this project was mobile
interaction,
and sharing. and activating, creating a dialogue and acting as a
vessel for shared time, talents, and resources.
Free
Incense Trees Free Massage
Free
Dance Lessons
Clare Cumberlidge and Lucy Musgrave
Free Braids Design and Landscape for People
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25. CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM
ARCHITECTURAL PRECEDENTS
These three precedents make it quite evident that an
architecture of stewardship is inextricably
related to a program of stewardship. A building
alone cannot be a steward or act in stewardship, instead
a building needs a steward. A building can be a vessel,
a vehicle, a result, or a catalyst for stewardship, but
only if the program and the people acting within it
are being or doing stewardship themselves. Therefore
to build or design an architecture of stewardship, the
architect must first set in place or ensure the existence
of a steward and a stewardship program.
Stewardship
is the idea of
responsibility
without
ownership. A
steward’s
possessions,
skills, and even
his or her time
are not meant to
be hoarded for
his or her benefit
alone, but to be
used and shared
for the benefit
of neighbors and
community.
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27. INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY
SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT
Any post-industrial city within the United
States would have most likely been an appropriate place
to explore this thesis. Most cities that once relied on
manufacturing and industry as their sole sources of
income and economy are now suffering from the massive
voids and damages caused by the rise and fall of their
once prized industrial leaders. For the past several
decades, American society has produced less and less
goods due to outsourcing and more and more waste
DETROIT due to consumerism. This disproportionate cycle of
unfettered, global capitalism is negatively affecting all
96
ANN ARBOR
WINDSOR
involved, as made most evident by the recent global
94 WAYNE COUNTY recession and the ever-present effects of global
climate change. With many people fed up with this
75
23 sick cycle yet unwilling or unsure how to change it, the
climate is perfect to test the insertion of a synergistic,
127
alternate yet coexistent system within American
capitalism. This system could allow for an architecture
TOLEDO The following as well as an entire system of stewardship to exist and
diagrams explain
the comparisons even thrive within our cities and our society.
and contrasts of The goal of site selection was to find a community
the two cities
24 90 as well as the that could provide both the steward and the environment
DEFIANCE COUNTY selection of
SANDUSKY to foster the growth and development of an architecture
Defiance as the
DEFIANCE community in of stewardship and its necessary correspondent system of
which to explore
FORT WAYNE stewardship and stone soup. The two cities considered
an architecture of
stewardship were Detroit, Michigan and Defiance, Ohio.
Thomas Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis
53 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
28. Wayne County Urban Land: 99% Defiance County Urban Land: 3%
Wayne County Rural Land: 1% Defiance County Rural Land: 97%
City of Detroit Population: 886,671 City of Defiance Population: 15,998
Wayne County Population: 1,985,101 Defiance County Population: 38,543
Postindustrial Disinvestment YES Postindustrial Disinvestment YES
Depopulation YES Depopulation YES
Regional Hub YES Regional Hub YES
General Lack of Stewardship YES General Lack of Stewardship YES
Several Strong Stewardship Organizations A Few Social Service Institutions
Overwhelming Need More Manageable Needs
Exciting Things Happening Now No Clear, Creative Proposals Presently in Place
Creative Community Development Organizations Few to No Community Development Organizations
29. DEFIANCE, OHIO
Defiance is a city of approximately 16,000
people. It is situated at the intersection of three rivers:
the Tiffin River from the north as well as the Auglaize
River from the south both flow into the Maumee River.
The Maumee flows northeast to Toledo and empties into
Lake Erie. The town is named after Fort Defiance which
was built in the early 1800’s. The early growth of the
city was a result of both the canals and later trains that
passed through the area. The infrastructures of both
have had lasting effects on the fabric of the city.
General Motors has been the biggest employer for
the city since the plant opened nearly eighty years ago.
Although the plant, situated just outside the eastern city
limit, still provides more jobs the any other employer in
town, the factory’s numbers have gone down from 5,500
While Defiance in the late 1970’s to just over 1,300 employees to date.
does have a As a result of this and the U.S. economy in general,
number of
problems that unemployment in Defiance is hovering around 13%. The
have resulted county applied for federal assistance in 2008.
from a lack of
stewardship, The City of Defiance is the county seat for
the city was Defiance County and houses the county’s civic buildings,
also selected
because of its along with other assets such as Defiance College and the
large number Defiance Regional Medical Center. Conversely, Defiance
of potential
stewards and an has a poor record in regards to historic stewardship. Many
atmosphere and beautiful buildings have been torn down to make room
DETROIT
size that could
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WINDSOR
lend itself to for the new. As a result of this, along with the recent
WAYNE COUNTY
94
experimentation additions (within the last thirty years) of a mall, Meijer,
23
75 creativity, and
the development Walmart, Kohls, Office Max, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Big Lots,
127
of a system of Dollar General, Lowes, and Menards, the county’s
stewardship and
landfill has been growing at an alarming rate.
TOLEDO
stone soup.
24 90
DEFIANCE COUNTY
SANDUSKY
DEFIANCE
FORT WAYNE
<http://www.defecon.com/>
“GM Plant Saved,” June 1, 2009 <http://www.crescent-news.com/>
57 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
30. The three rivers Industry is not
create natural concentrated wi-
Tiffin River
boundaries within thin one single
the city. From part of the city,
er downtown there but developed
e Riv
u me is one bridge that with the city in
Ma crosses north to many different
the main com- areas. Several in-
mercial district, dustrial buildings
r
and two that cross are presently va-
ve
Ri
east to residen- cant. Sadly, most
ze
i
tial and industrial new industries
gla
Au neighborhoods. prefer to build
new facilities
rather than reus-
ing existing ones.
River and Flood Plains Industrial
The original, Big Box Retail The large red and
densely packed pink region in the
street grid that north is the city’s
can be seen in the main retail cor-
core of the city ridor, mainly con-
begins to disperse sisting of big box
as one moves retail and a mall.
Downtown further into the Downtown There are some
countryside. Two smaller business-
rails pass through es downtown and
the city: one local one larger strip
and one national. center on the east
side.
Roads and Railroads Businesses
Much of the older The city is some-
housing stock was what lacking in
built between large scale park
1850 and 1920. space. There
More homes were are no places to
built in the 50’s, walk, bike, or run
60’s, and 70’s to along the river,
accommodate wo- Downtown except for one
rkers moving to small section near
town to work for the library. Most
GM. Many of the Cemetery residents walk,
recent homes bike, and run at
have been built the large cem-
in Mcmansion-like etery, just south
subdivisions. of downtown.
Residential Parks, and Special Uses
31. 8
4
2
3
5
1 7
6
9
L-LANDFILL
SR-SUBURBAN RESIDENCE
R1-LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
R2-MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
R3-HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
R4-MOBILE HOME PARK
B1-CENTRAL BUSINESS
PRIOR BUILDING OF ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL 1
B2-NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
PRIOR BUILDING OF ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2
B3-GENERAL BUSINESS
ABANDONED GRAIN ELEVATOR AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS 3
B4-COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER
VACANT BUILDINGS ALONG CLINTON STREET 4
S1-SPECIAL
PRIOR SITE OF BRICKELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5
FP-FLOOD PLAIN
PRIOR SITE OF GOLDENETZ GROCERY STORE 6 AO-INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES
HISTORIC FIRE STATION 7 M1-RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL
NORTHSIDE BRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA 8 M2-LIMITED INDUSTRIAL
PRIOR BUILDING OF ZELLER MANUFACTURING 9 M3-GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
32. COMMUNITY RESEARCH
DEFIANCE, OHIO
For the needs assessment, both the city’s history
and the issues it is presently facing were studied.
Interviews were set up with Kris Byrant, the director of
the PATH Center, Defiance’s homeless shelter and soup
kitchen, and Lee Rausch, the City Engineer. Similarly,
information was gleaned from observing one of the city’s
strategic planning committee meetings. These interviews
and meetings were used to help understand some of the
strengths, weaknesses, assets, and opportunities the
American Cancer
Society, city has to offer.
American Red The interviews provided two necessary, yet
Cross ,
Defiance Area completely different perspectives on the city and
Youth for Christ, what it needs. Kris Byrant naturally provided a human
First Call for
Help, development viewpoint, bringing forth concerns
Goodwill affecting the poor and vulnerable in Defiance, whereas
Industries of
Northwest Ohio, Lee Rausch concentrated on the physical development
Sarah’s House, of the city.
The Defiance Area
Foundation, Some of the issues raised in regards to human
YMCA, needs were the necessity for some type of transportation
Young Peoples
Theater Guild, for those who cannot afford to own and maintain their
Habitat for own vehicles, as well as more affordable housing, and a
Humanity,
Big Brothers Big better job skills and training program for the region. The
Sisters, and problems caused by the city’s aging housing stock were
Rotary Club
A list of just some
also mentioned. Most homes do not meet HUD standards
organizational due to lead paint or lack of weatherization. Because of
assets the city
already has to
this, most HUD money given to the PATH Center for the
offer. rapid rehousing of families in danger of homelessness
cannot be used.
Some of the physical development issues
raised involved circulation throughout the city. With a
desire to turn the historic downtown of Defiance into
a more pedestrian friendly area, it is necessary to
reroute the existing truck traffic around the city’s core.
Additionally, Defiance would like to adaptively reuse
some of their vacant older buildings throughout the
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33. LIST OF IDENTIFIED
PLACE NEEDS
city and design mixed-use districts, especially near the 1. Defiance needs a place for small scale makers
historic downtown. There is also a desire for the city to to Make and share their goods.
redevelop the old canal as a greenway and make better
use of its natural assets, such as the rivers. 2. Defiance needs a place where the hungry can be
Naturally, some of the biggest concerns the city Served dinner.
has within its strategic plan are economic. Creating and
maintaining competitive employment and commerce 3. Defiance needs a place for people without health
within the city is key to its health and well being. Along insurance to stay healthy and Heal.
with bringing in more manufacturing, Defiance wishes to
attract more high-end or name-brand retail companies 4. Defiance needs a better place for the jobless to
and restaurants. Learn skills so they can find and maintain
The information gathered from these meetings employment.
and interviews was analyzed and translated into ten
“place needs” within the city. Some of the expressed 5. Defiance needs a place to help it Grow in a
wants were not necessarily needs or did not correspond healthy way.
with the ideals of stewardship, therefore the final list
was framed within the perspective of stewardship 6. Defiance needs more places to assist people in
Grounding
and its relationship to architecture. needs in place
Sharing their skills with the community.
reinforces
the idea of
architecture
7. Defiance needs more places to Play.
as the vehicle
or vessel of a
stewardship
8. Defiance needs more places to Gather
program or “non-recyclable” waste so that it can be reused
organization.
The two are
instead of being thrown in the County Landfill.
codependent.
9. Defiance needs more clean, warm, affordable
and safe places to Live.
10. Defiance is lacking a way to Connect all of
these places, especially for those who do not
These needs each own cars.
correspond to a
type of place the
city is lacking,
places that any
community must
have in order to
be healthy.
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