Community-Driven Design
We are concerned with changing the architect’s role. We envision a change from the architect representing the rich patron to the architect representing the poor, representing them as individuals and as an interest group. This implies, we feel, studying cities from a different point of view. Not whether or not the architect dislikes cars, but whether or not people actually use cars and want cars; finding out what ideas people have about modern technology, about a good kitchen, about a good street, about a desirable way to live. —Architects’ Renewal Committee in Harlem 1968
Chapter 2 is a short history of community-driven design in:
Wilson, Barbara. Resilience for All: Striving for Equity Through Community-Driven Design. Washington: Island Press, 2018.
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