architecture, planning, peopleA Way of Life
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A Way of Life We are interested in revealing social and urban issues, working across disciplines to propose and pursue comprehensive alternative ways of life. Our three broad areas of work are: - Housing; the lived experience, design standards and occupancy, cooperatives, affordability. - Public places; their use, management, and planning. - International exchange; learning from and advising on ways of life around the world. |
We must be engaged with the things that shape real lives in localities; with the economics, landlords, developers, planners, and statistics that influence architecture and the built environment. We must seek an architecture that reveals these processes to people, and helps them influence proposed development and make their own projects happen. How do we design the design process? How do we put in place the seeds for new platforms of negotiation and equal representation? How do we get architecture that improves lives? |
