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Vernacular architecture is not the product of a single visionary, but the collective, learned wisdom of a community. It represents a collaborative effort where knowledge and skills are shared and passed down through generations.
Coleman McCormick • Designing from Experience, Not Expertise
Webdesign as architecture
www--arc.comIn Denver, several public housing projects have been designed as trauma-informed spaces. The Arroyo Village is one of those: a homeless shelter that also includes low-income and affordable housing for individuals and families. When the firm Shopworks Architecture designed the interiors, they considered the future residents’ mental needs and made in
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I find an interesting parallel here to the ideas James Scott proposes in Seeing Like a State (which we covered back in RE #4): a top-down, central planning-style of design can't effectively predict the diversity of user needs. It turns out, contra to the "expert architect", that the users know best what they need from their space. And often even th... See more