Designing for Community

Season 3
Written By Marc O'Brien

Anika Goss

What should a sustainable neighborhood in middle America look like when it's not designed in a Eurocentric way? How can it better reflect the aesthetics, lifestyles, and values of a predominantly BIPOC community?

6+ weeks

Deliverables

Proposal for a sustainable neighborhood including plans and renderings of transportation, housing, commercial, and community spaces for a predominantly BIPOC community in a midwestern American city

Resources

  • Hip Hop Architecture Movement

  • Sekou Cooke (Architect)

  • Liz Ogbu (Designer, Urbanist)

  • James Rojas (Urban Planner)

Listen to this episode of Climify Season 3, episode 3 here.

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