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- Title
URBAN DESIGN BUILD: THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS PEACE PARK - COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING THROUGH MAKING.
- Authors
Grichting, Anna; Sturgeon, Kyle
- Abstract
By way of its uniquely concurrent practice + academic learning model, the Boston Architectural College (BAC) has begun a thriving tradition of community engagement through design. This paper uncovers how design/build formats - cast as a service-learning projects - have the potential to foster profound student learning opportunities, improve the urban environment through design engagement and community action, and inform architectural accreditation. Though exceptionally rewarding, the design/build model is not without challenges. The authors utilize their unique perspectives as design educators and community members to deliver both a narrative account and critical analysis for a case study of one such learning model. The Frederick Douglas Peace Park project conducted in 2008 as part of the authors' Urban Design Build (UDB) format is an example of a grassroots initiative met with the support of an institution of design education. The project revitalizes a neglected neighborhood by activating forgotten space - rebuilding a sense of community and creating a place of memorial for a much-revered American Civil Rights Activist. Emanating from Grichting's neighborhood peace park, Sturgeon's UDB project extended grassroots momentum to community event programming and served as a catalyst for additional reclamation projects: a string of public spaces and the rehabilitation of a community center once on the verge of being torn down and privatized.
- Subjects
URBAN planning; TRANSFRONTIER conservation areas; LEARNING; PUBLIC spaces; ARCHITECTURAL design
- Publication
Open House International (Open House International Association), 2015, Vol 40, Issue 3, p5
- ISSN
0168-2601
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1108/ohi-03-2015-b0002