Monday, September 25, 2006

Community Design creates a combination of physical and socially interactive places.

It is a process developed by progressive architects and planners over the last thirty years. It began as a social action movement dedicated to solving the social and economic abandonment of the urban center. Cities such as, New York, Los Angles, Milwaukee, Denver, Atlanta and many others are in recovery.

In these and other cities, some communities have "circled their wagons", others are designing new social and economic integration schemes that "dance on the grid". As architectural symbols, the circle is limited and the grid is infinite. I know how community design manages the complexities of these two worlds. One is made of firewalls and the other is open source. I seek data and dialogue on mastering the delicate balance between the two. Read More!

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