Showing papers by "Thomas R Fisher published in 2017"
01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: Social-impact design as mentioned in this paper challenges many of the assumptions that guide architectural practice such as: What should we design? What program to design to? What site to design on? Who should be involved in the design? And what else needs designing beyond what we have been commissioned to do?
Abstract: Social-impact design challenges many of the assumptions that guide architectural practice such as: What should we design? What program should we design to? What site should we design on? Who should be involved in the design? And what else needs designing beyond what we have been commissioned to do? In raising these questions, social-impact design essentially inverts the expertise model that has guided both architectural education and practice and leads to a more open and responsive mode of practice that looks for the underlying reasons why a problem or need has occurred and the larger systemic issues that surround the project and that may require redesigning themselves. Through a series of social-impact design projects conducted by the Minnesota Design Center at the University of Minnesota, this essay explores what this means in specific ways, through actual projects with diverse communities of people.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that modern architectural practice, and its engagement with the environment, perpetuates an ongoing colonial narrative that positions the colonizers (i.e., those aligned with hegemonic power structures) as colonizers.
Abstract: Modern architectural practice, and its engagement with the environment, perpetuates an ongoing colonial narrative that positions the colonizers (i.e., those aligned with hegemonic power structures ...
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28 Nov 2017
TL;DR: The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has developed a research roadmap that sends the AIA further down a road it began in 2001, when the College of Fellows launched the Latrobe Prize as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has developed a research roadmap that sends the AIA further down a road it began in 2001, when the College of Fellows launched the Latrobe Prize, and cont
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