10.2: HOW CAN DESIGNERS BE ADVOCATES? 1. Topics to Support a Thesis 2. A Timeline for Design Activism 3. Guest Lecture Reimagined

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1 10.2: HOW CAN DESIGNERS BE ADVOCATES? 1. Topics to Support a Thesis 2. A Timeline for Design Activism 3. Guest Lecture Reimagined

COURSE IN REVIEW: HYPOTHESIS TO THESIS Because the

medium, environmental designers must understand how an

cultural approaches, reading places within our

support of society s welfare designers can create

2 COURSE IN REVIEW: HYPOTHESIS TO THESIS Because the environment is fundamentally a social and cultural medium, environmental designers must understand how an environment affects people and how people can best create environments. By employing critical thinking skills founded in cultural approaches, reading places within our culture, and understanding a professional s role in support of society s welfare designers can create environments that are more resilient, sustainable, engaging, and equitable. ARCH 3711: BUILDING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE

3 WHAT TOPICS TO SUPPORT OUR THESIS? Employ critical thinking skills founded in a cultural approach Read places within our culture Understand a professional s role in support of society s welfare

4 WHAT TOPICS TO SUPPORT OUR THESIS? Employ critical thinking skills founded in a cultural approach (Papers + Responses) Read places within our culture (Lectures + Projects) Understand a professional s role in support of society s welfare (Lectures + Portfolio)

5 DEVELOPING A QUESTION MIND We cannot assume that clients shares our culture, values, or attitudes. We may introduce our own cultural bias in understanding their issues. We cannot assume that communication with clients will be straightforward.

6 WEAVING DESIGN + ACTIVISM ENVIRONMENT EQUITY HOUSING HUMANITARIAN POLITICS PUBLICATIONS

8 Albert Speer- Role of Classicism in Nazism

1960-1970 John Lang- Privacy, Territoriality, Space Amos Rapoport- The Importance of Meaning

11 John Lang- Privacy, Territoriality, Space Amos Rapoport- The Importance of Meaning Leland Roth- The Architect: From High Priest to Professional Whitney Young- Address to the AIA

12 1968: American civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr. addresses the AIA National Convention. As a profession, you are not a profession that has distinguished itself by your social and civic contributions to the cause of civil rights, and I am sure this has not come to you as any shock. You are most distinguished by your thunderous silence and your complete irrelevance.

13 We wanted to be the conscience of the profession that s probably exaggerated, but we wanted to raise those issues.

1970-1980 Clare Cooper- The House as a Symbol of Self Michel Foucault-

14 Clare Cooper- The House as a Symbol of Self Michel Foucault- Panopticism M.L.J. Abercrombie- Face to Face L. Marshall- Each Side of the Fire

1980-1990 Louise Mozinga- Women and Downtown Spaces John Lang- Privacy, Territoriality, Space Amos Rapoport- The Importance of Meaning Leland

15 Louise Mozinga- Women and Downtown Spaces John Lang- Privacy, Territoriality, Space Amos Rapoport- The Importance of Meaning Leland Roth- The Architect: From High Priest to Professional Peter Eisenmann + Christopher Alexander- Contrasting Concepts of Harmony in Architecture

16 Herman Hertzberger- Place and Articulation Gordon Brown- Multi-Cell Analysis David Diamond- Gated Communities Thomas Markus- Power Kathering Bristol- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Black Elk- The First Cure Kim Dovey- Ethics Anthony Ward- Biculturalism and Community

2000-2010 Galen Cranz- The Alexander Technique Samuel Mockbee- The Role of the Citizen Architect Julia Robinson- Space and Power Relations Lisa Findlay- Power, Space, and Architecture E.O.

17 Galen Cranz- The Alexander Technique Samuel Mockbee- The Role of the Citizen Architect Julia Robinson- Space and Power Relations Lisa Findlay- Power, Space, and Architecture E.O. Wilson- A Letter to Thoreau Lisa Heschong- Daylighting Impacts Denise Scott Brown- American Places John Cary- Power of Pro Bono Kate Stohr- 100 Years of Humanitarian Design Myron Orfield- The Choice is Ours David Perkes- Practicing Experience Bruce Nussbaum/Cameron Sinclair/Emily Pilloton- Is Humanitarian Architecture the New Imperialism Emily Eakin- Cities and Their New Elite Michael Speakes- Design Intelligence and the New Economy Susan Rogers- An Architecture of Change John Zeisel- Design Case Studies

2010-PRESENT Jahn Gehl- How to Study Public Life Jeffrey Hou- Making Public Beyond Public Space Cawo Abdi- Homeland Politics: Competing Narratives Anthony Schumann- Community Engagement Architecture

18 2010-PRESENT Jahn Gehl- How to Study Public Life Jeffrey Hou- Making Public Beyond Public Space Cawo Abdi- Homeland Politics: Competing Narratives Anthony Schumann- Community Engagement Architecture s Evolving Social Vocation Craig Wilkins- The Soul Practitioner Thomas Fisher- The Ethics of Housing the Poor Michael Pyatok- Working in the Mainstream, Designing for the Public Ellin Nan- The Tao of Urbanism

19 DEVELOPING A QUESTION MIND Asset-based approach Understanding and evaluating local skills and resources collaboratively Creating equitable partnership Committing to sustained exchange Unloading preconceived notions and biases

20 COURSE IN REVIEW: HYPOTHESIS TO THESIS Because the environment is fundamentally a social and cultural medium, environmental designers must understand how an environment affects people and how people can best create environments. By employing critical thinking skills founded in cultural approaches, reading places within our culture, and understanding a professional s role in support of society s welfare designers can create environments that are more resilient, sustainable, engaging, and equitable.

35 30 PARTNERS 20 COURSES 200 STUDENTS

36 36,000 HOURS

37 WEAVING DESIGN + ACTIVISM ENVIRONMENT EQUITY HOUSING HUMANITARIAN POLITICS + POLICY PUBLICATIONS

38 COURSE IN REVIEW: HYPOTHESIS TO THESIS Because the environment is fundamentally a social and cultural medium, environmental designers must understand how an environment affects people and how people can best create environments. By employing critical thinking skills founded in cultural approaches, reading places within our culture, and understanding a professional s role in support of society s welfare designers can create environments that are more resilient, sustainable, engaging, and equitable.

AIA Philadelphia Strategic Plan

AIA Philadelphia Strategic Plan 2018-2023 This Strategic Plan documents the aspirations and values of the members of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and it sets forth