RainCity Housing and Support Society

-non-profit organisation

Since 1982

locates in Vancouver BC

about   

Home for every person

RainCity Housing and Support Society is a grassroots organization built around compassion, purpose and a commitment to delivering progressive housing and support solutions for people living with mental illness, addictions and other challenges.

RainCity Housing provides innovative, outcome-oriented programs and services for people living with mental illness, addictions and other challenges. RainCity Housing has a proven track record, a strong leadership team, and is driven by a clear sense of vision, purpose and mandate. We are a leader in raising awareness around issues related to homelessness.

#SOCIETY

#designforhumanity

#designpolicy

Retrieved from :http://www.raincityhousing.org/

Lava Mae

-non-profit organisation

Since 2014

locates in San Francisco

about   

Repurposing retired transportation buses into bathrooms on wheels to deliver hygiene and restore dignity for San Francisco’s homeless.

What we do is rooted in radical hospitality. We call those we serve our guests. We use human-centered design to build spaces that reflect the value of those we serve. We believe that compassion means honoring another’s humanity.

#SOCIETY

#urbanresolutions

#designeconomy

#designtechnology

#publicpolicy

retrieved from: http://lavamae.org/

Harlem Biennale

-biennial

Since  2007

locates in New York

about   

Harlem Biennale is an international contemporary arts and community event located in Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Its unique model of ongoing events, exhibitions, performances, artist residencies and art education, culminates in a spectacular bi-annual festival.

Harlem, with its notable architecture, diverse neighborhoods and rich cultural history is ideally positioned for building coalitions rooted in the arts.

The outcome is revitalizating through creative initiatives reanimates places, generates economic development, improves livability, encourages innovation and creates jobs.

#SOCIETY

#urbandesign

#design ecomomy

#designecology

#design technology

#publicdesign

#designpolicy

Retrieved from : http://www.harlembiennale.org/home.html

American Architectural Foundation

-non-profit organisation

Since 1943

locates in Washington, DC

about   

The American Architectural Foundation empowers decision-makers to use design to transform the built & natural environment.

AAF is dedicated to the vibrant social, economic, and environmental future of cities.

It has provided design leadership training and technical assistance to hundreds of elected officials, public-private partnerships, education leaders, business leaders, and other key local decision makers in the design process.

It is based on real-world challenges and opportunities from the participants’ cities, which provide the focus for intensive, collaborative design leadership programs. The overarching goal is to equip these leaders with the knowledge, inspiration, and resources that they need to lead their communities to transformative change through design.

#SOCIETY

#leadershipprograms

#designandculturalheritage

#designtechnology

#publicpolicy

Retrieved from :www.archfoundation.org/

Georgia Street Community Collective ‘Urbanized’

Place: Michigan

#Architecture #Community

The Georgia Street Community Garden was started by Mark Covington, a resident of the neighborhood near Harper and Gratiot where the Garden is located.  Mark was out of work and began cleaning up three empty lots near his grandmother’s house.  Mark (known to many as “Cub” from the DetroitYes! forum (www.detroityes.com) only intended to police the lot’s litter and garbage. But as he cleared away the corner, he became inspired to turn it into a community garden.

With the help of volunteers, and several urban gardening organizations, this empty lot is now the first of the Georgia Street Community Gardens.  Mark began to think in bigger terms…terms like revitalization of the neighborhood, helping the youth of the neighborhood, bringing business to the area, and more.  He had a vision for the area, but knew that he could not accomplish all of it alone.

Retrieved from:

http://www.georgiastreetcc.com/

Lucio Costa ‘Urbanized’

Place: Brasil

#Architect #UrbanPlanner

Lucio Costa plays a central role in History of Modern Brasilian Architecture. Urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer intended that every element – from the layout of the residential and administrative districts (often compared to the shape of a bird in flight) to the symmetry of the buildings themselves – should be in harmony with the city’s overall design. The official buildings, in particular, are innovative and imaginative. Much of Locio Costa’s architecture, notably his competition winning city plan for the new capital Brasilia, owed a debt to the design theories and vocabulary introduced by Le Corbusier.

retrieved from :

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/445y/

Click to access V3N1_Fares_el-Dahdah.pdf

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Lucio_Costa_and_Oscar_Niem.html