Tag: Economic Development
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Diffusion
In the post-COVID era, cultural misunderstandings have become more common, affecting daily coexistence and urban safety. Hectic lifestyles and stress limit cultural exchanges, resulting in infrequent intercultural communication and the emergence of barriers. To address this, we need spaces where people can relax, enjoy leisurely conversations, reduce stress, and foster cultural understanding, promoting peaceful coexistence…
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Design for Aging – Old Village Activation Plan
In marginalized villages, elderly population become abandoned by the society due less-than-optimal living conditions and poor economic opportunities. Therefore, the project aims to re-activate the villages through houses renovations. To make the environment comfortable and accessible for older people and attract young people to come back. Integrate tourism and vacation rentals into the renovation to…
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The Wading City
The Wading City comes out of the indeterminacy prevalent in the 2020s, particularly the idea of the city and the building not only as a changing entity but as an adaptable entity addressing rising sea levels, food insecurity, ecological degradation, and local economic downtrends around postindustrial waterfronts. Thus generating an architecture which could respond to…
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Urban Farmer Cohousing
Historically, Bedford-Stuyvesant has been considered a food desert. Typically, initiatives that aim to reduce food insecurity are led by outside groups without input from the community, this project proposes increasing quality food access through urban farming at a commercial scale run by and for residents of Bed-Stuy. Our design proposes a ground floor commercial farmer’s…
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Circularity: Fostering Opportunities Through a Circular Economy in a Live-Work Space
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudent: Pravallika Thirumalasetty Collage of the proposed site with the water and water systems depicted to show the circular nature and distribution of systems vertically through the building. Using watercolor paint, the subtlety of the flow of water waste is depicted through the floors which people populate the building…