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“Inequalities are not just an economic issue, they’re a cultural issue. The role that cities can play in creating or not creating those opportunities, it’s irreversible. If designed properly cities can be a great tool for the efficient amelioration of quality of life problems, they are a great shortcut for creating equality… If you make a mistake, it’s irreversible. If you screw it up, you screw it up for thousands of people, over multiple generations.”

— Alejandro Aravena in a recent interview regarding his Elemental practice.

If you missed the Jan. 27 Fire Site Community Meeting #2, check out this great booklet that summarizes the input from the meeting! It includes photos, text and drawings.

#Fire Site #polish hill #community development

Steib & Geschwentner - Paul Clairmont Strasse Housing, Zurich. Photos (C) Roger Frei.

First of all, using Google Chrome seems to make this easier.

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Kazuo Sejima, Apartment building, Gifu, Japan 2000

Roedig Schop A52, built 2005 and 3x10, built 2012 cooperative housing projects, Berlin 2005

Roedig Schop, 3x12 berlin, 2012

A topographical cardboard model of the site has been created. The model will be used during the design process and in public meetings.

(That's architect Rob Pfaffmann in the background.)

Does where you live influence your health? Yes, and maybe even more dramatically than you might expect. When a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offered a program in the 1990s to move families out of poor neighborhoods, it created a unique opportunity not only to improve peop...

Based on interviews with a dozen Polish Hill residents, this document describes "What do you love about Polish Hill?" "What would make it better?" in the words of our own residents. Thank you to Marc and Hannah for crafting this beautiful and powerful piece and thank you to all of our interviewees for openly sharing their thoughts.

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