Physical Infrastructure Design
emblematic ideas to take forward could include: * resilient and diverse communities as essential foundations; * the value of trust in government and civic institutions; * recognising the agility and capability latent within the public sector; * and the enormous value of inefficiency and redundancy in systems; * an understanding that there are... See more
Medium • 11: Post-traumatic urbanism and radical indigenism
For example, how might a small community food growing
project both enhance and benefit from new housing being led
by the public or private sector? How might local businesses
and community interest groups work together to activate and
manage an underused space? And how can a design process
help reveal such opportunities?
Shouldn’t we be thinking about
... See moreOur current instruments and infrastructures are struggling to cope. Traditional employment contracts enforce rigidity, property rights are divisive and major institutions like the International Monetary Fund only consider narrow, money-centred definitions of value.Developing civic infrastructures such as food forests would reduce strain upon global... See more