Community Engagement and Public Interest DesignThe Citizen Architect Studio is part of a consortium of three upper level art, architecture, dance and design studios that explore how multidisciplinary design practice can engage professionals, academics and local cultures and communities. Our collaborators and participants are listed above. The Fall 2016 Citizen Architect Studio focuses on Washington Park and Martin Drive E neighborhoods. These are two racially, economically and culturally diverse neighborhoods known for artist communities and active neighborhood groups. According to American Institute of Architects, a “Citizen Architect uses his/her insights, talents, training, and experience to contribute meaningfully, beyond self, to the improvement of the community and human condition. … The Citizen Architect advocates for higher living standards, the creation of a sustainable environment, quality of life, and the greater good.” This studio examines methods and traditions to train a civic-minded architecture student to communicate, hear, listen and work with local partners at the Washington Park neighborhood of Milwaukee.
The Citizen Architect Studio is sponsored and supported by Quorum Architects, a leading proponent of civic practice in the city of Milwaukee. The firm’s philosophy “begins with an understanding that our clients possess a comprehensive knowledge of how their facility operates. We listen. We care.” This ability to listen has influenced their engaged-practice and is central to the core values of this studio. Quorum Architects staff will serve as mentors for students and commit to attend design reviews. Design projects will be defined and generated together with Quorum Architects staff members. |
A trans-disciplinary collaborative for socially engaged architecture and urban designOur learning goals are:
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