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I would like to propose a variation of the “network of learning centers” suggested in Victor Papneck’s chapter “Design for Survival andSurvival through Design: A Summation” in Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Changes. I would like to explore the ideaof a consortium of schools/design centers that are located in neighborhoods around the world that are focused on local design initiatives.The students and designers must live abroad and learn about the local culture, history, and state of affairs and improve the standards ofliving through designing and co-designing with the locals and stakeholders of the local design initiative.
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Globally Local Design Networks “Think globally, act locally, plan modestly.” – Victor Papanek
Importance of Designing Locally
“We must design with communiEes, rather than for clients, and rethink what we’re designing in the first place…” – Emily Pilloton
“To do good humanitarian work overseas…an open mind and a willingness to listen to the locals may be your best asset, along with paEence and ingenuity.” – Lisa Delgado
“To make design more relevant, is to consider what design issues are.” – Bryan Bell
“It is not possible to just move objects, tools, or arEfacts from one culture to another and then expect them to work.” – Victor Papanek
“The only sound way to solve the problem of poverty is to help people help themselves.” – John Kenneth
Ripple Africa
DeforestaEon in Malawi:
• PopulaEon had grown from 5 million in the 70s to 14 million today
• Most locals have no electricity or gas and have shiYed culEvaEon
• Most local forest has been cut down for firewood or to build homes
• With forests gone, much of the wild life has faded away as well
Ripple Africa
How Ripple Africa Has Helped:
• Developed a more efficient stove that uses 1/3 of the wood it used to take
• Introduced micro-‐loans for local businesses
• Helped develop fish farming, beekeeping, and vegetable growing programs
• Provided equipment for the locals to opened community tree nurseries
• Constructed a local healthcare center, schools and a community library
Barefoot College
Lack of water in poor Indian communiEes:
• Poor rural communiEes suffer the most from scarcity of water
• They have lible to no sources of income
• They may lack hygienic sanitaEon and drinking water sources
• They are drought-‐prone
Barefoot College
How Barefoot College has helped:
• RooYop rain water harvesEng in schools with underground wells for preservaEon
• Divert surface run off water into unused open wells in villages so that more water
percolates into the ground and revitalizes dry handpumps and irrigaEon wells
• All iniEaEves made are for and executed by poor, rural communiEes
• Trained over 13,600 men and women as water engineers, handpump mechanics,
drillers, surveyors, chemists, wasteland developers, masons and architects
Love for HaiE
AYer the earthquake in HaiE:
• Lack of medical services
• Lack of dental services • Rebuilding and reinforcing
• Clean source of water
Love for HaiE
How Love for HaiE helped:
• Designed earthquake safe structures and helped locals build
• Installing water treatment systems in several schools and orphanages
• Setup medical, dental and mental health faciliEes
• A team of psychologists have been training locals to train one another and to
hold seminars on how to respond to disasters
Rural Studio
What is Rural Studio? • Rural Studio is an undergraduate program in the Architecture School at Auburn University in Alabama • ObjecEve was to improve the living condiEons in rural Alabama while giving architecture students hands on experience • From 1994 to 2011 they have completed over 100 projects for the communiEes in Hale County • Programs offered are 3rd year, Thesis, Outreach and Wood Workshop • CiEzen Architect
ProposiEon
Network of Learning Centers • Think and be united globally, while acEng locally • Not for but with the local populaEon Sustainable: primarily using local/naEve resources • Design: buildings, spaces, systems, products, landscapes • LocaEons in rural communiEes all over the world • 2-‐3 year commitment per community