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Studio at Large
Architecture in Service of Global Communities
Sergio Palleroni
with Christina Merkelbach
Foreword by Bryan Bell
For more than a decade, architects and students from the University of Washington have been working with squatter communities in Mexico, migrant laborers in eastern Washington, and Indian reservations of the inland West as well as communities in Cuba, India, and Africa to provide housing, schools, clinics, and other vital structures. Led by Sergio Palleroni, Steve Badanes, and David Riley, these pioneering design/build programs have combined innovative architectural training with cross-cultural immersion, social activism, and environmental science, using design skills and hands-on construction projects to confront poverty and urgent social problems one building at a time.
Studio at Large documents the international and regional community studios organized by Sergio Palleroni and his colleagues, typically held in intensive ten-week builds in marginalized communities. Involving community members and students, these studios promote maximum use of recycled or inexpensive, locally available materials, as well as lighting and energy systems that reduce utility costs and promote resource conservation. They serve as models for making architectural education relevant to urgent social problems, helping communities mobilize indigenous resources and social capital to develop long-term sustainable practices that protect rather than erode cultural identity, dignity, and stability.
Sergio Palleroni is visiting associate professor at the School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, and the founding director of the University of Washington BASIC Initiative. Christina Merkelbach is a designer and former design/build student. Bryan Bell is a founder of Design Corps and editor of Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture.
For more information go to: http://www.basicinitiative.org
Series: Sustainable Design Solutions from the Pacific Northwest
Quotes:
"This subject is critically important and is becomming even more so in the globally connected world in which we live. Studio at Large will be well received by the design community, social advocacy professionals, and faculty and students in a range of professional fields." - John McRae, Mississippi State University
"These design solutions only come with hard work before the design starts that yields trust from the community and then a deep understanding of their needs. It is up to the reciprocating skill of the designer to transform the needs into a physical response." - from the Foreword by Bryan Bell
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Bryan Bell
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Global Community Studio
Design/Build Mexico, Cuba, India
- Escuela San Lucas
- Casa de Salud Malitzin
- Escuela Rosario Castellanos
- Urban Organic Agricultural Center
- Biblioteca Publica Municipal Juana de Asbaje y Ramirez
- U.S. Pavilion
- Unidad Basica de Rehabilitacion
Housing Solutions Studios
Migrant Worker Housing Initiative
- Maldonado Farm
- Esperanza
American Indian Housing Initiative
- Peggy White House
- Fast Wolf House
- Martha Bear Quiver House
Local Neighborhood Studio
Neighborhood Design/Build Studio
- Stairs, Accessible Gardens, and Garden Structures at Danny Woo International District Community Garden
- Play Courts at the Experimental Education Unit
- Pavilion and Work Areas at Highland Gardens
- Pavilion, Gateways, and Footbridge at Bradner Gardens Park
- Stage, Trellis, and Sheds at T. T. Minor Elementary School
Looking Ahead
Project Credits
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Pub Date:
2004
ISBN:
PAPER:
0-295-98432-5
9780295984322
Price:
Paper: $30.00
Subject Listing:
Architecture, Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development
Bibliographic information:
208 pp., 207 illus., 172 in color, 9.75" x 9.75"
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