Engaged Archtecture
Posted by Keith Pezzoli on May 24, 2011 at 10:33 PM
The community-development model used by Casa Familiar and Teddy Cruz
“The community-development model used by Casa Familiar and Cruz began with Sin Limites, open public workshops during which Cruz had San Ysidro residents use wooden blocks to design projects themselves. Cruz likes to tell a story about a woman who grabbed the blocks, ignored property lines and built herself an idyllic little development. She called the traditional American household “selfish” and told Cruz that she didn’t see why people couldn’t blur boundaries and share more communal space.” READ MORE
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