1st Edition
Altruism by Design How To Effect Social Change as an Architect
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The Process of Learning Socially Aware Architectural and Design Principles; 1. Creation of a Paradigm; Case Study 01: Studio 804, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; 2. Responding through Design; Case Study 02: Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY; 3. Building What is Designed; Case Study 03: Howard S. Wright Design/Build Studio, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; 4. Amongst the People; Case Study 04: Design Planning Assistance Center (DPAC), UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO; Part Two: The Transformation from Socially Aware Student to Socially Devoted Professional Practitioner; 5. No Man (or Woman) is an Island; Case Study 05: Pyotak Architects, MICHAEL PYOTAK (FAIA, PRINCIPAL); 6. The Needle and the Barn Full of Hay; Case Study 06: Design Corps, BRYAN BELL (DIRECTOR); Case Study_07: MASS Design Group, MICHAEL MURPHY (FOUNDING PARTNER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) -&- ALAN RICKS (FOUNDING PARTNER); 7. A Different Kind of Bottom Line; Case Study 08: Public Architecture, JOHN PETERSON (AIA, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT); Part Three: Under the Umbrella of Designing with Social Awareness and Social Devotion; 8. At a Larger Scale; 9. Take it to the Streets; 10. Here’s Looking at You; 11. One Road; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; Resources; Appendices; Image Credits; Index.
Biography
Adam R. Wilmes is a registered architect in the State of Kansas currently practicing in the Kansas City metropolitan region of the American Midwest.
'With interviews and case studies highlighting some of the best work happening in the field, Altruism by Design is an informative yet approachable compass to help architecture students get oriented with the range of possibilities within Public Interest Design.' Barbara Brown Wilson, Departmentt of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia, USA
