university of oregon community design build
designbridge team
client
user
camas pedal
camas ridge elementary
elementary students
garden avenue
hiv alliance
hiv/aids patients
team storm
city/public schools of springfield
students, residents
beacon design team
huerto de la familia
small farmers project co-op
bike shelter
entrance threshold
demonstration rain garden
storage/vending structure
typical designbridge process
designbridge
client
user
the common good
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eugene housed/unhoused
process
user knowledge
product
(wayne morse center) research
new process
inquiry
objectives
collaboratoion
collaborative grassroots making with the marginalized develop a process for collaborative partnership with of homeless in eugene to better understand their needs design and fabricate a tool or product that addresses one or more of these needs share the project with the eugene community document and disseminate process as model for design community
students
erica thompson
faculty advisors
allison haynes
alyssa phanitasack
ray reedy
toshi woudenberg
zander chanin
adrienne fainman
alexander froehlich
mark donofrio
juli brode
project goals from grant
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identify problem
set objectives
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inclusive and collaborative design process enables the production of public architecture which gives citizens agency to effect change e pl v r in their lives. an se
coordinate action strategies
answer establish success metric
project process
ask
trial, build, implement, deploy
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measure success
identify stakeholders
flect
organize and synthesize data
rve e s b an o
coordinate investigation strategies
identify gaps in knowledge
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assemble findings
investigate, discuss, converse, collaborate
evaluate problems
richie weinman
city of eugene
keith heath
st. vincent de paul
pearl wolf
ibrahim mubarak
right 2 survive/right 2 sleep
sergio palleroni basic initiative/ psu
thomas mulhern
catholic community services
homeless connect
michael wisth
opportunity eugene
stuart ramsing
city of eugene, planning
william wise
st. vincent de paul
teddy cruz
estudio teddy cruz/ ucsd
keith bussey
episcopal com. services, sf
melinda nettles university of oregon
deni rugerri
university of oregon
Fall Term [research]
Spring Term [construction]
Winter Term [design] meeting: scope definition
SLEEPS community members Reality Kitchen meeting: objectives setting professors students
schematic design product
design development program design
construction workshops addition of fabrication partners
addition of video team Zander addition of two team members Ray
Toshi Adrienne
design detailing
addition of two team members
collaboration process team
Alex Allison Alyssa Erica
public consultation
material providor Wayne Morse Center
discussions
public input
solicitation of community input
construction collaboration
introduciton to SLEEPS public review legal / planning materials / fabrication vendors
process collaborators
information campaign
inclusionary / exclusionary mapping
reclaiming the commons
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the presence of homeless people is considered by many as bad for business, resulting in both subtle and overt efforts to push visible homelessness outside the downtown economic core. due to restrictions on how and when public spaces may be used, the homeless face criminalization for attempting to fulfill essential human needs. those accused of crimes such as public urination, illegal camping and tresspassing can be subjected to exclusion from several blocks in the heart of eugene. in a post-capitalist society, public spaces will be reappropriated by people and used to meet material needs.
courthouse square free speech plaza park blocks
kesey square
public library
downtown exclusion zone
san francisco 530 miles
material within the current capitalist system personal growth is measured by material benchmarks at stages of life.
for those left out of the economic system, provision of only material needs leads to lack of control over one’s life.
systems of consumption enforce a sequence of satisfaction of human needs, each a foundation for subsequent growth.
problem solving by a process of dialogue and collaboration can negate these material prerequisites for achieving agency in one’s life.
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material and social needs must be seen as codependant
only with balanced provision of both material and social needs can one achieve agency to affect one’s life.
social / material needs
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civil war wwii
wwi hull house founded
quality housing & work responsibility act
vietnam war
hands across america campaign
great depression
occupy wall street begins
skid row housing emerged to house transient railroad workers, and continues to provide low-income housing today
stewart b. mckinney homelessness assistance
housing act of 1961
housing commission developed
15% of u.s. population lives in urban areas
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department of housing and urban development founded
national industrial recovery act
slavery abolished in u.s.
national housing act
economic depression
public housing administration founded
80% of u.s. population lives in urban areas
housing community development act hud reform act
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u.s. housing price index
trail of tears
20%
first street newspaper created in new york city farmers home administration eugene housing policy board
new “industrial poor” sparks urban elites to develop institutions that deal with the problem city of eugene vagrancy task force
15%
interfaith emergency shelter program returning wwii vets allowed to camp in eugene
dignity village, portland
10%
eugene founded
right 2 dream too, portland
family access center established eugene service station
family shelter house centennial car camp
opportunity village, eugene
5%
u.s. unemployment rates
“nomad” oxford english dictionary
a member of a people that travels from place to place and has no perma nent home
“beggar” oxford english dictionary
a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food
historical context
“vagrant” oxford english dictionary
a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by
“derelict” oxford english dictionary
a person without a home, job, or property
“bum”
oxford english dictionary
a lazy or worthless person
“vagabond” oxford english dictionary
a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job
“hobo” oxford english dictionary
a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant
“houseless” oxford english dictionary
destitute of the shelter of a house
first christian church
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bring your voice and collaborate on the design for an intervention in eugene’s public realm, addressing unmet needs of local houseless community members. 2pm sunday december 2nd
the reality kitchen 245 van buren (x 3rd ave.)
un iversi t y of o reg o n c ommun it y des ign bu il d
thecommongood.designbridge.org
reality kitchen
public meetings
prototype survival bedding
material needs
bicycle repair
protection from rain
bike trailer shelter opportunistic legal structures
edible landscape
clothes drying
laundry
transition opportunities
bottle recycling
stackable bunks
shelter
safe place
street furniture
bathrooms, washing station
day labor station
co-op style rooming
storage
portable locker
water fountain
solar charging
service space
place to trade services
workshop
street performance stage
youth meetings with mayor
place with tools to fix things
gathering place
community center
network connecting people and materials
how-to guide for prototype
website for unhoused
city-wide public wifi
code lab
resource network knowledge sharing
wall for nomads
source directory
covered eating area
public info campaign
urban wayfinding
public perception
microenterprise place to sell handmade things
meeting place
gazebo
houseless friendly business rating
ecoproduct: buy one, donate one
bike advertising
lockable bike trailer
dog washing
kits for mobile microenterprise
social meeting place not based on commerce
houseless solidarity
individual individual individual small group
individual
individual individual
individual small group
individual
individual
meeting findings
big group voting and discussion
the opportunity: homeless people frequently lack an efficient means to transport their posessions or bottle recycling.
the proposal: [1] a d.i.y. cargo hitch made of rebar, washers and tires [2] a production station for the continued production of them
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bend 2
bend 3
bend 4
bend 5
bend 6
what if anybody could make their own cargo trailer for $6?
the opportunity: physically and mentally able homeless who want to work are not working.
the proposal: [1] repurpose phone booths as digital interfaces for job searching and posting. [2] project postings around town, raising awareness and job market participation.
reclaiming the phone booth
the opportunity: people have the need to fix and maintain personal belongings, as well as the ingenuity to craft objects to be sold for revenue
the proposal: [1] a covered space with basic tools for maintenance and manufacture of goods [2] a mobile exhibit space to share and sell goods
thecommongood.designbridge.org thecommongoodeugene@gmail.com university of oregon designbridge 2013