Design Studio:The Case for Social Entrepreneurship

This paper outlines a participatory development strategy first tested and adopted in practice and now being reoriented as a studio design process. Two case studies from practice will be explored that provide unique strategies for empowering community. These crowdsourced projects pool resources and expertise in order to design and build projects that resist gentrification, stimulate investment, and build community. We then explore the translation of this process into an educational experience where students work directly with neighborhood residents to utilize the participatory actions of establishing a pro forma, acquiring land, securing financing, selecting professional engineers and contractors, and ultimately constructing the project all as larger components of community building.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.107.35

Volume Editors
Amy Kulper, Grace La & Jeremy Ficca

ISBN
978-1-944214-21-0