case studies

Case Studies focus on the process behind real-world community-engaged design projects. They create opportunities for community and design leaders to think together about ways to catalyze transformational design, planning, and place-keeping from the ground up.

Case Study: Tom Lee Park by Tom Jones. Image: A Monument to Listening by Theaster Gates honors Tom Lee’s legacy with 32 seats carved from basalt representing the lives he saved. Image credit: © SCAPE/John Donnelly
Case Study: Tom Lee Park by Tom Jones. Image: A Monument to Listening by Theaster Gates honors Tom Lee’s legacy with 32 seats carved from basalt representing the lives he saved. Image credit: © SCAPE/John Donnelly
Genesis and Genocide: The Dakota Effort to Reclaim Fort Snelling
By Timothy A. Schuler
The revitalization of Minnesota’s Fort Snelling foregrounds the Dakota people’s pre-existing relationship to the landscape and the fort’s role in their exile. [Source: Farm Kid Studios]
Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Community Engagement
Contested Redevelopment of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood
By Danilo Palazzo, Vikas Mehta
Facades in Over-the-Rhine
Public-Private Development, Historic Districts
Clubcommission Berlin and Community-Driven Nightlife as a Catalyst for Adaptive Urban Regeneration
By Dr. Andreina Seijas and Lutz Leichsenring
clubcom
Night-Time Economy Planning, Urban Planning, Cultural Development
Machan: Insurgent Community Architecture Increases Spatial Justice in Dhaka
By Farasha Zaman, Ruhul Abdin, Kazi Arefin
Project facade
Architecture and Design, Informal Settlements
Living Lab Northern Rivers: A Case Study in Recovery Planning Co-design
By Barbara Brown Wilson
Two children interact with a panel on the wall next to them.
Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Climate Resilience
Building Locality in a Global Neighborhood: Activation of Geneva’s IFRC Park
By Allison Nkwocha and Isobel Zoe Morrison
Group of researchers in IRFC park.
Landscape Architecture, Community Engagement
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