Germane Barnes is designer-in-residence for the Opa-Locka Community Development Corp. in Florida and a lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Miami.
Helmed by Miami-based designer Germane Barnes, the Regenerating Roots project "shifts the narrative of this community from one of vulnerability and charity to one of power and authenticity," Barnes writes.
When architects and artists join forces, especially by collaborating early in a project's process, it can have meaningful impacts on the surrounding community, as well as the design and designers themselves.
The Chicago Architecture Biennial installation by Columbus-based Outpost Office enlists technology to rethink notions of scale and permanence in community-managed spaces.