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.
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.