Archinect - News2024-11-08T16:54:29-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150208180/combating-the-stigma-of-opioid-dependency-with-the-help-of-architecture-and-emotions
Combating the stigma of opioid dependency with the help of architecture and emotions Sponsor2020-07-21T13:24:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3da8382d8a32309fa950f48f9349b68f.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong><em>This post is brought to you by <a href="https://www.combocompetitions.com/" target="_blank">Combo Competitions</a></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.combocompetitions.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Emotions, Architecture, Opioids</strong></a> (deadline extended to September 6) is an ideas competition seeking to explore the emotional impact of architecture, its effect on how people feel and behave - and how it can be of use in the struggle against opioid dependency. The goal of the competition is to design a building for the administration of methadone to patients, located in Venice, Los Angeles.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/666b05c107be556adb9b6ec6a5335fd1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/666b05c107be556adb9b6ec6a5335fd1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Architecture has an impact on how we feel and behave.</figcaption><p><br></p><p>Opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States has in the last decade snowballed into a national health crisis, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year, and costing society billions of dollars in addition to the immense emotional suffering of those affected. A major reason for the crisis is the stigma attached to drug addiction: the fact that drug dependency has long been regarded as a criminal problem rather than a health concern has over time established that anyone addicted to drugs shoul...</p></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150126085/v-a-faces-pressure-to-return-donations-from-sackler-family-tainted-by-role-in-opioid-epidemic
V&A faces pressure to return donations from Sackler family, tainted by role in opioid epidemic Mackenzie Goldberg2019-03-12T14:04:00-04:00>2019-03-14T14:00:37-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/31dbb14cbede7eff081601811b0d944e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1031908/v-a-dundee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">V&A Dundee</a> is facing mounting pressure to return philanthropic donations tainted by opioid profits. The museum has <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/v-a-urged-to-give-back-500k-from-opioid-billionaires-1-4886670" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reportedly</a> received a £500,000 grant linked to the Sackler family, who, as the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, have been embroiled in controversy for their role in fueling the opioid crisis. </p>
<p>The Sacklers have been active philanthropic donors, giving hefty financial support to a number of prominent art institutions such as the Met, the Guggenheim, the Louvre, the Tate, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and now the one in Dundee as well. </p>
<p>Debates on how organizations should handle donations have escalated in recent months with many beneficiaries feeling the pain. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150121286/anti-opioid-activists-protest-guggenheim-s-ties-to-sackler-family-the-prominent-art-donors-making-billions-from-oxycontin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Last month</a>, protests were held at both the Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museum of Art demanding the institutions distance themselves from questionable funding sources and remove the Sackler name from their buildings.</p>
<p>The V&A Dundee is among the list of high-profile institutions to be met with simi...</p>