Archinect - News 2024-11-24T19:17:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/24696170/for-some-of-the-world-s-poor-hope-comes-in-design For some of the world's poor, hope comes in design anthony dong 2011-10-21T18:17:36-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hh/hhtytrscfo59qlon.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Cities are very complex, and what the best designers illustrate is how to give form to sometimes very simple ideas. Good design involves bringing not just a fresh eye to problems but, most of all, listening to the people who live in those communities. We&rsquo;re talking about a billion people living in informal settlements today</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>