2024-12-22T08:45:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/138500362/mastering-behavioral-master-planning-inside-the-global-studio Julia Ingalls 2015-10-08T17:07:00-04:00 >2015-10-23T23:04:54-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/pv/pvoh2tpnuztj60hr.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For his master's architecture thesis, Geoff Piper proposed reorganizing a Kenyan village with an estimated 70% HIV infection rate so that instead of being isolated in their post-colonial individual land plots, people would regularly cross paths. "There was a funeral every few days," Piper explains, "because for people living in these separate plots, it wasn't easy to grasp the extent of the [HIV] problem." By reorganizing the village to create more frequent public meetings, Piper hoped to raise awareness and stop the spread of the disease. A little over a decade later, Piper is now one of the six principal members of <a href="http://archinect.com/theglobalstudio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Global Studio</a>, a collaborative design-build organization that teams with non-profits to master plan settlements around the world. The Global Studio's expertise isn't just technical: it's the rare and difficult art of working successfully with people, whether it's the particular culture of non-profits, tenant farmers, or savvy village teens.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/6x/6x1015xtj62e48km.jpg"></p><p>"We're willing and try ver...</p>