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Swedish Firm practices 'design by consensus' in India
The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers and the National Slum Dwellers Federation, two nonprofits focused on housing rights, brought Stockholm-based architects Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson to Pune last year to work on the designs for upgraded shanty homes. Construction was scheduled to begin this month.
The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers and the National Slum Dwellers Federation, two nonprofits focused on housing rights, brought Stockholm-based architects Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson to Pune last year to work on the designs for upgraded shanty homes. Construction was scheduled to begin this month.
As the designs were developed, the architects met frequently with shantytown residents, sometimes using styrofoam models to show what the new homes might look like. After each meeting, based on residents’ input, the architects reworked their designs.
- Christian Science Monitor
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fascinating work and great example of grassroot, organic, bottom-up approach
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