university of oregon community design build

designbridge team

bike shelter

entrancethreshold

demonstrationrain garden

storage/vendingstructure

client user

camas pedal camas ridge elementary elementary students

garden avenue hiv alliance hiv/aids patients

team storm city/public schools of spring�eld students, residents

beacon design team huerto de la familia small farmers project co-op

typical designbridge process

research

process

(wayne morse center)

user knowledge

objectives

product

inquiry collaboratoion

???the common good eugene housed/unhoused

designbridge client user

new process

ericathompson

students faculty advisors

allisonhaynes

alyssaphanitasack

rayreedy

toshiwoudenberg

zanderchanin

alexanderfroehlich

markdonofrio

julibrode

adriennefainman

develop a process for collaborative partnership with of homeless in eugene to better understand their needs

design and fabricate a tool or product that addresses one or more of these needs

share the project with the eugene community

document and disseminate process as model for design community

collaborative grassroots making with the marginalized

project goals from grant

observe

coordinateinvestigationstrategies

assemblefindings

coordinateaction strategies

investigate,discuss,converse,collaborate

setobjectives

identify gapsin knowledge

organize and synthesize data

answer

identifystakeholders

evaluateproblems

identifyproblem

trial,build,

implement,deploy

measuresuccessestablish

success metric

plan

reflect

reflect

plan

ask

observe

an inclusive and collaborative design process

enables the production of public architecture which

gives citizens agency to e�ect change

in their lives.

discussions

introduciton to SLEEPS

solicitation of community input

material providor

public review

Wayne Morse Center

public input information campaign

construction collaboration

materials / fabrication vendors

legal / planning

public consultation

Fall Term[research]

Winter Term[design]

Spring Term[construction]

meeting: scope de�nition

product

schematic design

program design

design development

design detailing

construction workshops

SLEEPScommunity members

Reality Kitchenprofessors

students

meeting: objectives setting

collaboration process

AlexAllisonAlyssa

Erica

ZanderRay

ToshiAdrienne

addition of two team membersaddition of two team members

addition of video teamaddition of fabrication partners

team

project process

city of eugene right 2 survive/right 2 sleep

sergio palleroni

ibrahim mubarak

basic initiative/ psu

thomas mulherncatholic community services

teddy cruzestudio teddy cruz/ ucsd

keith busseyepiscopal com. services, sf

keith heath

richie weinman

st. vincent de paul

william wisest. vincent de paul

pearl wolfhomeless connect

michael wisthopportunity eugene

stuart ramsingcity of eugene, planning

melinda nettlesuniversity of oregon

deni rugerriuniversity of oregon

discussions

introduciton to SLEEPS

solicitation of community input

material providor

public review

Wayne Morse Center

public input information campaign

construction collaboration

materials / fabrication vendors

legal / planning

public consultation

Fall Term[research]

Winter Term[design]

Spring Term[construction]

meeting: scope de�nition

product

schematic design

program design

design development

design detailing

construction workshops

SLEEPScommunity members

Reality Kitchenprofessors

students

meeting: objectives setting

collaboration process

AlexAllisonAlyssa

Erica

ZanderRay

ToshiAdrienne

addition of two team membersaddition of two team members

addition of video teamaddition of fabrication partners

team

process collaborators

inclusionary / exclusionary mapping

downtown exclusion zone

alton baker park

courthouse squarefree speech plaza

park blocks

kesey square

public library

san francisco530 miles

portland110 miles

covered se

ating

sleeping perm

itted

day use re

stroom

24 hour restr

oom

cooking perm

itted

seatin

g

drinking fo

untain

6am12am

12am6pm

reclaiming the commonsthe presence of homeless people is considered by many as bad for business, resulting in both subtle and overt e�orts to push visible homelessness outside the downtown economic core. due to restrictions on how and when public spaces may be used, the homeless face criminalization for attempting to ful�ll essential human needs. those accused of crimes such as public urination, illegal camping and tresspassing can be subjected to exclusion from several blocks in the heart of eugene. in a post-capitalist society, public spaces will be reappropriated by people and used to meet material needs.

social

material

social

material

within the current capitalist system personal growth is measured by material

benchmarks at stages of life.

systems of consumption enforce a sequence of satisfaction of human needs, each a foundation for subsequent growth.

for those left out of the economic system, provision of only material needs leads to lack of

control over one’s life.

problem solving by a process of dialogue and collaboration can negate these material

prerequisites for achieving agency in one’s life.

material and social needs must be seen as codependant

only with balanced provision of both material and social needs can one achieve

agency to a�ect one’s life.

material

social

tradtio

nal hierarch

y paradigm

handouts lead to

stagnatio

n

design to

meet b

oth needs

personal g

rowth

possible

social / material needs

“vagabond”oxford english dictionary

“bum”oxford english dictionary

a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

a lazy or worthless person

“nomad”oxford english dictionary

a member of a people that travels from place to place and has no perma -nent home

“beggar”oxford english dictionary

a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food

“derelict”oxford english dictionary

a person without a home, job, or property

“vagrant”oxford english dictionary

a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging

“hobo”oxford english dictionary

a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant

1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 19701950 1990 2010

eugene founded

economic depression

civil war

occupy wall street beginsgreat depression

wwiwwii vietnam war

hull house founded

national industrial recovery act

public housing administration founded

housing act of 1961

department of housing and urban development founded

hands across america campaign

first street newspaper created in new york city

housing commission developed

national housing act

farmers home administration

hud reform act

city of eugene vagrancy task force

returning wwii vets allowed to camp in eugene

eugene housing policy board

interfaith emergency shelter program

family access center established

centennial car camp

eugene service station

family shelter house

2030

u.s. unemployment rates

u.s. housing price index

100

200

0

5%

10%

15%

20%

housing community development act

stewart b. mckinney homelessness assistance

quality housing & work responsibility act

skid row housing emerged to house transient railroad workers, and continues to provide low-income housing today

trail of tears

new “industrial poor” sparks urban elites to develop institutions that deal with the problem

80% of u.s. populationlives in urban areas

15% of u.s. populationlives in urban areas

slavery abolished in u.s.

right 2 dream too, portland

dignity village, portland

opportunity village, eugene

“houseless”oxford english dictionary

destitute of the shelter of a househistorical context

bring your voice and collaborate on the design for an intervention in eugene’s public realm, addressing unmet needs of local houseless community members.

reimaginereconstructredefine

for

un iversi t y of o reg o n c ommun it y des ign bu il d

2pm sunday december 2nd

thecommongood.designbridge.org

the reality kitchen245 van buren (x 3rd ave.)

�rst christian church

reality kitchenpublic meetings

material needs

public perception houseless solidarity

transition opportunities

social meeting

place not based on

commerce

gathering place wall for

nomads

knowledge sharing

code lab

website for

unhoused

urban way�nding

resource network

community center

public info campaignyouth

meetings with mayor

street performance

stagehouseless

friendly business

rating

city-wide public wi�

place to sell handmade

things

network connecting people and

materials

kits for mobile micro-

enterprise

eco-product: buy one, donate

one

day labor station

co-op style rooming

bottle recycling

shelter

storage bathrooms, washing station

portable locker

water fountain

opportunistic legal

structures

prototype survival

bedding

lockable bike trailer

safe place

protection from rain

solar charging

how-to guide for prototype

place with tools to �x

things

covered eating area

edible landscape

street furniture

micro-enterprise

bike advertising

bicycle repair

bike trailer shelter

dog washing

laundry

clothes drying

stackable bunks

service space

gazebo

meeting place

workshop

place to trade

services

source directory

individual

small group

small group

big groupvoting and discussion

individual

individual

individual

individual

individual

individual

individual

individual

meeting �ndings

bend 2bend 1

bend 4

bend 3

bend 6bend 5

homeless people frequently lack an e�cient means to transport their posessions or bottle recycling.

[1] a d.i.y. cargo hitch made of rebar, washers and tires[2] a production station for the continued production of them

the opportunity:

the proposal:

what if anybody could make their own cargo trailer for $6?

reclaiming the phone booth

the opportunity:

the proposal:

physically and mentally able homeless who want to work are not working.

[1] repurpose phone booths as digital interfaces for job searching and posting.[2] project postings around town, raising awareness and job market participation.

the opportunity:

the proposal:

people have the need to �x and maintain personal belongings, as well as the ingenuity to craft objects to be sold for revenue

[1] a covered space with basic tools for maintenance and manufacture of goods[2] a mobile exhibit space to share and sell goods

thecommongood.designbridge.orgthecommongoodeugene@gmail.comuniversity of oregon designbridge 2013