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| Id | 866 | |
| Author | Hambright-Belue S., Holland M.J. | |
| Title | Social impact through design: Experiments in urban agriculture | |
| Reference | Hambright-Belue S., Holland M.J.; Social impact through design: Experiments in urban agriculture ;Plan Journal vol:1.0 issue: 2.0 page:287.0 |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85090642218&doi=10.15274%2ftpj.2016.01.02.05&partnerID=40&md5=cef759ef4358dcd5ad783eb36d2d8b0e |
| Abstract | This paper describes the work of students at the School of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture at Clemson University with a local, non-profit organization-the Feed & Seed-in creating alternatives to the current threads that affect the urban area of West Greenville, South Carolina. Starting on the definition of Food Desert as an area without access to fresh and whole foods, students address issues of economic equity, community building and social justice by developing urban agriculture solutions that focus on food hub and food cycle, promote education and foster social cohesion. With the gaps between the haves and have-nots apparently widening each and every year students perceive, challenge, and test the role that designers have in the decision making processes that constitute possible solutions of fractured neighborhoods, cities and regions. © 2016, Maggioli S.p.a.. All rights reserved. |
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| The intention was also to allow everyone to grow through shared activities while also enhancing a social bond across all three communities, and encouraging overall healthier and more active lifestyles. . | This also benefited the non-profit as it built a degree of trust and familiarity and community buy in that is required for a successful endeavor. . | These civic interventions and productive community landscapes were meant to also create compelling spaces and places, and were to perceived as valuable, civic assets within the communities themselves. . | BENEFITS FOR COMMUNITY There are multiple benefits for the communities that these projects are based that extend beyond the design product being proposed. . | Designers bring useful skills that can expand the discussion and the dialogue concerning economic equity, issues of community building and how to create social just spaces. . | The synergy between increasing access to fresh food and the availability to live an active lifestyle addresses the health issues found in at-risk communities from a holistic and common sense perspective. . | CONCLUSION The projects detailed beforehand address issues of social justice that are invaluable tools in the context of a design school, as it allows us as educators to inform our students to become engaged and socially empathic citizens. . | 2. The community centered projects allowed for the non-profit organization to reach out to the larger community and start a conversation addressing persistent and serious issues. . | In addition, such service allowed better access and connectivity to the other parts of the city, enabling community members to take advantage and participate within Greenvilles growing economy. . |
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