How develop awareness, appreciation and respect for built environment?
Representative Project: “Architecture Explorers” Development of a teacher’s guidebook for elementary schools. This initial phase develops and tests a model handbook through field trials with a Boston elementary school. The long-term goal is to develop an exportable Teacher’s Kit for 3rd World heritage appreciation. Funding is from Boston Society of Architects. How improve techniques of dialogue and interaction? Representative Project: “Mozambique Distance Learning Pilot Initiatives” Joint MIT-World Bank- University of Maputo exploratory studies in participatory design and development linked to city structural planning. Focus on three levels: community-community links, channels to link to city, and receptivity at structural planning level. How link design with social and economic development? Representative Project: “The Syria Dead Cities Heritage Corridor” Rural development opportunities through linking historical preservation and eco-tourism at the village level. 1000 so-called “Dead
