What If…

February 11, 2008 | Filed Under Inspiring, Pay attention, Plain cool, Spotlight 

you lived in a community where your input was valued?  What if there was a vacant lot and instead of building a new building that would more than likely not benefit area residents, you were asked what you needed?  What if there’s a growing interest in growing your own food in a dense urban environment where land is scarce? 

The What-If Project is a really interesting architectural project that favors community involvement over creating the traditional architectural monuments that most firms seeks to build.  My personal favorite of their projects is the “Vacant Lot” project in the Shoreditch neighborhood in London where a vacant lot was tranformed into a green space.  Seventy half-ton bags were filled with soil.  Each resident looks after a bag and grows their own fruits, vegetables, and flowers.  What a great idea.

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