Most residents want cooler, greener communities, but where do they start? When community members in Boston advocated to preserve an underused, city-owned lot for green space, the first question was how to turn it into a space people would actually want to use. They teamed up with YouthBuild Boston and Architecture for Public Benefit to design and build shade and seating to invite residents to use the space and encourage the city to make further improvements. 💭 Their experiences, strategies and design ideas served as inspiration for the Tactical Guide to Cooling Infrastructure. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dx8mTeBg #Resilience4Communities #NewVoiceinResilience
This tactical guide reflects months of collective effort shaped by community voices. Grateful for the partnership, the vision, and the opportunity to co-create tools that truly belong to the communities we serve! Chana Haouzi, AIA
Congrats! Inspiring to see how you involved community members from design through construction and on to stewardship of these designs and materials.
Join our Cities on the Frontline session starting soon on tools for scaling community resilience! With Chana Haouzi, AIA Ben Bryant, AICP, PP, Kelli Borden and Nathaniel Echeverria. https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/speaker-series-2025-09-scaling-resilient-communities-tools-for-action/
Global Director, Programs & Delivery at Resilient Cities Network
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