We’ve got a homework assignment: D:center Baltimore has challenged each of our constituents to write up a concise, clear vision for effecting change, this is our brief:
What’s your idea for a project that will change the way people think about the city? Be as abstract (manifesto) or as concrete (manifest) as you like, write a [...]
The Plant is a sustainable strategic development masterplan proposal for Baltimore. At the the building scale, The Plant is a mixed use prefab construction, containing a small meeting, office, and retail space for a nonprofit cultural institution, with apartments above. At the scale of the block, The Plant generates surplus energy for its neighbors, food [...]
posted on behalf of Mary Anne Akers
Prepared by Dr. Mary Anne Akers, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University
Executive Summary for the COIL, Inc. Redevelopment Project
INTRODUCTION
The proposed project area is located on the 1200 block (and possibly, 1100 block) of West Baltimore Street, located on the southwest portion of the City of Baltimore. [...]
One of the most common concerns among architects (and others) in Baltimore is the dearth of creative clients willing to take risks on buildings. I propose that the D:center becomes that client.
The following is a vision of a Design Center at the location of the Carey School of Business at 10 North Charles Street after the school will vacate the facility in the first half of 2010.
The D:center at 10 North Charles Street is a facility shared by institutes and studios of the School of Architecture [...]
social interaction generates culture.
creativity and social interaction should be encouraged without thought of profit.
all parties are capable of creative equity. nothing is limited/scarce/precious.
design embraces categories and unique skill sets, but eliminates divisions between them.
skills and knowledge, like commodities, are meant for redistribution amongst all parties.
as facilitators and cultural producers, our main commodity is social interaction [...]
Create an Art Market for local (and other) artists to sell their work thereby establishing an agora for the Arts of sorts and central “place” for the visual arts in Baltimore — see the attachment “Art Market” in Google Groups for the D Center Board members.
Other items may be sold here – reference Eastern [...]
