Prototype Housing
Hired by the City of Kansas City, MO to design five prototype homes that will be situated on scattered sites throughout the city, we at DRAW are conducting a deep analysis of the contextual neighborhoods along with broader housing and societal trends in order to inform our designs. Our goal is to positively impact the neighborhoods in which we are working and create models that are replicable, resourceful, and innovative.
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Touring the Tenement Museum Reveals the Ongoing Struggle Americans Have with Immigration
We all know the stories of Ellis Island and the famed words enshrined on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free..." But the reality of unwelcome various groups have experienced to this country has long been tainted with racism and bigotry, which were rationalized by eugenics. Now we use other terms and other rationalizations, but the result is the same ugliness and unjust demonization of people.
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