Empowering design practices: exploring relations between architecture, faith, society and community

Alexiou, Katerina; Zamenopoulos, Theodore; Hale, Vera; West, Susie and de Sousa, Sophia (2020). Empowering design practices: exploring relations between architecture, faith, society and community. Open Arts Journal(9), article no. 5.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5456/issn.2050-3679/2020w05

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses some key insights derived from a collaborative research project called Empowering Design Practices. The project brought together a multidisciplinary team of academic and non-academic partners to explore the processes, resources and environments that support community-led design practice in the context of historic places of worship. The paper discusses barriers and opportunities surrounding the development and adaptation of historic places of worship as community hubs, and proposes a set of approaches that can help empower those looking after those places to re-imagine and design the future of their places while respecting complex faith, architectural, societal and community values.

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