Complex Designing Approaches

Text: Katalin Fazekas

By the definition of Public Interest Design Institute, which was founded by the American Bryan Bell, social architecture is a humanistic is a participative practice of design which stresses the importance of ecological, economic and social issues, and also creates products, structures and systems that touch upon such problems as economic growth and the protection of environment.

Throughout his DLA research work the author was looking for characteristics typical of the architecture of solidarity, and also examined a variety of examples that differ in geographical location, cultural context and architectural paradigms. The essay relies partly upon publications and international examples, and partly on the author’s personal experience gained in his practice. The article below contains some excerpts of this publication.