In 2008, Hurricane Dolly made landfall in Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley causing widespread flooding and sustained winds of over 120mph. The Texas Natural Disaster Housing Reconstruction Committee assembled a plan to design a statewide rapidly deployable replacement housing system for victims of federally declared natural disasters. RAPIDO is [bc]'s response to the state’s initiative, addressing issues of social equity, rapid deployment, and constructability.
Read MoreAVANCE-Dallas
A Data Driven Decision-Making (D3) report completed by [bc] for AVANCE-Dallas. To help AVANCE-Dallas expand their early childhood operation, [bc] provided a set of recommendations to guide future growth in areas of need. This report draws from a number of national, state, and local data to identify and contextualize issues affecting AVANCE-Dallas’ strategic decision-making.
Read MoreCustom Tiny Libraries for All!
Since 2013 [bc] has facilitated the design and construction of 22 unique Little Free Libraries/Libros Libres. Inspired by Little Free Libraries, the Dallas based Libros Libres program has brought together local artists, designers, and community leaders to design and build a range of public outdoor book exchanges.
Read More"People Make Parks"
People Make Parks is a toolkit for engaging communities in public park design. The toolkit, a joint project of Hester Street Collaborative and Partnerships for Parks outlines eight ways to participating in park design, from advocacy to community visioning activities to stewardship.
Read More"How Can I Improve My Park?"
A guide to improving city owned parks, produced by The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Read MoreBalloon Mapping the Environment
Using kites and balloons to take aerial photos and create maps of your neighborhood is a great way to start documenting and understanding a place.
Read MorePARK(ing) DAY around the world
There are countless options for what to do on PARK(ing) DAY. Playtime, workshops, communal meals, naps - these are just a few examples of what people have come up with. A parking space seems small but its transformation through programming and design can have a huge impact on the life of a public street.
Read MoreThe one step ramps of StopGap.CA
The one step ramps built by volunteers for the Stop Gap Foundation are a temporary, attention grabbing, portable solution to the challenges created by the ubiquitous one step found at the entryway to shops and businesses.
Read MoreRace and the Controls of Public Parks
This publication explores the relationship of racial segregation in the city of Dallas and the development of the city's park system, over the past 100 years.
Read MoreLittle Free Libraries / Libros Libres
This publication tells the story of the first year, 2013-14, of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP's collaboration with Big Thought and the Dallas Public Library on Little Free Libraries/Libros Libres, a literacy and community design initiative in Dallas, Texas.
Read MoreProject Guides
[bc] Project Guides are series of short publications that describe the what, how, and why of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP’s People Organizing Place planning tools
Read More"The PARK(ing) DAY Manual"
A short, practical guide to planning, designing and hosting a PARK(ing) DAY event, a yearly occurrence on the third Thursday of September, when people across the globe temporarily transform a metered parking space into a small public space or park.
Read More"DCDC: How to..."
A set of 8 guides to getting a community based project completed, designed by the Detroit Community Design Collaborative, a Michigan based non-profit architecture and urban design firm.
Read MoreNeighborhood Stories
Neighborhood Stories is a [bc] initiative to strengthen awareness of the neighborhood in our city, celebrate the diverse places that give it character and texture, and create a platform for active dialogue about its history and future.
Read More400 Years of History with Cardboard
Part of Camp Crescent, a two day festival exploring and celebrating the history of Grays Ferry Crescent, 400 Years of History with Cardboard is an project by Public Workshop of cardboard models that represent often forgotten local histories of events, buildings, people, and infrastructure.
Read More"An Illustrated Guide to Grassroots Mapping with Balloons and Kites"
Public Lab's detailed set of instructions, including supply list, for creating aerial images of a geography.
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