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Throughout history and around the world, community members have
come together to build places, be it settlers constructing log
cabins in nineteenth-century Canada, an artist group creating a
waterfront gathering place along the Danube in Budapest, or
residents helping revive small-town main streets in the United
States. What all these projects have in common is that they involve
local volunteers in the construction of public and community
places; they are community-built. Although much attention has been
given to specific community-built movements such as public murals
and community gardens, little has been given to defining
community-built as a whole. This volume provides a preliminary
description of community-built practices with examples from the
disciplines of urban design, historic preservation, and community
art. Taken as a whole, these community-built projects illustrate
how the process of local involvement in adapting, building, and
preserving a built environment can strengthen communities and
create places that are intimately tied to local needs, culture, and
community. The lessons learned from this volume can provide
community planners, grassroots facilitators, and participants with
an understanding of what can lead to successful community-built
art, construction, preservation, and placemaking.
Throughout history and around the world, community members have
come together to build places, be it settlers constructing log
cabins in nineteenth-century Canada, an artist group creating a
waterfront gathering place along the Danube in Budapest, or
residents helping revive small-town main streets in the United
States. What all these projects have in common is that they involve
local volunteers in the construction of public and community
places; they are community-built. Although much attention has been
given to specific community-built movements such as public murals
and community gardens, little has been given to defining
community-built as a whole. This volume provides a preliminary
description of community-built practices with examples from the
disciplines of urban design, historic preservation, and community
art. Taken as a whole, these community-built projects illustrate
how the process of local involvement in adapting, building, and
preserving a built environment can strengthen communities and
create places that are intimately tied to local needs, culture, and
community. The lessons learned from this volume can provide
community planners, grassroots facilitators, and participants with
an understanding of what can lead to successful community-built
art, construction, preservation, and placemaking.
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