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Approach
Our guiding values are to invest in reparative forms of urban development; our work aims to change the current practice of urban development to demonstrate repair and just futures. We view impact as nonlinear and cumulative, which means our “practice” imagines and actions on building a future through multiple avenues of work and types of public space. With our clarified mission, we have outlined three main approaches we practice in our day to day work and organizational decisions.
In being accountable of our positionality, we challenge the traditional roles of architects & planners to transition power to communities over time. We affirm community by advocating for resident stories to influence changes to urban systems, processes and physical space. Our organizational structure as an interdisciplinary team, and our focus on cross-sector collaboration, is to bring cohesion and flexibility to current, disconnected urban processes.
Process
- In being accountable of our own positionality, we challenge the traditional roles of architects and planners to transition power to communities over time.
- We affirm community by advocating for resident stories to influence changes to urban systems, processes and physical space.
- Our organizational structure as an interdisciplinary team, and our focus on cross-sector collaboration, is to bring cohesion and flexibility to current, disconnected urban processes.
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The Preserve LA
1370 N St Andrews Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90028