Design as a Tool for Positive Change| The Urban Conga

The Urban Conga crafts a community-designed, programmable space in South Baltimore in response to the neighbourhood's struggles with drug abuse, gun violence, and pollution, aiming to provide a sanctuary for reflection, conversation, and hope. Design offers solutions. This is time and again reinstated in little and large ways as is the case here, as it works towards bringing the community together to effect change. Designed in collaboration with local residents, and stemming from an inability to solve systemic issues, this community-driven exercise aims to inspire and foster a sense of hope and unity amidst a severely disturbed neighbourhood. Facilitating numerous […]