Community-Built

Katherine Melcher is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design, U.S. Her research focuses on the interaction between design and community development—in particular, participatory processes in the design of community spaces. Her design work has been featured in Landscape Architecture, Designer/Builder, 1000x Landscape Architecture, and Architecture for Change. Barry L. Stiefel is an Associate Professor in the Historic Preservation and Communty Planning program at the College of Charleston, U.S. He is interested in how the sum of how local preservation efforts affects regional, national, and multi-national policies within the field of cultural resource management and heritage conservation. Dr. Stiefel has published numerous books and articles. Kristin Faurest worked as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, where she taught and researched in the areas of community-based planning, social justice in spatial planning, and the connections between culture and landscape. Last year she returned to her native U.S. to direct the Portland Japanese Garden's new International Institute for Japanese Garden Arts and Culture in Portland, Oregon.

Introduction: Defining Community-Built
by Barry L. Stiefel, Kristin Faurest, and Katherine Melcher

Part I: Participation and Empowerment




Community-Built as a Professional Practice
by Katherine Melcher




Kalaka: Four Stories about Community Building in a New Democracy
by Kristin Faurest




Reflections on Community Engagement: Making Meaning of Experience
by Terry L. Clements and C.L. Bohannon




Impacts of Participatory Mural Making on Youth Empowerment
by Tiva Lasiter



Part II: Culture and Identity




Community Eruvin: Architecture for Semi-Public/Private Neighborhood Space
by Barry L. Stiefel




Community-Built and Preserved Material Culture: Square-log Cabins in the Village of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
by Mariana Esponda Cascajares




Constructing and Preserving History Through Community Art Projects
by Anastasia L. Pratt




Yellow Star Houses: a Community Generated Living History Project in Budapest
by Ildikó Réka Báthory-Nagy



Part III: Local Control of Place




Building Informal Infrastructures: Architects in Support of Bottom-up Community Services and Social Solidarity in Budapest
by Daniela Patti and Levente Polyak




The Main Street Approach to Community Design
by Jeremy C. Wells




Building Streets and Building Community
by Katherine Melcher






Conclusion: Valuing Community-Built

by Kristin Faurest, Barry L. Stiefel, and Katherine Melcher

List of Contributors