During the Summer of 2019, an education program was organized between the Community Design Collaborative (an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) and the Allegheny West Foundation in Philadelphia. The program was designed to teach students how architectural, interior, and landscape design can reshape the built environment. Through a series of questions, spread through an eight-week period, students were asked to question the socio-cultural framework of their own community. How does the built environment shape us? How do we adapt to it? Do we learn more through questions or answers? Both?

Editing and Filming by Leandro Cortes M.

Volunteers: CICADA Architecture/Planning, Inc., Firm Volunteer Laura Casaccio, Assoc. AIA, Arch, Designer, Kurt Raymond, AIA. Registered Architect, Dana Rice, Registered Architect, Linda To, AIA, Registered Architect, Miller Design Group, Robin Miller, Lighting Designer, Elizabeth Class-Maldonado, Assoc. AIA, Arch Designer, Leandro Cortes, Architectural Designer, Nina Dudas, Architectural Designer, Michael Spain, Assoc. AIA, Architectural Designer, Allegheny West Foundation, Ronald Hinton, President, Jacques Louis, Youth Development Coordinator.

Music: Reach for the Stars by Wiz Khalifa – Feels Like Summer by Childish Gambino

Thanks to all the students who participated in the classes & lent their voices to make this possible!