design impact maps

For this second studio exercise, students comparatively analyzed the Sweet Water Foundation’s practice of Regenerative Neighborhood Development alongside prevailing approaches to “equitable development” and “creative placemaking” in adjacent Chicago neighborhoods along with the larger temporal, geospatial, and sociocultural context. They then created design impact maps, which consider goals, programs, and effects (designed + non-designed) of the initiatives and raise questions about their tensions and tradeoffs.