Defining “Livable”
The truly great projects are born from the best sort of collaboration, commitment and passion. At Design for America, we are all that and more, what with our awesome design thinking skills and deep interest in social impact. To say I’m excited to start a project that promotes ‘Livable Communities’ is somewhat of an understatement. The Spring of 2015 has brought together a strong team comprising of Matt Cheung, Katherine Xiong, Tess Cobrinick and myself (Soham Dhesi). Here’s us saying hi. A rather good looking lot I daresay ;)
Granted our topic is rather broad, but at the moment we are exploring its avenues and discovering all the ways to fulfill the vast potential of solving related issues. We started out with our understanding of what livable communities mean and tried to view it through the lens of the surrounding usc neighbourhoods.
Following which we came up with potential how might we challenges that focused on certain subject areas such as Energy Efficiency, Health Accessibility and Safety/sense of community. The following week we plan on visiting the Eco op house, Artists & Fleas event & the Farmers Market for research. We are looking forward to gaining some valuable insight, partaking in interesting conversations and just really getting to know the community that surrounds USC. Cheers to a new and exciting journey! ☺
