I think there’s a lot of confusion about what architects do… Does it mean you make pretty spaces? Does it mean, you put some nice gables up there and that’s what it is to be an architect? Well, no. It’s supposed to be about the health and safety and welfare of people, and how well this building you’re in - your house or office or school - helps you live or work or learn there.
Brandy Brooks, executive director of Community Design Resource Center of Boston, a design non-profit and partner of Public Architecture. Founded by John Peterson in 2002, Public Architecture hopes to bring design for social impact into mainstream architectural practice and education [A blueprint for good | BG]