When other activist tactics failed, a couple fighting to keep out a monster garbage dump turned to architects.
"Architecture traditionally has been thought of as an elite endeavor. In the 1960s and again recently, some groups such as Architecture for Humanity have embraced social awareness - green building, affordable housing and other goals. But rarely have architectural skills been used to try to change the outcome of a controversy..."
"...they ended up hooking up with architecture students at leading L.A. schools and young professionals to compete for alternative ideas for the desert site, hoping the designs would be more than an academic exercise."
"The Charpieds put to Shamp and designer Eric Stotts the challenge of designing a research institute, eco-tourism site and heritage center - all powered by renewable energy - for the abandoned mining town."
"...the trend toward architecture-as-resistance has seen fewer expressions in the real world. Shamp says architecture is still a big-money business and professionals can't afford to alienate potential clients with activities that go beyond socially aware to radical."
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