This collection of case studies by design educators critically explores the current practice of service-learning in architecture, landscape design, and urban planning, radically revising the standard protocol for university-initiated design and planning projects in the community. The authors' lively examination of real-life community collaborations forms a pedagogical framework for educators, professionals, and students alike, offering guidelines for a generative and inclusive collaborative design process.

Includes contributions by the leading practitioners of service-learning in the...

Community Matters: Service Learning in Engaged Design and Planning explores issues that resonate with a diverse group of design and planning educators drawn to the challenge of supporting greater community building and empowerment while combining learning with practice. The book explores such questions as:

• How do we foster mutuality and reciprocity in community-academy partnerships?
• What conflicts, challenges, limits and obstacles do we face in our service-learning studios and projects?
• What evidence do we have of our impacts on students and...

Community Matters: Service Learning in Engaged Design and Planning explores issues that resonate with a diverse group of design and planning educators drawn to the challenge of supporting greater community building and empowerment while combining learning with practice. The book explores such questions as:

• How do we foster mutuality and reciprocity in community-academy partnerships?
• What conflicts, challenges, limits and obstacles do we face in our service-learning studios and projects?
• What evidence do we have of our...