Teddy Cruz, the Guatemalan-born architect is a tireless advocate, designer, and urban theorist whose work urges us all to think beyond traditional borders. Inspired by his San Diego office situated nearby the busiest border crossing on the globe, Cruz will share insights on the public engagement strategies and research that fuels his firm’s work, and how we can all respond creatively to an increasingly interconnected world. Co-Founder of the Center for Urban Ecologies and Professor of Culture and Urbanism at University of California San Diego, Cruz was among twelve extraordinary leaders to receive a Ford Foundation Visionary Award this year.
In the video from the Ford Foundation above, Cruz predicts that, “The best ideas in the next decades will not emerge from sites of abundance and privilege but will, in fact, emerge from sites of scarcity. The kinds of conditions… that immigrants have set into motion can point to a future that is a lot more sustainable. Behind the façade of poverty there is an amazing creative process.”
(via Community Design Collaborative Blog)
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