Case Studies



Aquilino, M. (2011), Beyond Shelter: Architecture and Human Dignity

Architecture for Humanity (2012), Design Like you Give a Damn: Building Change from the Ground Up

Awan, N., Schneider,T., and Till, J. (2011), Spatial Agency: other ways of doing architecture

BBC (2008), “Urban Food Growing in Havana Cuba”, Around the World in 80 Gardens

Bell, B (2008), Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism

Bell. B. (2003), Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture

Brigham, C. (2009), Enabling Good Deeds in Design: How can Architects provide Community Service as part of their practice?

Brillembourg, A. Reireiss, K., Klumpner, H. (2005), Informal City: Caracas Case

Cary, J. (ed.) (2010), The Power of Pro Bono

Cooke, B. and Kuthari, U. (eds) (2002), Participation: The New Tyranny

Danzico, Matt (2008), Vertical Garden NY, Discovery Channel

Design Parramatta: Participation in Sydney

Dodd, M., Harrison, P., Charlesworth, E. (2012), Live Projects: Designing with People

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, New York

Frediani, A. A., French, M. A. and Nunez Ferrera, I. (2011), Change by design: building communities through participatory design

Global Studio Resources

Haiti Redux School Building, Architecture for Humanirt

Hamdi, N. (1996), Educating for Real

Hamdi, N. (2004), Small Change: About the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities

Hamdi, N. (2010), The Placemakers Guide to Building Community

Hamdi, N., and Goethart, R. (1997), Action Planning for Cities

Harber, A. (2011), Diepsloot

HDR Report (2011), Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All

Hickey, S., and Mohan, G. (eds) (2004), Participation : From Tyranny to Transformation

Hsan, A., Ahmed, N., Raza, M., Sadiq, A., Din Ahmed, S., and Sarwar, M. (2013), Land ownership, control and contestation in Karachi and implications for low-income housing

Huzchemeyer, M. (2011), Cities with ‘Slums’: From informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa

Indra, S. (2009), Animal’s People: A Novel

Johnson, C. (2011), Indian Cities: Managing Urban Growth

Lepik, A. (2010), Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement

Mahadevia, D. (2008), Inside the Transforming Urban Asia – Processes, Policies and Public Actions

Medellin Urban Improvements, Holcim award, 2008

Mehta S. (2004), Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

MoMA Small Scale, Big Change projects and videos

Muga, Wycliffe (2012), Mixing water with football

Neuwirth R. (2004), Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World

Neuwirth R. (2012), Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy

Pholeros, P. (1993), Housing for Health

Pieterse, E. (2008), City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban development

Pieterse, Edgar (2008), ACC- African Urban Innovation, The Alliance for Global Sustainability

Pieterse, Edgar (2011), ACC- African Urbanism, London School of Economics

Pitch Africa

Rubbo, A. (2008), ‘Global Studio: an action research international design laboratory’ in Garau P. (ed), Barefoot to Prada

Rubbo, A. (2010), ‘Towards Equality, Social Inclusion and Human Development in Design Education: The Case of Global Studio 2005–2008’, Architectural Theory Review, Vol. 15, Issue 1

Slum Dwellers International videos

Smith C. (2007), Design for the other 90%

Smith C. (2011), Design with the other 90%

Stickells, L. (2011), ‘The Right to the City’, Architectural Theory Review, Vol 16, Issue 3, 2011

Streetfilms (2009), Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World

Sustainia 100 Sustainable Innovations

Urban Design Studio, Columbia University (2012), Urban Development in Accra Ghana

Urban Think Tank (2012), Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities

Urban Think Tank films


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