Design
Is the Most Absurd Community the One That Tries to Please Everyone?
A satirical new exhibit explores what might happen if we tried meet every single planning and design demand.
Countless plans and proposals call for the creation of equitable cities, ecologically sustainable towns and socially inclusive housing developments. These ideals, while great goals that are truly needed, are always a little too utopian to ever completely come true. What city has ever existed that’s good for every citizen? What community meets everyone’s individual needs exactly? And yet so many design proposals purport to be able to meet these aspirations.
With this unfortunate truth in mind, and through a highly satirical design proposal, Yale School of Architecture assistant dean and professor Keith Krumwiede explores this emphasis on trying to please everyone in a worthwhile exhibit called "Freedomland."