From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects

Jones, Matthew; Columbano, Alessandro

Abstract

Through exploration of Birmingham School of Architecture & Design’s pioneering live project programme, this paper presents a commentary on the potential of architecture and design education in achieving the ambitions of the Civic University movement. We argue that the evolution of these projects represents a shift from working, ‘for’, to working, ‘with’, the city. The paper posits a dialogic two-way exchange to change the way we think about how universities engage with the city, and equally how cities engage with universities.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Apr 24, 2023
• Publication Date: May 8, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 7, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2023
• Journal: Charette
• Print ISSN: 2054-6718
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 8-32
• Keywords: Live Projects, Civic University, Community, Participatory Design, Civic Agency
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10440946
• Publisher URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/arched/char/2022/00000008/00000002/art00002