Awards Published

As featured in:
UC Berkeley Frameworks, May 2013
Participlace: Community-Based Participatory Research
through an International Design Competition by Yael Perez

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Researcher Yael Perez discusses the background and inspiration for this international design competition in which we were awarded three prizes. Our submission tells the story of the Pomo nation in the Pomo Culture Center.


An excerpt from the UC Berkeley Frameworks Article:

"'Echo of Presence' by Elements Architects from Oak Park, Illinois: Participlace 2012 2nd Prize Winner, Sustainable Engineering Innovation Honorable Mention and Social and Cultural Integrity Honorable Mention."

Read the full story in UC Berkely Frameworks.
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