51-860 Design Center: From Postal Networks to Community Places

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course will both explore how and where to integrate innovative solutions within the Postal Service network through human centered design and place making. By crafting a series of scenarios and playbooks, targeting a subset of postal realestate that is near closure, students will develop an approach to adaptive reuse and community engagement to save the post office. Incorporating solutions that address energy usage access to healthy food leverage smart technologies students will work in interdisciplinary teams to envision concepts for building community resilience. For part of this course we will be working alongside community members from Homewood, PA. in their former postal facility.

Prerequisites: none listed

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