1. UArts Farm
This project will explore the role design
and our University plays in making gardens
meaningful to community members and
in minimizing the redundancy of separate
efforts taking place throughout the city.

2. Local Food Resources Within Philadelphia
Kensington
City Hall

3. 19133
Area of Interest
UArts

4. Villa Africana
Colobo

5. Opportunities for
Problems = Design Interventions

6. Lack of personal investment in the
appearance of the community
by both the City and residents.

7. Maintaining neighborhoods creates
a sense of community pride.

8. Lack of knowledge about the
existing gardens.

9. Connecting existing gardens
through advertising and signage
directs residents to local food.

10. Lack of contact between gardens
leads to limited idea exchange.

11. Networking existing gardens
offers opportunities to save time
and money.

12. Lack of funding for gardens
destroys potential community
benefits beyond planting.

13. Nurturing the mind cultivates
a healthy community.

14. Lack of volunteers and time to
train those who would volunteer.

15. Rejuvenating the meaning of
“volunteer.”

16. Lack of responsibility creates a void
in the learning process.

17. Creating educational materials
and workshops ensures continuing
garden and community growth.

18. This is a project about connecting
separate cultures, communities,
and neighborhoods through
sustainable living and education.

19. In the next five weeks we will:
1. Deconstruct the existing and
predictable solutions.
2. Brainstorm new possibilities.
3. Design strategies for tackling
the problems behind the
problems.