Malcolm X Academy 3rd+4th Grade Student Proposals: Hunters View Neighborhood Redevelopment Project

Shirl Buss, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Deborah L. McKoy
Shirl Buss, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Deborah L. McKoy

Year: 2009

Type: Center Report

Initiatives: CC+S

Region: San Francisco

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Description

How can the Hunters View HOPE SF housing revitalization project respond to the special needs of children and youth? This is the question explored by 3rd and 4th grade students in Mr. Moore and Ms. Fredrikson’s classes at Malcolm X Academy. Working with the Center for Cities + Schools and the San Francisco Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, the students engaged in a series of hands-on architecture and planning projects to identify and document the student visions for how this housing development can be a catalyst for positive change in the community. The students identified how the special needs of students and neighbors of all ages and abilities might be incorporated into the final design of this project. This document represents our process and the products we produced.