Designing for the invisible: New exhibition centers the experience of homelessness for architects and urban designers

The UQAM Design Centre at the University of Quebec in Montreal will be hosting a new exhibition, (IN)VISIBLE: Design through the Prism of Homelessness, that offers insights for designers looking towards solutions for how to make the crisis of homelessness currently gripping many Western democracies more visible.The exhibition is being presented in unison with the group Architecture Without Borders Quebec (ASFQ), which has been an advocate of different at-risk communities throughout the province and abroad. Its organizers, Collectif Architecture + Itinérance, share: “(IN)VISIBLE: Design through the Prism of Homelessness proposes a reflection on how to make visible the spatial claims of homeless people without harming them. This takes shape by borrowing several tools from the fields of design: critical mapping, photovoice, a visual method that uses photography as a voice, participatory design and critical design. These tools draw on various types of experiential, artistic, practical, and expert knowledge.”Read the full post on Bustler