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How We Segregate And Isolate People Through Architecture - And How We Can Bring People Together.

We have created neighborhoods designed for a tiny slice of the population--and then we've separated those slices out over vast distances, and in some cases to such an extent that they don't even share the same entertainment, shopping, business or civic services. We are segregating people based on their income level, their marital status, whether they have kids or not, their cultural preferences, and by inconsequential and arbitrary tastes like "whether they want a yard or not." Our hardware is physically making real diversity within communities impossible. Most Americans, we don't have community. We have friends, we have family, and we may have some work colleagues, but those relationships, more often than not, are separated by miles of physical distance from where we actually live. Meaning: we don't live in communities. We live in storage units that provide physical shelter, but not much else. Is it a wonder that 74%* of Americans report a sense of non-belong in their local "communities"? That's crazy! While there may be numerous contributing factors to the skyrocketing rates of loneliness, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and substance abuse, I believe this in particular plays an outsized role. Wouldn't it make more sense to start with the software we want to run, start with how we want to live, and then back into the hardware we actually need? Now compare a homogenous housing mix to a diverse one. A good example here in Oklahoma City is Wheeler District. There is a diverse range of housing in different price ranges that all share the same businesses and services. And what's the practical effect? People can stay withing the same community much longer as they move through life, and their life circumstances change. Just imagine how this could change your sense of belonging, of community, over time? You can have all kinds of relationships through small, consistent touches over a long period of time, in different circumstances, at different locations. Neighborhoods like this have potential the potential for long-term community, belonging and rootedness. I hope you can see how our architecture, our hardware, is not neutral. It's built to run certain kinds of software, and not others. It encourages certain behaviors and it discourages others--and you didn't have anything to do with that. You had no choice in the matter. The people who regulate, design, and build the hardware chose for you. They have determined how you can live, what your options are, without your input. And when people ask "why" our laws and regulations are as they are, the answer we usually get is, "because that's what the code says", or "that's just the way it is", or "that would make it too hard on us"--says the public works departments who are supposed to be in service of the public good, in service to you as citizens--not in service of what makes their jobs the easiest. FEATURED NEIGHBORHOOD: https://www.wheelerdistrict.com/ RESOURCES & STATISTICS: 74% of Americans report a sense of non-belonging: https://www.americanimmigrationcounci... Oversubscribed - https://www.amazon.com/Oversubscribed... CONNECT WITH BUILDING CULTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.buildingculture.com/   / buildingculture     / build_culture     / buildculture     / austin-tunnell-2a41894a   QUESTION - What videos would you like us to make on this channel?#buildingculture #buildingculture #architecture #humancentereddesign #humanflourishing