Designing From Values [Entire Talk]
Culture
A space is an expression of values, from the earliest concepts to the actual materials.
Duration
50:03
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 23
Episode
1
Sharon Prince is the CEO and founder of Grace Farms Foundation, a new kind of boundary-defying public space in New Canaan, Connecticut, that has become widely known as a global humanitarian and cultural center. Grace Farms is the platform for the Foundation and its interdisciplinary humanitarian mission to pursue peace through nature, arts, justice, community, faith, and Design for Freedom, a global new movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain. In this presentation, Prince explains the origin and possibilities of the Design for Freedom movement and shares how she designed Grace Farms to embody her vision and values.
Video clips from: Designing From Values [Entire Talk]
- 4:40Material procurement is half the cost of a building. Ethical sourcing must be part of the process.
- 50:03A space is an expression of values, from the earliest concepts to the actual materials.
- 45How can you embed values into space?
- 5:20Architecture is a 3D expression of a vision and values.
- 5:00As you iterate on a project, be confident in your vision and articulate your values.
- 1:43It’s worth the extra cost to ensure building materials aren’t made with forced labor.