*text on the bottom right says*

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“This is a story all about how your life got flipped, turned upside down. This is an exploration about what it means to be a designer in today’s world. While analyzing the past, present and, potentially, future role of the architect, we argue that the role must change to serve the community and the needs of the immediate culture. Learning from history and understanding how communal the role of the architect initially was, we look at where the vision has strayed and how we can get it back on track. In the process, we learn about the effects that buildings, and lack-of-buildings, have on a specific site and how the role of the architect, or designer, is an active one and should be viewed as a communal role, not a money-making scheme.”

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The use for this image with the book in the hands was created to show that here we are, designers, for the community. It is symbolic of saying, “here we are. here’s what we should be doing…” The hands are outstretched over a street and hopefully someone will grab it.