Rural Resilience in Appalachia

This paper documents the recent efforts of Studio Appalachia, a multidisciplinary design studio that addresses regionally specific challenges through community engaged processes. In addition to a set of shared values among faculty, students, and community partners, Studio Appalachia is guided by an evolving set of research questions: How can architecture contribute to a more resilient future in Appalachia? What are the limits of design when engaging issues of economic and environmental change? Which methods of design might offer the greatest potential for impact? How can these efforts withstand future fluctuations? In its most recent iteration, students and faculty from the University of Kentucky worked with community leaders in Hazard, Kentucky to develop a network of design interventions that resulted in a public exhibition of rural resilience in Appalachia.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AIA.Inter.22.4

Volume Editors
Gail Napell & Stephen Mueller

ISBN
978-1-944214-42-13