The Yes! House
2018-2019
The Yes! House
FUNDER
ArtPlace America
Granite Falls, Minnesota
PARTNERS
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership
Department of Public Transformation
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership
Department of Public Transformation
FUNDER
ArtPlace America
Collaborative work as Homeboat
Working as the design collective Homeboat, we led an open, inclusive, collaborative exploration of what a community-oriented building could be in downtown Granite Falls, Minnesota, a town settled on Dakota land now bordering the Upper Sioux community. This creative community design/build process spans from discovery to implementation and centers on community-created solutions and culturally inclusive futures.
During a six month period, we spent 200 hours on-site doing neighbor-to-neighbor outreach and hosting intergenerational engagement events. We translated our findings, community resources, crowd-sourced suggestions, and potential strategy in a series of reports for the Department of Public Transformation.
During a six month period, we spent 200 hours on-site doing neighbor-to-neighbor outreach and hosting intergenerational engagement events. We translated our findings, community resources, crowd-sourced suggestions, and potential strategy in a series of reports for the Department of Public Transformation.
Related Work & Projects
We are committed to making visible the undercurrents and overtures of the working world around us. Our projects live at the intersection of creative production and social engagement, building futures from neighbor-to-neighbor dialogue, civic sharing, and bright-eyed perspectives.
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