Design and Political Artifacts

Design, Inclusion and Political Artifacts Langdon Winner Blog: http://technopolis.blogspot.com Twitter: @langdonw Email: [email protected] Long Island Expressway, early 1940s Municipal pool, Chicago, circa 1895 Separate pools for men and women Racial conflicts Fairground Pool St. Louis, 1940s Whites only Cairo, Illinois , 1940s The abandonment of public places: era of the backyard swimming pool Is there a right to shape technology? Francisco Guzmán Castillo The theory of functional diversity Dickensian story for our time: A Tale of Two Media Centers EMPAC: Experimental Media Performing Arts Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY EMPAC interior EMPAC: sonically isolated auditorium Very little usable space for creative work. Some buildings make a statement, e.g. The Parthenon, The Vatican, etc. Some buildings ask a question … Some buildings make a statement, e.g. The Parthenon, The Vatican, etc. Some buildings ask a question … EMPAC’s question seems to be: Can you put a 16th century Spanish galleon in a 1950s American refrigerator? YES, YOU CAN ! ! !