Land8 | Mara Ramos | Activity https://land8.com/members/mararamos/activity/ Activity feed for Mara Ramos. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 93d86dc4415dc08a9632bdc0ae7c247a Mara Ramos replied to the topic Design for the homeless in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/design-for-the-homeless/page/2/#post-161399 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:03:14 +0000 Laura, you can design for the homeless every time you get involved in the design of a public space. The hardest part is to put yourself in their shoes, and you’re already doing that.  Also, you don’t have to actively involve any institution, department, or anyone else in the process if you feel they will impede the the process rather that he…[Read more]

]]> 0 c464a1f30567aec7e312067dd7997334 Mara Ramos replied to the topic What do you think of Coop Himmelblau's HS No. 9 school in L.A? (Metropolis Magazine, July/August 2011 issue) in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-do-you-think-of-coop-himmelblaus-hs-no-9-school-in-l-a-metropolis-magazine-julyaugust-2011-issue/#post-161421 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:37:33 +0000 wow! i do know what you mean rick. the worst part is that it went from design development to construction and not one decision-maker found it to be an odd environment for a school.

i’m not talking about the architecture here, but the lack of landscape design/consideration… poor kids. i’m an architect whose now doing a masters in L.A., and even…[Read more]

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