As a designer it is hard to admit that design is not always the best solution for a degraded public space. The process of design is rewarding both professionally and personally, as designers we like to be seen as the creative solution-provider, especially if it publishable or award winning work. “Brilliant designer saves a community with imaginative new rethink of an old tired space,” is always rewarding reading.
At the time, I felt he had an interesting point that I had not considered before, mainly because I had been too busy fighting off architects, surveyorsand engineers who wanted to design streetscapes and open spaces.
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