All RFCs, or Requests for Care, join the cue with other RFCs that neighbors and community groups can file.
Whenever the local grandmother council accepts an RFC, Care Agency workers then break that RFC down into multiple steps called Instructables, a set of broadly interpretable design steps or scaffolds for imagination that leave open possibilities for unscripted use and adaptation.
While drafting Instructables, we keep in mind that the interpretation is a joint effort of local builders, RFC submitters and neighbors, with Care Agency designers and structural engineers as facilitators. On-site, this collaborative effort builds relationships founded on an exchange of knowledge. Even the most inexperienced can learn building knowledge safely on-site, and even those familiar with the neighborhood can recover and deepen knowledge about local materials and community customs.
These instructables leave space between general intention and the built outcomes, space where embodied knowledge and labor can shape that outcome. Post-construction and occupancy, Care Agency workers record the structure in an As-Built drawing, for the reference of future repairs.
There are many possible ways the design could have been realized. Different contingencies such as unknown collaborators and materials on hand can create different possibilities.
Whenever the local grandmother council accepts an RFC, Care Agency workers then break that RFC down into multiple steps called Instructables, a set of broadly interpretable design steps or scaffolds for imagination that leave open possibilities for unscripted use and adaptation.
While drafting Instructables, we keep in mind that the interpretation is a joint effort of local builders, RFC submitters and neighbors, with Care Agency designers and structural engineers as facilitators. On-site, this collaborative effort builds relationships founded on an exchange of knowledge. Even the most inexperienced can learn building knowledge safely on-site, and even those familiar with the neighborhood can recover and deepen knowledge about local materials and community customs.
These instructables leave space between general intention and the built outcomes, space where embodied knowledge and labor can shape that outcome. Post-construction and occupancy, Care Agency workers record the structure in an As-Built drawing, for the reference of future repairs.
There are many possible ways the design could have been realized. Different contingencies such as unknown collaborators and materials on hand can create different possibilities.
