Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

譯者: Phoebe Yu 審譯者: Sunny Kan Ngai Hang

So this is a story

這是從一個地方

of a place that I now call home.

我現在把它叫做「家」來的故事。

It's a story of public education

這是一個公立教育

and of rural communities

與偏遠地區

and of what design might do to improve both.

和如何以設計改變兩者的故事

So this is Bertie County,

這是伯地郡

North Carolina, USA.

位於美國北卡羅納州

To give you an idea of the "where:"

讓我給你們一點大概的地理位置

So here's North Carolina, and if we zoom in,

這裡是北卡羅納州,把地圖放大一點看

Bertie County is in the eastern part of the state.

伯地郡就位在北卡的東部地區

It's about two hours east

大概是從里海往東

driving-time from Raleigh.

兩個小時的車程

And it's very flat. It's very swampy.

是地形平坦的沼澤地

It's mostly farmland.

大部分都用作農田

The entire county

整個郡

is home to just 20,000 people, and they're very sparsely distributed.

總人口只有20,000人,而且分布的很零散.

So there's only 27 people per square mile,

每平方英里只有27人

which comes down to about 10 people

如果以每平方公里來算

per square kilometer.

相當於10個人

Bertie County is kind of a prime example

伯地郡是很典型

in the demise of rural America.

美國沒落鄉村

We've seen this story all over the country

這樣的故事不只發生在美國境內

and even in places beyond the American borders.

甚至在其他國家都可以看到

We know the symptoms.

我們都知道它發生時的徵狀

It's the hollowing out of small towns.

就是小鎮的空洞化

It's downtowns becoming ghost towns.

市區人煙稀少

The brain drain --

人才流失

where all of the most educated and qualified leave and never come back.

大部分有學歷和有能力的人離開後就再也沒回來了

It's the dependence on farm subsidies

這些偏遠地區只能依靠農田的補助金

and under-performing schools

、表現不佳的學校

and higher poverty rates in rural areas

和比起市區更高比例

than in urban.

的低收入戶

And Bertie County is no exception to this.

伯地郡當然也不例外

Perhaps the biggest thing it struggles with,

或許所面臨最大的問題

like many communities similar to it,

就像其他社區一樣

is that there's no

沒有

shared, collective investment

對偏遠社區未來

in the future of rural communities.

共同集體的投資

Only 6.8 percent of all our philanthropic giving in the U.S. right now

目前美國境內只有6.8%的慈善捐款

benefits rural communities,

是針對偏遠社區

and yet 20 percent of our population lives there.

但居住在這些地區人口卻高達20%

So Bertie County is not only very rural; it's incredibly poor.

所以伯地郡不但很偏遠而且是難以置信的貧窮

It is the poorest county in the state.

它是全美最貧窮的郡

It has one in three of its children living in poverty,

3分之1的兒童來自低收入戶家庭

and it's what is referred to as a "rural ghetto."

所以這裡被稱作鄉村貧民窟

The economy is mostly agricultural.

農業是主要的經濟來源

The biggest crops are cotton and tobacco,

棉花及菸草是最大宗農作物

and we're very proud of our Bertie County peanut.

而且我們也很以伯地郡的花生為傲

The biggest employer is the Purdue chicken processing plant.

普度雞肉加工廠是當地最大的雇主

The county seat is Windsor.

溫莎鎮是伯地郡的活動中心

This is like Times Square of Windsor that you're looking at right now.

你們現在看到的就像是溫莎鎮的時代廣場

It's home to only 2,000 people,

不過居住在這裡的人只有2,000個

and like a lot of other small towns

就像很多其他的小鎮

it has been hollowed out over the years.

多年來已經漸漸的空洞化

There are more buildings that are empty or in disrepair

空屋或荒廢的建築物

than occupied and in use.

比有人住或使用中的建築物多得多

You can count the number of restaurants in the county

你一隻手就可以數完整個郡的

on one hand --

餐廳

Bunn's Barbecue being my absolute favorite.

Bunn's燒烤是我的最愛

But in the whole county there is no coffee shop,

可是整個郡卻連1家咖啡廳都沒有

there's no Internet cafe,

沒有網咖

there's no movie theater, there's no bookstore.

沒有電影院,沒有書局

There isn't even a Walmart.

甚至沒有Walmart

Racially, the county

以人口分布來說,這個郡

is about 60 percent African-American,

有大約60%的非裔美國人

but what happens in the public schools

但是在公立學校裡

is most of the privileged white kids

大部分有優勢的白人小孩

go to the private Lawrence Academy.

都會到私立的羅倫斯中學就讀

So the public school students

公立學校裡

are about 86 percent African-American.

86%的學生是非裔美國人

And this is a spread from the local newspaper of the recent graduating class,

這是當地報紙刊登最近即將畢業學生的照片

and you can see the difference is pretty stark.

所以你可以發現這個差異是非常大的

So to say that the public education system

如果說伯地郡的公立教育系統

in Bertie County is struggling

正在苟言殘喘

would be a huge understatement.

其實都還無法形容它的窘境

There's basically no pool

他們根本找不到

of qualified teachers to pull from,

符合資格的老師

and only eight percent of the people in the county

全郡只有8%的人

have a bachelor's degree or higher.

擁有學士或更高的學位

So there isn't a big legacy

所以沒有甚麼值得驕傲的教育遺產

in the pride of education.

遺留下來

In fact, two years ago,

事實上,兩年前

only 27 percent of all the third- through eighth-graders

所有三年級到八年級學生中只有27%的學生

were passing the state standard

通過北卡州

in both English and math.

英文和數學的標準

So it sounds like I'm painting a really bleak picture of this place,

聽起來我只是在說這個地方有多糟糕

but I promise there is good news.

不過我保證也有好的一面

The biggest asset, in my opinion,

我覺得現在伯地郡最大的資產

one of the biggest assets in Bertie County right now is this man:

就是這個人

This is Dr. Chip Zullinger,

這是Chip Zullinger博士

fondly known as Dr. Z.

大家喜歡叫他Z博士

He was brought in in October 2007

他是2007年10月被邀請來伯地郡

as the new superintendent

擔任新的督導

to basically fix this broken school system.

基本上就是來補救這個殘破的教育系統

And he previously was a superintendent

他之前在南卡羅納州查爾斯頓市

in Charleston, South Carolina

擔任過督導

and then in Denver, Colorado.

另外在美國80年代晚期

He started some of the country's first charter schools

他在科羅拉多州丹佛市

in the late '80s in the U.S.

首創全國第一家特許學校

And he is an absolute renegade and a visionary,

他是絕對反傳統而且有遠見的

and he is the reason that I now live and work there.

他是我決定搬到那並在那工作的原因

So in February of 2009,

2009年2月

Dr. Zullinger invited us, Project H Design --

Zullinger 博士邀請我們H設計計畫

which is a non-profit design firm that I founded --

H設計計畫是一家我為了伯地郡而創立的非營利設計公司

to come to Bertie and to partner with him

我們到那與他一起

on the repair of this school district

修復學區

and to bring a design perspective to the repair of the school district.

並合作將設計的概念融入學區的修復

And he invited us in particular

他特別邀請我們來

because we have a very specific

因為我們對設計的程序

type of design process --

有非常明確的想法

one that results in appropriate design solutions

讓適切的解決方法

in places that don't usually have access

在這些通常無法獲得

to design services or creative capital.

設計服務或是有創造力資本的地方得以實現

Specifically, we use these six design directives,

特別的是,我們使用六個設計指令

probably the most important being number two:

最重要的應該是第二點

we design with, not for --

一起設計而不是為誰設計

in that, when we're doing humanitarian-focused design,

因為這樣,所以當我們在做以人道主義為主的設計時

it's not about designing for clients anymore.

不再是為客戶設計

It's about designing with people,

而是與大家一起設計

and letting appropriate solutions emerge from within.

讓最好的解決方法由內部產生

So at the time of being invited down there,

當我們被邀請到那裏時

we were based in San Francisco,

我們公司還在舊金山

and so we were going back and forth

幾乎2009年一整年

for basically the rest of 2009,

我們就這樣兩地往返

spending about half our time in Bertie County.

我們花了大約一半的時間在伯地郡

And when I say we, I mean Project H,

當我說我們的時候,我指的是H計畫

but more specifically, I mean myself and my partner, Matthew Miller,

更精確的說,就是我跟我的合夥人,馬修米勒

who's an architect and a sort of MacGyver-type builder.

他是個建築師,有點像馬蓋先那種類型的

So fast-forward to today, and we now live there.

快轉到今天,現在我們已經搬到那住了

I have strategically cut Matt's head out of this photo,

我很技巧性的將照片裡馬修的頭砍掉

because he would kill me if he knew I was using it

如果他知道我用這張照片他肯定會殺了我

because of the sweatsuits.

因為這件運動衫

But this is our front porch. We live there.

這是我們的前庭,我們就住在那

We now call this place home.

我們稱這裡"家"

Over the course of this year that we spent flying back and forth,

經過今年飛來飛去後

we realized we had fallen in love with the place.

我們體會到我們已經愛上這個地方了

We had fallen in love with the place and the people

我們愛上的不只是這個地方,還有這裡的人

and the work that we're able to do

我們可以做的工作

in a rural place like Bertie County,

是在像伯地郡這樣的偏遠地區

that, as designers and builders,

然而,作為一個設計師及建築師

you can't do everywhere.

不是每個地方

There's space to experiment

都有空間讓你去實驗

and to weld and to test things.

修補或測試

We have an amazing advocate in Dr. Zullinger.

Zullinger博士對我們是全力的擁護

There's a nobility of real, hands-on,

親手作這苦活

dirt-under-your-fingernails work.

是非常有成就感的

But beyond our personal reasons for wanting to be there,

但除了我們個人原因想待在那裏外

there is a huge need.

那裏確實有強烈的需求

There is a total vacuum of creative capital in Bertie County.

伯地郡中完全沒有具有創造力的資本可言

There isn't a single licensed architect in the whole county.

整個郡上沒有一個有執照的建築師

And so we saw an opportunity

所以我們抓到這個機會

to bring design as this untouched tool,

引進這個未經雕琢的設計工具

something that Bertie County didn't otherwise have,

這是伯地郡之前完全不可能擁有的

and to be sort of the -- to usher that in

現在就像是工具箱裡新的工具

as a new type of tool in their tool kit.

被介紹給大家認識

The initial goal became using design

因此我們最初的目標就是與Zullinger博士合作

within the public education system in partnership with Dr. Zullinger --

將設計運用在公立教育系統

that was why we were there.

這也是我們之所以在那的原因

But beyond that, we recognized

但除了這個原因之外,我們了解到

that Bertie County, as a community,

伯地郡是個

was in dire need of a fresh perspective

急需新願景的社區

of pride and connectedness

一個值得驕傲,有向心力

and of the creative capital

有創造力資本的社區

that they were so much lacking.

而這些都是他們過去所缺少的

So the goal became, yes, to apply design within education,

就這樣,我們將設計運用在教育裡作為目標

but then to figure out how to make education

然後再想出如何讓教育

a great vehicle for community development.

成為社區發展的火車頭

So in order to do this, we've taken three different approaches

所以為了達成這個目標,我們用了三種不同的步驟

to the intersection of design and education.

來連結設計與教育

And I should say that these are three things that we've done in Bertie County,

我應該說我們在伯地郡做了三件事

but I feel pretty confident that they could work

而且我很有信心這個計畫

in a lot of other rural communities

可以成功落實在美國其他偏遠社區

around the U.S. and maybe even beyond.

甚至是美國以外的地方

So the first of the three is design for education.

這三件事中的第一件事是為教育設計

This is the most kind of direct, obvious

連結這兩件事

intersection of the two things.

是最直接最顯著的作法

It's the physical construction

這個實際的建築物

of improved spaces and materials and experiences

讓老師及學生

for teachers and students.

對改善空間及材料的使用有更多經驗

This is in response to the awful mobile trailers

這是用來取代現今移動式拖車

and the outdated textbooks

老舊教科書

and the terrible materials that we're building schools out of these days.

和學校糟糕的建築材料

And so this played out for us in a couple different ways.

這個計畫展現在很多不同的地方

The first was a series of renovations of computer labs.

首先是一連串電算中心的整修

So traditionally, the computer labs,

傳統上,對於學校的電算中心

particularly in an under-performing school like Bertie County,

尤其是像伯地郡這樣表現不佳的鄉鎮

where they have to benchmark test every other week,

每隔一個星期會進行標竿測試

the computer lab is a kill-and-drill

這樣的電算中心是很表面而達不成學習效果

testing facility.

的測驗場所

You come in, you face the wall, you take your test and you leave.

你走進來,面對牆,做完測驗然後離開

So we wanted to change the way that students approach technology,

我們想作的是改變學生接觸科技的方式

to create a more convivial and social space

去創造一個更有趣且大家更願意來的地方

that was more engaging, more accessible,

讓它變得更吸引人,更容易接近

and also to increase the ability for teachers

同時也可以增加老師使用

to use these spaces for technology-based instruction.

這些地方作為科技基礎教學的機會

So this is the lab at the high school,

這是中學裡的電算中心

and the principal there is in love with this room.

那裏的校長愛死這間教室了

Every time he has visitors, it's the first place that he takes them.

每次他有訪客,這裡都是第一個被參觀的地方

And this also meant the co-creation with some teachers

這也是跟一些其他老師

of this educational playground system

共同創作的結果

called the learning landscape.

他們是教學遊樂區的老師,並使用一個叫做學習景觀的方法

It allows elementary-level students to learn core subjects

它讓初級程度的學生透過遊戲

through game play and activity

學習到事物的核心

and running around and screaming and being a kid.

但還是可以像個小孩一樣跑來跑去大聲喊叫

So this game that the kids are playing here --

小朋友正在這裡玩配配看的遊戲

in this case they were learning basic multiplication

並同時透過這個遊戲

through a game called Match Me.

學習基礎乘法

And in Match Me, you take the class, divide it into two teams,

配配看遊戲呢,是將班級分成兩個小組

one team on each side of the playground,

分別在遊戲區兩邊

and the teacher will take a piece of chalk

然後老師拿粉筆

and just write a number on each of the tires.

在每個輪胎上寫下一個數字

And then she'll call out a math problem --

再來她會唸出數學題目

so let's say four times four --

譬如4乘4

and then one student from each team has to compete

每個組選出1個學生出來比賽

to figure out that four times four is 16

並計算出4乘4等於16

and find the tire with the 16 on it and sit on it.

而且要找出有寫有16的輪胎並且坐在上面

So the goal is to have all of your teammates sitting on the tires

隊員最先完成坐在輪胎上的隊伍

and then your team wins.

就是贏家

And the impact of the learning landscape

這個學習景觀方法所帶來的成效

has been pretty surprising and amazing.

出乎我們的意料之外

Some of the classes and teachers have reported higher test scores,

一些班級獲得到更好的成績

a greater comfort level with the material,

而且對教材有更好的掌握

especially with the boys,

尤其是男孩子

that in going outside and playing,

喜歡到戶外玩耍

they aren't afraid to take on

他們不會害怕

a double-digit multiplication problem --

作兩位數的乘法

and also that the teachers are able

而且老師也可以

to use these as assessment tools

把這些器材當作評分的工具

to better gauge how their students

藉以更精準評估學生

are understanding new material.

是否理解新的教材

So with design for education, I think the most important thing

在這個為教育設計的步驟裡,我認為是最重要的是

is to have a shared ownership of the solutions with the teachers,

可以和老師共享解決方案

so that they have the incentive and the desire to use them.

所以他們才會有動機和慾望去使用它

So this is Mr. Perry. He's the assistant superintendent.

這是Perry先生,他是副督導

He came out for one of our teacher-training days

有一天他來參觀我們的教學培訓課程

and won like five rounds of Match Me in a row and was very proud of himself.

贏了大概五次的配配看遊戲,對此他可是非常的自豪

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

So the second approach is redesigning education itself.

接下來,第二個步驟是重新設計教育本身

This is the most complex.

這是最複雜的部分

It's a systems-level look

從系統的層級來看

at how education is administered

教育的落實

and what is being offered and to whom.

教學的內容及教授的對象

So in many cases this is not so much about making change

很多時候,我們不能要求改變多少

as it is creating the conditions

因為我們所面臨的狀況是

under which change is possible

只能決定哪種改變是可行的

and the incentive to want to make change,

或是為什麼想改變的動機

which is easier said than done in rural communities

然而在這樣偏避的區域要去實踐是很不容易的

and in inside-the-box education systems

尤其在制式教育體制下

in rural communities.

的偏遠地區

So for us, this was a graphic public campaign

對我們而言,這是一個很生動的公眾競賽

called Connect Bertie.

叫串起伯地郡

There are thousands of these blue dots all over the county.

在郡上有好幾千個這樣藍色的圓點

And this was for a fund that the school district had

這些圓點代表校區需要的資金

to put a desktop computer and a broadband Internet connection

因為學校為了籌措資金讓每個就讀公立學校的

in every home

小孩家中都有

with a child in the public school system.

電腦及寬頻網路

Right now I should say,

目前為止

there are only 10 percent of the houses

僅有10%的家庭

that actually have an in-home Internet connection.

家裡真的有網路服務

And the only places to get WiFi

而能夠使用無線網路的地方

are in the school buildings, or at the Bojangles Fried Chicken joint,

只有在學校裡或Bojangles炸雞店

which I find myself squatting outside of a lot.

我發現我自己常蹲在外面使用

Aside from, you know, getting people excited

除此之外,也希望藉此讓大家覺得興奮

and wondering what the heck these blue dots were all over the place,

或好奇這些到處看到的藍色圓點是要做甚麼用的

it asked the school system

它讓學校的教育體制

to envision how it might become a catalyst

有更大發揮的空間並成為

for a more connected community.

連結社區的催化劑

It asked them to reach outside of the school walls

它讓學生接觸更多課本以外的資訊

and to think about how they could play a role

也讓他們開始思考自己在社區發展中

in the community's development.

需要扮演的角色

So the first batch of computers

第一批電腦

are being installed later this summer,

預計會在今年夏天安裝

and we're helping Dr. Zullinger develop some strategies

同時我們也正在協助Zullinger博士開發新的策略

around how we might connect the classroom and the home

以便連結教室和家裡

to extend learning beyond the school day.

讓學習可以擴大到非上課日

And then the third approach, which is what I'm most excited about,

第三個步驟,也是我最興奮的

which is where we are now,

就是我們現在在做的

is: design as education.

設計即教育

So "design as education" means

設計即教育的意思是

that we could actually teach design within public schools,

我們實際在公立學校裡教授設計課程

and not design-based learning --

而不是以設計為基礎的學習

not like "let's learn physics by building a rocket,"

不是像為了學物理而去製作一個火箭

but actually learning design-thinking

而是真正學習設計的思考模式

coupled with real construction and fabrication skills

並融合實務的架構和建造的技巧

put towards a local community purpose.

來完成當地社區所需要的功能

It also means that designers are no longer consultants,

這也就意味著設計師不再是顧問

but we're teachers,

而是我們這些老師們

and we are charged with growing creative capital

我們的責任是傳承具有成長性及創造力的資本

within the next generation.

給下一代

And what design offers as an educational framework

這樣的設計不失為教育架構

is an antidote

提供了一帖解藥

to all of the boring, rigid, verbal instruction

很多學校對無趣,僵化,照本宣科的教學方法

that so many of these school districts are plagued by.

感到非常困擾

It's hands-on, it's in-your-face,

而這個方法是親力親為,立即見真章的

it requires an active engagement,

這需要積極的參與

and it allows kids to apply all the core subject learning

並讓孩子們可以將重點學習應用在

in real ways.

生活中

So we started thinking

所以我們開始思索

about the legacy of shop class

這個工藝課程的價值

and how shop class -- wood and metal shop class in particular --

和為什麼這個特別著重於木頭及金屬的實作課程

historically, has been something

一直以來,在不準備上大學的小孩們中

intended for kids who aren't going to go to college.

扮演重要的角色

It's a vocational training path.

這是技職教育的路

It's working-class; it's blue-collar.

這是勞工藍領階級的

The projects are things like,

我們的課程中有像是

let's make a birdhouse for your mom for Christmas.

作鳥屋給媽媽當聖誕禮物

And in recent decades, a lot of the funding for shop class

最近幾十年來,很多工藝課的資助

has gone away entirely.

已經幾乎看不到了

So we thought, what if you could bring back shop class,

我們就在想,如果能把工藝課程重新找回校園那會如何呢

but this time orient the projects

這次我們將課程

around things that the community needed,

圍繞著社區的需求來制定

and to infuse shop class

並將更多重要且充滿創造力的設計思維過程

with a more critical and creative-design-thinking studio process.

融合到工藝課中

So we took this kind of nebulous idea

所以我們就這樣懵懵懂懂

and have worked really closely with Dr. Zullinger for the past year

與Zullinger博士在過去一年裡密切的合作

on writing this as a one-year curriculum

編寫一套一年為期的課程表

offered at the high school level to the junior class.

提供給高年級到低年級的學生

And so this starts in four weeks,

這個課程再四個星期就要開始了

at the end of the summer,

也就是夏天快結束的時候

and my partner and I, Matthew and I,

我和我的合夥人,馬修

just went through the arduous and totally convoluted process

剛經歷了一場非常艱鉅而且迂迴的過程

of getting certified as high school teachers to actually run it.

而終於獲得中學教師的執照並開始真正教學

And this is what it looks like.

課程內容是這樣的

So over the course of two semesters,

在兩學期中

the Fall and the Spring,

秋季班及春季班

the students spend three hours a day every single day

學生每天要花三個小時的時間

in our 4,500 square foot

待在我們4,500平方英呎的

studio/shop space.

工作室/工藝教室裡

And during that time, they're doing everything

這三小時,他們會做很多事

from going out and doing ethnographic research and doing the need-finding,

從到戶外作鄉野研究和需求調查

coming back into the studio,

然後回到工作室

doing the brainstorming and design visualization

開始思考並設計出圖像

to come up with concepts that might work,

以便找出可行的辦法

and then moving into the shop and actually testing them,

然後再回到工藝教室實際測試

building them, prototyping them,

建構到作出模型

figuring out if they are going to work and refining that.

再來確定模型是否可以用或是需要修正

And then over the summer, they're offered a summer job.

另外,暑假時,我們會提供學生暑期工作

They're paid as employees of Project H

H計畫會支付他們薪水

to be the construction crew with us

讓學生們可以和我們一起共同

to build these projects in the community.

打造這個社區

So the first project, which will be built next summer,

第一個計畫,是在明年夏天

is an open-air farmers' market downtown,

我們會在市區蓋一個露天的農夫市場

followed by bus shelters for the school bus system in the second year

接下來是第二年的校車公車亭

and home improvements for the elderly in the third year.

第三年我們會幫年長者作居家修繕

So these are real visible projects

這些是實際可以看到的計畫

that hopefully the students can point to and say,

我們希望這些學生可以指著這些計畫說

"I built that, and I'm proud of it."

這是我蓋的,我很引以為傲

So I want you to meet three of our students.

現在讓我介紹三個學生

This is Ryan.

這是萊恩

She is 15 years old.

15歲

She loves agriculture and wants to be a high school teacher.

她很喜歡農業,她想要當中學老師

She wants to go to college, but she wants to come back to Bertie County,

她希望可以上大學,但之後回到伯地郡

because that's where her family is from, where she calls home,

因為她的家人都在這,這是她的家

and she feels very strongly about giving back

她對回饋給這個讓她總是非常幸運的地方

to this place that she's been fairly fortunate in.

有非常強烈的信念

So what Studio H might offer her

現在在H工作室裡,我們可以提供

is a way to develop skills

技術的培養

so that she might give back in the most meaningful way.

所以她就可以以最有意義的方式作回饋

This is Eric. He plays for the football team.

這是Eric,他是足球隊員

He is really into dirtbike racing,

他很喜歡越野摩托車競賽

and he wants to be an architect.

他想要成為建築師

So for him, Studio H offers him

所以對他而言,H工作室提供了

a way to develop the skills he will need as an architect,

培養他成為建築師的技能

everything from drafting to wood and metal construction

從製圖,木材及金屬的建構

to how to do research for a client.

到幫客戶作調查

And then this is Anthony.

最後這一位是Anthony

He is 16 years old, loves hunting and fishing and being outside

他今年16歲,喜歡打獵,釣魚和待在戶外,

and doing anything with his hands,

喜歡動手做東西

and so for him, Studio H means

對他而言,H計畫

that he can stay interested in his education

透過親手參與的過程

through that hands-on engagement.

讓他保持對學習的熱忱

He's interested in forestry, but he isn't sure,

他對山林管理有興趣,不過不是很確定

so if he ends up not going to college,

如果他最後沒有上大學

he will have developed some industry-relevant skills.

他也已經具有產業相關的技能

What design and building really offers to public education

設計和建造真正為公立教育帶來的

is a different kind of classroom.

是一種與眾不同的教室

So this building downtown,

這個在市區的建築物

which may very well become the site of our future farmers' market,

將很有可能變成我們未來的農夫市場

is now the classroom.

而現在是我們的教室

And going out into the community and interviewing your neighbors

另外,深入社區去拜訪了解鄰居

about what kind of food they buy

買些甚麼食物

and from where and why --

從哪裡買還有為什麼買

that's a homework assignment.

這些都是學生的回家作業

And the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of the summer

我們的開工典禮會在今年夏天結束時舉行

when they have built the farmers' market and it's open to the public --

到時農夫市場將可以完成並展示給民眾

that's the final exam.

這是我們的期末考

And for the community, what design and building offers

對社區本身而言,設計及建築所帶來的

is real, visible, built progress.

是真實的,看得到的,建造發展過程

It's one project per year,

這是一年一次的計畫

and it makes the youth the biggest asset

我們希望透過這個計畫

and the biggest untapped resource

讓年輕人變成最大的財產

in imagining a new future.

及最大未開發的資源

So we recognize that Studio H, especially in its first year,

我們了解,特別是在H工作室的元年

is a small story --

這只是個微不足道的小故事

13 students, it's two teachers,

13個學生,2個老師

it's one project in one place.

這只是一個地方的一個計畫

But we feel like this could work in other places.

我們覺得其他的地方也可以如法泡製

And I really, strongly believe in the power of the small story,

而且我很堅定的相信小故事可以發揮巨大的力量

because it is so difficult

因為要把人文工作推廣到全球

to do humanitarian work at a global scale.

難度是一定有的

Because, when you zoom out that far,

當你把目標設得太遠大時

you lose the ability to view people as humans.

就會失去以人為本的出發點

Ultimately, design itself is a process

基本上,設計本身就是一個不斷教育的過程

of constant education

不論是對一起工作的夥伴

for the people that we work with and for

或是我們提供服務的客戶

and for us as designers.

甚至是設計師本身

And let's face it, designers, we need to reinvent ourselves.

設計師們,你們知道的,我們需要不斷的投資自己

We need to re-educate ourselves around the things that matter,

我們需要對重要的事重新學習

we need to work outside of our comfort zones more,

我們需要多走出我們的舒適區

and we need to be better citizens in our own backyard.

我們需要為我們的社區付出更多

So while this is a very small story,

即使這只是個小故事

we hope that it represents a step in the right direction

但我們希望這一小步

for the future of rural communities

能帶領偏遠地區的未來

and for the future of public education

,公立教育的未來

and hopefully also for the future of design.

及設計的未來邁向正確的方向

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

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