com·pas·sion·ate adjective 1. feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others Compassion is an easily understood emotion as it relates to other humans but how can compassion be linked with design? Compassionate design is about ensuring that the users of a building have a space that is properly suited to them in more ways than just functionality and esthetics. It has to support the users in an emotional way. It is about bringing compassion into the design process and ensuri

If a poor community needs a school why do so much research and put so much effort into creating a new design? They just need a building, something with four walls and a roof. This is a very common misconception; people who don't have anything just need the basics, nothing more. It misses the true mission of humanitarian work - giving people and communities the tools to improve their lives. ​ Many charitable organizations and well intended people have fallen into this ideology

Design Cause Inc. has been in the making for over two years. When I first started working with the community in Cameroon it was because I wanted to see how my education in architecture could really make a positive impact on the world. I was tired of hearing how the 'right design' of an expensive office building or high end residential home was making the world a better place. What I have learned during this process is that architecture and design holds a special place in a co