Despite good intentions, community spaces in social housing often suffer from poor placement, limited visibility, and a lack of resident ownership.
How to Build an Apple Pie reflects on the development of community-building initiatives and the possibilities for supporting resident-driven activities through participatory architectural intervention. Analyses, essays, and interviews are interwoven with fieldwork to develop a methodology for reciprocal design – one that uses objects as props for interaction and discussion.
Authors: Anne Corlin, Aislinn McCarthy and Evelyn Ågren
Language: English and Danish
Pages: 308
Format: 17×24 cm, softcover
Publication date: April 2026
Designer: Lea Vornholt
ISBN: 978-87-7407-482-3
Kindly supported by Arkitektskolen Aarhus and Ny Carlsbergfondet
Despite good intentions, community spaces in social housing often suffer from poor placement, limited visibility, and a lack of resident ownership.
How to Build an Apple Pie reflects on the development of community-building initiatives and the possibilities for supporting resident-driven activities through participatory architectural intervention. Analyses, essays, and interviews are interwoven with fieldwork to develop a methodology for reciprocal design – one that uses objects as props for interaction and discussion.
Authors: Anne Corlin, Aislinn McCarthy and Evelyn Ågren
Language: English and Danish
Pages: 308
Format: 17×24 cm, softcover
Publication date: April 2026
Designer: Lea Vornholt
ISBN: 978-87-7407-482-3
Kindly supported by Arkitektskolen Aarhus and Ny Carlsbergfondet
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