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Walter Hood: How urban spaces can preserve history and build community

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Can public spaces both reclaim the past and embrace the future? Landscape architect Walter Hood has explored this question over the course of an iconic career, with projects ranging from Lafayette Square Park in San Francisco to the upcoming International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. In this inspiring talk packed with images of his work, Hood shares the five simple concepts that guide his approach to creating spaces that illuminate shared memories and force us to look at one another in a different way.

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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;design;architecture;beauty;history;community;public spaces;society;identity;social change;TED2017;2018

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