James Shen ‘18

James' firm People’s Architecture was one of five contemporary design practices featured in the Canadian Centre for Architecture Docu-Dramas series.

Docu-dramas presents contemporary architects talking about their work, through the kinds of images they would normally exclude from a lecture: ordinary documents like contracts, budgets, estimates, SMS and chat messages, research and administrative files. Narrated, these dull objects can become evidence for the complex and contingent reality of architectural practice embedded in a messy world.

Watch James describe how People’s Architecture is striving to help build a more connected and inclusive society through design.