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How to design for integration in a divided society

The mixed-income housing development I championed for five years finally opened but the wealthy residents have already formed a committee to exclude the lower-income families from shared amenities.

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Physical proximity cannot overcome social barriers, leaving architects to confront the limits of spatial solutions to human prejudice.

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