My Global Hustle

BEAUTIFUL REFUSE is a mobile collaborative initiative and conceptual investigation re-imagining the improvised spaces and settlements found throughout the globe from the favelas of Brazil to the townships in South Africa. Inspired by extensive ethnographic research places such as Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, we’ve gleaned a plethora of information which has resulted in the creation of this visual discourse.  In recent years the evolution of globalization has made it fashionable to advocate for sustainable architecture and design, but there remains a continued ignorance of the fact that many disenfranchised communities in U.S. and throughout the world have been creating sustainable architecture such as re-appropriating materials, building within “contested” spaces and utilizing ingenious construction practices as a matter of personal necessity that precedes the current trend.