"“It was a beautiful opportunity for the kind of experimentation-driven revitalization that I care so much about (and had spent so much time studying),” he told me recently by email."
"“We have to try new ideas,” he told me more recently. “Sometimes those ideas won't work. But we can't let that threat of failure stop us from trying, and from learning.”"
"“Over the past year I've talked with Claudel several times, as if the city and its array of socio-economic challenges were a kind of Gordian Knot to untangle: Zoom calls, a Forest Park walk, and most recently, last Friday, before and after he moderated a Design Portland panel discussion about housing.”"
"“I've been interested in how his firm, Field States, transcends traditional roles like architect or developer, consulting on a variety of building and real estate projects, locally and beyond. The connecting thread is identifying strategic opportunities for adapting to change.”"
In 2020, an urban design and real estate strategist relocated to Portland during the pandemic, protests, and wildfires. After earning a doctorate in advanced urbanism from MIT, he had co-authored books on open source architecture and future city design with MIT professor Carlo Ratti. He viewed Portland as an opportunity for experimentation-driven revitalization. He emphasized that cities need to try new ideas, even when some fail, because the risk of failure should not prevent learning. He works through Field States, which supports building and real estate projects by identifying strategic opportunities for adapting to change, with projects grounded in place and community.
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