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About the book >.>.> Ecologists know these places of divergent habitat as robust eco-tones. As civic leaders Eskew+Dumez+Ripple know that these lines of conflict can be once identified confidently transformed. A design m?lange is a hybrid resolution that brings together these points of conflict differing interests and dynamic ecologies into a vibrant and nurturing environment through a social and cultural dialogue of architectural creation. M?lange requires an attitude where education and social design settings are central. It is a generative form of architectural process that produces not just buildings rather it is a civic act of setting the terms of social equity community connection and hope in the city and its future. The designs are developed through an extensive set of interpersonal exchanges and hands-on design transactions that operate in small neighborhood meetings on front parches in the local seafood restaurants in builders’ workshops artists studios church meeting halls or the hallways of City Hall. The act of design melange requires that the architects literally draw out the participants to become active architectural agents and champions. By turning clients and residents into active agents the studio brings forth a wealth of ideas and ingredients that elevate the built work into a fine gumbo of delicate seasonings and distinct elements enlivened with a patois of elegant details The process reveals ecological micro-climates and delineates cultural moments that add a unique accent or dialectic to each project. (MP)