About

Yes Duffy is the prin­ci­pal and founder of Activist Archi­tec­ture Col­lec­tive: a design stu­dio focus­ing on afford­able, acces­si­ble, demo­c­ra­tic design for every­day people.

Archi­tec­ture is a pow­er­ful social, polit­i­cal and eco­log­i­cal act. Activist archi­tec­ture uti­lizes community-based design to cul­ti­vate mas­sive social and envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fit through the design of the built envi­ron­ment. Our work deeply and mean­ing­fully engages peo­ple and places by first uncov­er­ing and dis­cov­er­ing tan­gi­ble and inspir­ing local val­ues, local assets, and latent oppor­tu­ni­ties. These essen­tial dis­cov­er­ies and col­lab­o­ra­tions become the foun­da­tion of our design process.

Our craft com­bines tra­di­tional archi­tec­tural wis­dom and con­tem­po­rary dig­i­tal tools, and explores how sim­ple mate­ri­als and con­struc­tion can become ele­gant, sus­tain­able, per­for­ma­tive sys­tems. The result is a con­flu­ence of place-based inno­va­tions, raw mate­r­ial explo­rations, ele­gant mod­ern craft and con­struc­tion, and a healthy respect for the entropic processes of weather and time.

If you want to join the col­lec­tive on our next project or if you have one in mind, email me.