A Working Canvas: To promote a place of opportunity for diverse social and or cultural interactive engagements.

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A Working Canvas: To promote a place of opportunity for diverse social and or cultural interactive engagements.

Submitted to in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2018

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title: A Working Canvas: To promote a place of opportunity for diverse social and or cultural interactive engagements.

creator: Shannon McManus

subject: Architectural design, Philosophy;Public spaces, Social aspects; Seaside architecture, Benin, Cotonou, Designs and plans; Farmers markets, Massachusetts, Boston, Designs and plans

description: Architects are being asked to re-structure the social, if not the organization of our culture through bridging places and people together, as much as to remain to a strictly open, social, and flexible design. Public gathering spaces are becoming re-imaged, re-developed and re-invented to provide opportunities for people to socialize or collaborate more easily and successfully. The development of innovation spaces such as, research institutions and makers’ spaces are transforming our way of thinking of space. Facilitating with and through a working ‘canvas’ is a new approach to how we design Architecture today for the public good. The structure of the working ‘canvas’ represents a sense of place within a community by emphasizing what is already embedded there. To offer an expression of the character or spirit of a community. To also instill opportunities through spaces for dialogue: to learn, teach and exchange within. To change perceptions of a community by revealing and showcasing their local arts, culture and trade in a place. The working ‘canvas’ simply captures and celebrates a vibrant outlook on the community.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

date: 2018

type: Thesis

format: .pdf

language: eng

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