Author(s)/Creator(s)

James Ben Harrison

Document Type

Thesis, Senior

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Spring 2012

Keywords

primary education, community, Boston, Roxbury

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"I contend that architecture should act as a threshold that mediates between education and community in order to create a "decentralized educational facility" that revolves around the concept of educational space, that Jhn Dewet describes as a communal environment which fosters interaction. The resulting programmatic overlap will create something that is more than a school, by incorporating existing community accessible activities that work with the school. This intervention will create an opportunity to enhance the performance of the school and redefine the educational situation as [school as community] rather than [school or community]."

Additional Information

Advisors: Terrance Goode / Sekou Cooke

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