Date of Award

Spring 5-30-2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Architecture (MArch)

Department

Architecture

First Advisor

Rachely Rotem

Second Advisor

Ijlal Muzaffar

Abstract

As we have adapted to learn how to best take advantage of our natural resources, we have evolved into the beings we are today. However, once we shifted away from natural environments to embrace new technologies and confine ourselves to our human-built spaces, we began to take a step backwards in our evolutionary timeline, returning to a confined, limited state.

As a result, this project examines play as a solution to connecting humans, nature, and architecture. By integrating these new programs into existing offices in downtown Providence, this process was an exploration in adapting our architecture to provide spaces where we can tap into our more freeing and primal behaviors to remove us from our otherwise highly structured human-specific routines. Particularly as we find ourselves trapped in our cities with little access to natural landscapes, it’s important to design our spaces in such a way that we still have the ability to step away from our more rigid daily lives and into a new environment focused on harnessing local and human natures.

Included in

Architecture Commons

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.