Date of Award
Spring 6-1-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Jessica Brown
Second Advisor
Charlie Cannon
Third Advisor
Nayeli Rodriguez
Abstract
Stressors like climate change will put strain on our communities, making them more vulnerable. I am asserting and expanding the role of the public library as a civic space for radical care and community resilience. This work explores the ways in which the public library, as an existing institution, could adapt to the needs of its changing environment and community. Interventions are visualized by a librarian’s jumpsuit and library apron, an adapted library book cart, public signage, and a re-imagined library card.
I imagine a public library that pushes the bounds of its physical building and actively and compassionately serves residents in and across spaces. Sited in Providence, RI, this work explores Providence’s climate change future and the public library’s role in building more resilient community in uncertainty.
Recommended Citation
Machado, Katrina, "Beacon Public Library: expanding radical civic care for an uncertain future" (2021). Masters Theses. 748.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/748
Creative Commons License
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Comments
View exhibition online: Katrina Machado, Beacon Public Library: Expanding Radical Civic Care for an Uncertain Future