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Roger Williams University

Series

2009

Community center

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Reuniting A Community: The Stephen Kaplanis Ymca, Michael R. Kozlowski May 2009

Reuniting A Community: The Stephen Kaplanis Ymca, Michael R. Kozlowski

Architecture Theses

The goal of this thesis was to create a center that brings all teenagers of Danbury, CT together, especially the young generation to keep them active and growing.


Social Rejuvenation: A New Community Center, Lancaster, Pa, John Snavely Jan 2009

Social Rejuvenation: A New Community Center, Lancaster, Pa, John Snavely

Architecture Theses

The goal of a new community center, set in the Southeast Ward, Lancaster, Pa, is to create an iconic place that will unite people in a downtrodden neighborhood by providing a setting that will bring the community together, once again. The principle element that these downtrodden communities lack is a cultural or social bond. By providing a place where members of the community can gather together, celebrate and share their different cultures will ultimately create a new cultural and social bond within the neighborhood and the greater community. Also by providing a place for everyday activities to take place within …