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Curating Place: Using Interpretive Design To Metabolize Change In The Rural, Post-Industrial Landscape Of Woronoco Massachusetts, Clark G. Piers-Gamble

Masters Theses

In this research, I aim to investigate the interrelationships between people, architecture and the landscape, by asking the question "what is the architect's role in curating place'. The goal of this body of work is to challenge the role of the ‘architect' when working within the context of place. This research, and the design intervention developed a process that challenges the profession by asking: “Should an architect be solely the creator of place, or is the architect a curator of place? The research analyzes existing theories related to the definition and concept of place approached from a wide spectrum of …