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School: A Community And Environmental Resource, Samantha M. Kelley
School: A Community And Environmental Resource, Samantha M. Kelley
Architecture Theses
Schools play an important role in the lives of children, and can play a larger role in the broader community. Throughout history, schools have existed that have been connected to the environment, whether it was to simply provide children with the opportunity to spend time outside, or to teach students about the natural world. With the state of climate change that exists today, connecting students to the environment is of utmost importance. Students must understand the environment, in order to appropriately understand the threat of climate change, and ultimately take action to combat it.
Schools are an ideal location to …
Environmental Architecture: Environmental Discovery Center On The Woonasquatucket River, Nathan Bonaiuto
Environmental Architecture: Environmental Discovery Center On The Woonasquatucket River, Nathan Bonaiuto
Architecture Theses
The Woonasquatucket River Environmental Discovery Center (WREDC) is a place where students of the environment can enjoy a natural space within their own community. It provides a much needed connection to a site which, for far too long has been off limits to the community. As a potential learning environment for young students, the WREDC becomes a platform for a sustainable lifestyle. In this place we learn about the past, connect it to the present, and allow for change in the future.
This thesis is about making these connections of past and future through the current constructs of the Social, …