Movement and the neighborhood fabric as the generators for an urban elementary school

"Perhaps the mind-body dichotomy of our philosophical heritage had prevented us from appreciating the fundamental role movement plays in all our intellectual capacities."(Olds,1980) This thesis is based on educational ideas which stem from this statement. The thesis is a proposal for the design of an elementary school in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. The school primarily services children from preschool through fourth grade; however, it is meant to be a facility for a more widespread community population. The goal is to present a design for an educational facility that could be used twenty-four hours a day all year long. The driving force for the design is the belief that the development of a circulation system that provides a heightened level of sensory stimulation can both organize a viable piece of urban architecture and guide the development of a better learning environment.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1988

Author dc:creator

• Liberatore, David Louis

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bill Hubbard, Jr.

• Architecture.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78987

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