ARCHITECTURE AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES
THE
NEED TO REMEMBER
THE
NEED TO HEAL
THE
NEED TO TEACH
THE
NEED TO TRANSITION
EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES WHEN A TRAGIC EVENT OCCURS IT LEAVES BEHIND AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITE IN THE AREA IT AFFECTED. HISTORICALLY, THE RESPONSE TO BUILDING ON EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES IS TO CREATE A MEMORIAL OR A MUSEUM (OR IN UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST REBUILDING STRUCTURE EXACTLY AS IT STOOD BEFORE). HOWEVER, TRAGEDY IS LIKE A WOUND FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE SUBSEQUENT REBUILDING NEEDS TO EMULATE A SCAR. LIKE A SCAR, THIS ARCHITECTURE SHOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY REMEMBER, TEACH, HEAL, AND TRANSITION: FULFILLING FOUR IMPORTANT NEEDS THAT EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES SHARE IN COMMON. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT DESIGNERS ADDRESS THESE NEEDS IN ORDER FOR EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES TO RECOVER.
REMEMBER PROGRAM MEMORIALIZE THE VICTIMS
REMEMBER-HEAL PROGRAM A THERAPEUTIC SPACE
HEAL PROGRAM RESTORE THE SURVIVORS
REMEMBER
HEAL REMEMBER HEAL
DESIGN CONCEPT ARCHITECTS FAIL WHEN THEY NEGLECT THE NEEDS OF REMEMBERING, TEACHING, HEALING, AND TRANSITIONING IN THE DESIGN FOR EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES. THEREFORE I USED THESE FOUR NEEDS TO DEVELOP A TYPOLOGY FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON ANY SITE RECOVERING AFTER A TRAGEDY. THE TYPOLOGY IS OF A COMMUNITY VENUE THAT IS SHAPED BY THE NEED TO REMEMBER, TEACH, HEAL, AND TRANSITION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. I PROGRAMMED EIGHT UNIQUE SPACES TO MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY VENUE; FOUR PRIMARY SPACES DIRECTLY
TEACH REMEMBER HEAL TRANSITION TRANSITION HEAL TEACH
TEACH-REMEMBER PROGRAM A SPACE TO UNDERSTAND THE TRAGEDY
RELATE TO THE NEEDS OF EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES AND FOUR SECONDARY SPACES ACCOUNT FOR THE SHARED RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE NEEDS. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT RELATES BACK TO THE CORE VALUE OF THAT NEED.
TEACH
HEAL-TRANSITION PROGRAM A SPACE TO GATHER
TRANSITION
TYPOLOGY PROGRAM DIAGRAM
ON AUGUST 3RD 2019, A GUNMAN KILLED 22 PEOPLE AND INJURED 23 OTHERS IN A SHOPPING CENTER IN EL PASO, TEXAS. THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED IN THE CIELO VISTA WALMART AND AFTERWARDS THE SURROUNDING AREA AND AFFECTED COMMUNITY BECAME AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITE.
TRANSITION-HEAL-TEACH PROGRAM A SPACE TO LEARN FROM THE PAST
TEACH PROGRAM EDUCATE THE VISITORS
THE LOCATIONS OF THE 418 MASS SHOOTING THE UNITED STATES IN 2019
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION WHILE LOOKING FOR A SITE TO
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TRANSITION PROGRAM ADVANCE THE COMMUNITY
EVENTS IN
AUGUST 4TH 2019 9 DEAD, 17 INJURED DAYTON, OHIO
TEST THESE CONCEPTS I BECAME AWARE OF THE RISE OF MASS SHOOTING EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. I WILL IMPLEMENT MY DESIGN CONCEPTS ON EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES CREATED BY MASS SHOOTING EVENTS, BUT ADDRESSING THIS TYPE OF TRAGEDY ADDS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF COMPLEXITY TO MY PROJECT. MASS SHOOTINGS EXIST AS SINGULAR EVENTS TIED TO A SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIME, BUT THE FREQUENCY AND SCALE OF THESE EVENTS ALTER THE CONTEXT OF THIS TRAGEDY TYPE. THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF MASS SHOOTING EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO SINGLE OUT ONE EVENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF MY THESIS. THEREFORE I APPLIED THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMUNITY VENUE TYPOLOGY TO TWO EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES IN EL PASO, TEXAS AND DAYTON, OHIO WHICH ARE RECOVERING FROM MASS SHOOTINGS ON AUGUST 3RD 2019 AND AUGUST 4TH 2019 RESPECTIVELY. BY DESIGNING COMMUNITY VENUES FOR BOTH SITES I AM ABLE TO ADDRESS THE CONTEXT OF THE MASS SHOOTING EPIDEMIC AS WELL AS TEST MY THESIS CONCEPT WITH TWO SETS OF PARAMETERS.
AUGUST 3RD 2019 22 DEAD, 23 INJURED EL PASO, TEXAS
ON AUGUST 4TH 2019, A GUNMAN KILLED 9 PEOPLE AND INJURED 17 OTHERS OUTSIDE OF A STREET OF RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN DAYTON, OHIO. THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON EAST 5TH STREET IN DAYTON’S HISTORIC OREGON DISTRICT AND THUS CREATED AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITE FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
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DAYTON COMMUNITY VENUE GROUND FLOOR
TEACH REMEMBER
REMEMBER MEM SPACE
REMEMBER
HEAL
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HEAL TRANSITION TRANSITION TR T R RA ANS AN NS SIT SI IT TIIO TI ON O N HEAL H HE EA AL A L TEACH TEA TE EAC ACH CH
UNDERSTANDING SPACE TEACH-REMEMBER
HEAL TRANSITION ON
DAYTON COMMUNITY VENUE GROUND FLOOR
THERAPEUTIC SPACEE
TRANSITION TR HEAL HE AL TEACH TEAC TE AC
REMEMBER-HEAL
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EL PASO COMMUNITY VENUE - GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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DESIGN PRINCIPLES I DESIGNED THE COMMUNITY VENUES
IN EL PASO AND DAYTON TO MAINTAIN A CONNECTION TO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF EACH SHOOTING, THEREFORE INSERTING MY DESIGN IN THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TRAGEDY. AS MOURNERS, TOURISTS, SURVIVORS, AND COMMUTERS COME TO THE AREA OF THE SHOOTING FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, THE COMMUNITY VENUE WILL BE THERE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY THE SPACES WITHIN EACH COMMUNITY VENUE ARE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE LOGIC OF HIERARCHY, PROXIMITY, AND CIRCULATION IN ORDER TO GROUP TOGETHER SIMILAR NEEDS AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY VENUE TO ADAPT OVER TIME. THE NATURE OF THE SPECIFIC TRAGEDY, THE CONTEXT OF THE SITE AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MODIFY THE GENERIC FRAMEWORK OF THE TYPOLOGY INTO UNIQUE DESIGNS FOR THE EL PASO AND DAYTON SITES.
IMPROVEMENT SPA PACE TRANSITION-HEAL-TEACH
TRANSITION TI SPACE
CONCLUSIONS WHEN A TRAGEDY OCCURS, IT FOREVER CHANGES CITIES, SITES, AND COMMUNITIES. THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGEDY CREATES AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITE THAT STRUGGLES TO RECOVER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST. IN THIS THESIS, I CONNECT ARCHITECTURE WITH THIS PROBLEM IN CULTURE AND SHOW WAYS THAT ARCHITECTS CAN USE DESIGN TO HELP THESE STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES. EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITES, SUCH AS THE ONES IN EL PASO, TEXAS AND DAYTON, OHIO, WILL EMERGE IN THE FUTURE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DESIGNER OF
GATHERING SPACE
THESE FUTURE SITES TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO TAKE CONTROL OVER HOW MEMORY IS FORMED AND HOW HISTORY PROGRESSES.
HEAL-TRANSITION
HEAL SPACE
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ARCHITECTURE THESIS| SPRING 2020
1’
5’
10’
25’
EL PASO COMMUNITY VENUE - SECTION
1’
5’
10’
25’
DAYTON COMMUNITY VENUE - SECTION