BOSTON

BACKGROUND: BOSTON + FOLK ART

The United States of America is a place filled with diverse groups of people and Immigrants from around the world. Creating a blend of ideas, cultures, and perspectives, where the art is the vehicle for navigating our differences to share and communicate. The American Folk Art Museum located in Boston would be the physical manifestation to house this artistic dialogue of cultures.

Folk art is the manifestation of an individuals cultures, emotions and dreams by an unprofessional. It can be accomplished by anyone, in the comfort of their own home. The space should be perceived and viewed in an environment respectful of the one it was created in. At the same time, the opportunity for a variability for viewing opportunities of the art, and the other occupants as well. The physical molding of space echoes the desire to have diversity in order to create stability.

PRIMARY EXHIBITION FLOOR

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION FLOOR

VERTICAL EXHIBITION FLOOR

EDUCATION FLOOR

Domestic

Home

Just as Folk Art is created within anyones home in an unprofessional environment, the experience of viewing the pieces should reflect that spacial ideal. Allowing for a personal interaction with the art itself and the surrounding inhabitants of the shared space, but with this viewing experience we may perceive what we see from our viewpoint and therefore only seeing a portion of the story.

Inclusivity

When coming together we understand that the diversity is what strengthens this great nation. Alternative perspectives and viewpoints are what allow for collaboration and adaptation, an idea that is put into physical practice within the cascading spaces.

Without the diversity of cultures and viewpoints within this country it could not thrive; in a similar light, this building would not stand without a mix of differing perspectives and opportunities. The variance itself creates the equilibrium.

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