Experiments in participatory architecture : adventure classrooms and the construction of micronational realities
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Kronick, Samuel E. (Samuel Elon)
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Adventure classrooms and the construction of micronational realities
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Ute Meta Bauer.
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Beginning with the conjecture that non-professionals can find empowerment through a greater understanding of the built environment, two projects of architectural intervention were developed to experiment with the notion of "participatory architecture." The first was ting-ing, a modular classroom structure designed to be built, redesigned, and rebuilt by a group of high school students. The structure was prototyped at full scale with the hands-on help of local high students and expanded into a system of virtual and model-scale building toolkits. The second experiment was a temporary autonomous micronation called The Microdot, an event series open to the public featuring the construction of easy-to-build transformative tensile tents, collaged passports as symbols of citizenship, and a pop-up alter-institution.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79).
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2010Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ArchitecturePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Architecture.