Archive of Knowledge: The Poetic Junction Between Knowledge and Human Experience Created Through Narrative Design

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Archive of Knowledge: The Poetic Junction Between Knowledge and Human Experience Created Through Narrative Design

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2020

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title: Archive of Knowledge: The Poetic Junction Between Knowledge and Human Experience Created Through Narrative Design

creator: Jake Lessard

subject: Architecture, Human aspects; Architecture and memory; Libraries, Philosophy; Boston Public Library; Library buildings, Massachusetts, Boston, Designs and plans

description: This thesis examines libraries as a container of knowledge and memory and how they can be transformed into a narrative that manifests knowledge and human experience. This intervention in the Boston Public Library explores two key narratives: The Tower of Knowledge and The Hall of Education. In The Tower of Knowledge, the Patron meanders through the space, seeking knowledge on their own terms, guided only by light and their own curiosity. The Librarian in this space will not have direct contact with the Patron. In The Hall of Education, the Patron and Librarian will have a direct interaction as the Librarian guides the Patron through structured, choreographed spaces. By creating these narratives, this design provokes a discourse about how libraries can start to become about the user experience of these spaces.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2020

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language: eng

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