OUTDOOR MUSEUM
location | Roxbury, MA
date | Fall 202
recognition | Nominated to present at Northeastern’s RISE Awards
This project focuses on the design of an “outdoor museum” as an urban gesture that responds to existing forces and systems that shape the built environment, focusing on the SoutWest Corridor Park in Boston as a case study. The threshold between open spaces of this 4.1-mile-long linear park becomes a narrow passageway that lacks visual interest and access.
This project aims to bridge the linear conditions of the corridor with a site located near Roxbury College by redesigning the street, creating more means of access, forming a terraced landscape, and constructing pavilions that act as viewing galleries. Inspired by the Downtown Crossing Steps, this project aspires to transform open space into a public means for gathering and access to nature.
Fulfilling urban environments rely on a rethinking of our public spaces to promote curated visual experiences that prioritize pedestrians and cyclists.