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Contributors
Maya Byrd, Jessica Arnold, Charlotte Chen, Aiden Cole, Daniel Gassenheimer, Antoinette Manteau, Dash Martin, Ariana Mejia, Nalley Rivas, Ceci Rogers, Wenting Yu
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Description
Architecture for Non-Architects (AFNA) introduces non-architecture students to the design process, through which architects think about, view, and produce the built environment, using a community-engaged project as a point of departure. Students were asked to research about Joplin and the history of Midtown. In their research, emphasis was to be placed in Joplin’s life and works, spaces and historic events that have contributed to his memory. The final document needed to be a combination of textual and visual analysis, in the form of a collage.
Students looked for examples of heritage or memorial walks as well as educational area and/or performance spaces, meditation and/or music gardens, foundations site, dog park, community events site, and sustainable parking infrastructure. Using the collage and its elements as a base, students laid out a pattern that could look at key elements in the site to ground its construction. They were challenged to reevaluate the pattern and its possibilities to generate a groundscape and space. They were required to explore the materialization of spatial hypotheticals (interpretations) of their pattern logic using the site model to test their ideas. Their goal is to design a construct that defines a memorial space, and the urban promenade to and from the neighborhood. The spaces defined were to celebrate the life, work, and memory of Scott Joplin by promoting community engagement and participation.
Contributor: Maya Byrd Masters of Architecture + Construction Management 2024, Teaching Assistant and Assistant Editor, AFNA
Partners:
Almetta Jordan, Scott Joplin House, Site Administrator, Missouri State Parks
Rebecca Hankins, Partnerships Manager, Missouri Forest ReLeaf
Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager, EarthWays Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
Publication Credits:
Jessica Arnold, Mechanical Engineering Major, Architecture Minor, 2026
Charlotte Chen, Biomedical Engineering Major, Architecture Minor, 2026
Aiden Cole, Communication Design BFA, Art History and Archeology Major, 2025
Daniel Gassenheimer, Architecture Major, Environmental Studies Minor, 2026
Antoinette Manteau, Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology Major, History Major, 2025
Dash Martin, Environmental Analysis Major, Film and Media Studies, Landscape Architecture Minor, 2025
Ariana Mejia, Architecture Major, Fashion Design Minor, 2026
Nalley Rivas, Communication Design Major, Fashion Design Minor, 2026
Ceci Rogers, Women and Gender Studies Major, Spanish Minor, 2025
Wenting Yu, Psychology Major, 2025
Document Type
Restricted Access Book
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/c6h1-zc37
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
Washington University in St. Louis
City
Saint Louis, MO
Disciplines
Architecture | History | Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Recommended Citation
Freixas, Catalina, "Scott Joplin: Life, Work, and Memory" (2023). Books and Monographs. 59.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/59
Comments
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