Pelletier_Block 47

BLOCK 47 JACK PELLETIER

ARCH 4002 - SCHUSTER

“YOU CAN STEER YOURSELF ANY DIRECTION YOU CHOOSE. YOU ARE THE GUY WHO’LL DECIDE WHERE TO GO.” - DR. SEUSS

C ONF O RM I TY I S T H E AC T OF C OM PLY I N G WITH S TAN DARDS, RULES, O R LAWS. THROUGH THE

PROCESS OF CONFORMING, ONE SLOWLY LOSES THEIR IMAGINATION AND CREATIV ITY.

B LO CK 4 7 , CO N N EC T I N G OT R , D OW N TO WN C IN C IN N ATI, AN D TH E WES T EN D, S ERVES AS A E X P E RI E NTI A L M U S EU M PR OM OT I N G PERS O N AL G RO WTH. DRAWIN G FRO M DR. S EUSS,

UNDULATING ROOF LINES AND A WAVE LIKE PRE -FABRICATED FACADE DEPICT THE PLAYFUL CHARACTER LIFE HAS WHEN YOU ARE A CHILD. A CAGE -LIKE STRUCTURE ENVELOPES THE INTERIOR , SYMBOLIZING NORMS LOCKING YOU INTO ONE PATH. M OV I NG TH RO U G H T H E B U I L D I N G YOU O BS ERVE PEO PLE O F ALL AG ES - C HILDREN IN THE P LAYGRO U ND, TEEN AG ER S TA KI N G EX T R AC URRIC ULAR C O URS ES, ADULTS WO RK IN G, AN D S EN I OR S RE F LE CTI NG - EACH ROOM DESIGNED TO CREATE MOMENTS OF SELF REFLECTION.

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