Abstract:
Programingthe evolving program- due to analysis of the current-state-of-the-art of dinner theater it was eventually eliminated and the project became expiremental theaterprogram-expiremental theater to seat approx. 400 and be adaptable to aisle, around, surround, frontal, and thrust arrangementsrestaurant to serve approx. 400retail at first floor to increase pedestrian nature of first floorpassageway- connecting the people using Faneuil Hall Marketplace to the interior streets of Blackstone BlockHistoric referenceGlobe TheaterA Space Theater ConceptFord Foundation Theater ProjectRobert G. Olmstead TheaterTheater Block- Charles CenterAmerican RestaurantSite/contextual analysis- historic surroundings- site being located within Blackstone Block and across the street from Faneuil Hail MarketplaceDesign developmentPlan/section development-worked through various configurations for passageway and various geometries for theater arriving at "crooked" passageway and hexagon theater which relates to existing structuresElevation development- problems in breaking up the scale of the project to respect surroundings and yet allow project to read as a wholeFinal presentation- retains hexagonal form and "crooked." passageway; elevation resolves problem by breaking major scale elements and allowing minor scale elements to tie project togetherConclusion- a worthwhile projects with some regretsJury notesBibliographyAppendixDowntown Waterfront/ Faneuil Hall Urban Renewal Project E 9-BBlackstone BlockFaneuil Hall MarketsDesign proposal for E 9-B by Hill, Miller, Friedlander, Hollander Inc.
