dc.contributor.author | Hawes, Xan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-08T19:11:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-08T19:11:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04-08T19:11:22Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/71418 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis stresses the importance of social infrastructure in urban environments and proposes that a play infrastructure is an equally essential function to the city as access to water. As play is established as a fundamental social building block, it is incumbent upon cities, planners and architects to design environments that celebrate the beneficial social opportunities play stimulates for all demographics. The instatement of a citywide play infrastructure is achieved through the methods of FUNchitecture. FUNchitecture establishes a method of design that acquires collective public input to transform existing urban infrastructure into a citywide play infrastructure. A FUNchitecture Headquarters is designed as a public research facility that procures, facilitates, fabricates and services the play demands of the city. The FUNchitecture headquarters establishes a top down framework that allows for bottom up action to occur. The establishment of a play infrastructure would confirm the importance of play as more than just a frivolous activity done in our spare time, but as something that gives meaning and identity to space and place. A play infrastructure provides the opportunity for the benefits of play to be unveiled as an essential part of our everyday lives.
Question: How can the methods of FUNchitecture inform the design of a citywide Play Infrastructure that contributes to quality of life and urban experience? | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Play | en_US |
dc.subject | Fun | en_US |
dc.subject | Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | Urban | en_US |
dc.subject | Toronto | en_US |
dc.title | FUNchitecture: Play as Essential Public Urban Infrastructure | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-03-22 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Janna Levitt | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Sarah Bonnenmaison | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Catherine Venart | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Niall Savage | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Yes | en_US |