Files
Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/24943
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
URI
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Abstract
The United States is currently at a crossroads with providing equal rights to its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Despite the growing acceptance for these estimated 9 million people, many continue to face the challenges of familial desertion, workplace discrimination, physical/emotional abuse, as well as sexually transmitted disease epidemics. The thesis demonstrates how the built enviroment can affect an occupants perception of social beliefs through the use of didactic architecture- a form of architecture that is built with the intent to teach an audience a lesson through carefully selected symbols and materials, ultimately swaying the beliefs of the occupant in an intended way. The design proposal includes short-term shelter for homeless youth, museum and educational facilities for the surrounding community, as well as an HIV testing clinic.
Recommended Citation
DeLaRosa, Michael, "Nuanced didacticism" (2015). Architecture Theses. 316.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/architecture-theses/316