Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33884
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
URI
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Abstract
Story has been passed down through generations, carrying with it the history and teachings of diverse groups of people. Storytelling has evolved to fit into an ever-changing society, trying to adapt and stay prevalent in it. With the ever-widening distance between strangers today, many stories and storytelling opportunities are being lost. Architecture is no longer being used as a tool to tell stories and provide places for stories to be told. The connections and spaces that once brought people from all walks of life together do not exist as they once did. The living library is an intervention, providing a place to rekindle and foster the connections missing today. By providing a place where stories can be told and shared with others, communities can begin to create stronger connections. The living library provides spaces for stories to be told, kept, found, and made.
Recommended Citation
Zeien, Mariah Kate, "Living Library: How Stories Told Through Architecture Can Strengthen Communities and the People Within Them" (2024). Architecture Theses. 595.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/architecture-theses/595