Blooms & Beats
Description:
UMD had the opportunity to collaborate with Takoma Langley Crossroads Development Authority(TLCDA), to work on supporting the local businesses during the construction of the Purple Line. The goal was to construct a prototype planter design in a strip mall located across a future stop and showcase it during a community block party event called Blooms & Beats. ARCH408 split into groups of three, of 4-3 students per group. I was in the community engagement team. our role was to manage communications, design the event layout, design a business involvment activity, construct two printing presses and operate them during the event, and document community feedback.
The event was successful in boosting the moral of the community, connecting businesses to new customers, and allowed people to think differently about how Takoma Langley Crossroads can be used and celebrated in the future. From facepainting, printmaking, and more, these types of activities you wouldn't expect from a traffic congested strip mall especially during times of uncertainty. But this event really changed my perspective on how architects can improve the morale of a local community and create a new sense of place and wonder in the most unlikely of public locations.
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