mary k coughlin

After a semester long study of South Boston, my partner and I assumed the role of design and planning consultants  that aim to focus on developing spaces that honor a neighborhood’s history and community while building upon existing creative networks. Specifically, we focused on Fort Point in South Boston. We planned  to help define Fort Point by leveraging and strengthening the existing creative community by presenting a vision that aimed to: shape the built environment, foster connectivity, encourage educational and creative activation, and plan for sea level rise. My partner and I created two strategies that contributed to the accomplishment of our overall vision. I specifically created a set of urban design guidelines for the public realm in Fort Point that addressed the preservation and promotion of the creative community in the area. I broke  my guidelines down into three design goals:

resilient design, inclusive architecture, and tactile urbanism/placemaking.

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Final Project

Urban Planning Core Studio I

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Fall 2019