Growth and Structure of Cities Senior Theses (2006-2007)

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    Chestnut Hill Quaker Meeting : expanding the meetinghouse paradigm
    (2006-11-30T19:34:09Z) Douglass, Robert
    This thesis takes the opportunity provided by the construction of a new Quaker Meetinghouse in Chestnut Hill to consider past and current paradigms in Meetinghouse design. It analyses the history of meetinghouses and the teachings of Quaker thinkers as they relate to meetinghouses. The final section of this essay offers a design proposal for the new meetinghouse. This proposal considers a new paradigm for meetinghouses which focuses on the role of the meetinghouse in expressing ideals of simplicity, peace, humbleness, solidity, and social responsibility. Under this paradigm these concepts, as expressed in the building, aid in the Quaker goal of spiritual transformation.