(P)lace
Globalization will continue, however within this social change will be an inevitable counter cultural need for the localóa return to the genus loci. How can architecture begin to facilitate again the needs for the local, the needs for community? It begins with the individual. It begins with the rewriting notions of what place is. (p)lace is space, however (P)lace, true communal place, is created in the individual psyche. It is the emotional connections that an individual has with a certain space.  Sustainable invested community begins to form when individuals discover similar connections in others.

I explored the social relationships between a black box theater and a public market and how these two destinations facilitate meaning in fundamentally different ways. It is through this difference that the space becomeís uniquely engaging. The design does not define action or use, rather the flexibility of the spaces reinforces space based around individual meaning. An individualís understanding of the spaces will be continually revealed and redefined through connections spatially and atmospherically. Whether an individual comes to see or be seen to engage or disengage, the creation of (P)lace will continue to strengthen the Grand Haven community.