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Boston, MA – Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 –Wentworth’s Department of Architecture and the Center for Community and Learning Partnerships hosted a reception for visiting graduate students from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) Masters in Urban Design Program and for architecture students from Wentworth, who are working together to develop urban design alternatives for the East Boston community surrounding Maverick Square. (See photos)
The reception brought together students and faculty involved with the project, community leaders and members of the Venezuela Consulate in Boston. The reception included a lecture by Professor Maria Isabel Pena from UCV on the topic of open and enclosed space in Caracas.
Eighteen students and three faculty members from the UCV will create a preliminary urban design plan of East Boston, which will be developed from time spent analyzing the buildings and layout of the area. Wentworth students will focus on visual research, looking at how the community presents itself physically. From this research, students will decide and plan what can be done and how to go about doing it. Their work will be the base for future fourth year Wentworth students who will redesign selected sites for housing and mixed-uses projects surrounding Maverick Square.
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