The Casa Museo Ismael Rivera is a ‘house museum’ that highlights the legacy of Ismael Rivera, a renowned salsa singer born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. The Casa Museo Ismael Rivera’s front yard hosted large community events to celebrate Ismael Rivera’s life and impact on Puerto Rican culture but was damaged during Hurricane Maria. Our project was to clean the front yard and to engage with the local community surrounding the Casa Museo Ismael Rivera using participatory design events to create visions for transforming the yard into a community pocket park. Through these participatory design activities, we created a portfolio displaying strong community-made park designs, a participatory design toolkit, and a cost estimation tool.

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Creator

• Granlund, Spencer
• Pena, Scott
• Dixon, Nathaniel
• Sosa, Andrew

Subject

• Community
• Project-Based Learning
• Innovation
• Culture
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050323-110714
• 108256

Keyword

• Ismael Rivera
• Participatory Design
• Casa Museo
• Architecture
• Pocket Park

Advisor

• Dodson, Leslie Lynn
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2023

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Taller Creando Sin Encargos

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050323-110714

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-15