This project focused on advancing a design for Sala Siete, a ‘third place’ café and rooftop space for Teatro en 15, a microtheater in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The team collaborated with the creative Teatro en 15 community in an iterative participatory design cycle to envision a relaxed artistic hub for artists to connect and create. Workshops and interviews elicited a variety of creative perspectives addressing ‘third place’ characteristics for Sala Siete as a social gathering space. Visions were imagined, discussed, and brought to life in a final CAD design and in our resources for creative collaborative design that include the “From Concept to Creation: A Designer’s Guide,” the “Café and Rooftop Inspiration Book,” and the “Sala Siete: Creative Vision Pitch Deck.”

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Creator

• Healy, Elizabeth
• Pradhan, Praniva

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Infrastructure
• Culture
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 107946
• E-project-050223-160613

Keyword

• Participatory Design
• San Juan
• Theater
• Teatro en 15
• Cafe
• Rooftop

Advisor

• Dodson, Leslie Lynn
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2023

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Teatro en 15

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-05-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050223-160613

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-16