Un-CONVENTIONally Miami

Abstract

Convention centers have been around for almost a century and a half, well at least the name has been, and from this they have evolved from structures that we would see as minor buildings into massive structures that are a central hub for tourism in many cities. This analysis looks into this evolution of the building type throughout time as well as how they are integrated into the city context, with keeping in mind the necessities that the building type requires in terms of space and programming to function properly. Following the analysis, how the concepts that have been discovered can be implemented and utilized to design a different evolution of the building type that can be assimilated into cities, more or less site specific, and how it relates to that city in a different way than the previous designs have.