View the project lookbook covering the outcomes of Reimagining Columbus.
Book No. 1: Project Context and Definition
Book No 1 provides insights into how the City of Columbus came to display a Christopher Columbus statue on the grounds of its City Hall, why that statue was removed in 2020, and how the Reimagining Columbus project was designed to help the city determine what to do with it going forward.
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Book No. 2: Research Activities & Learnings
Book No. 2 describes research the project team undertook to discover the many stories that have played out among the people of Columbus, Ohio since long before it became a city, the truth of Christopher Columbus and his conduct in the New World, and how an explorer who never reached the United States became a symbol of all its promise.
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Book No. 3: A New Way to Engage
Book No. 3 outlines the community engagement methodologies employed throughout this project and chronicles the events and activities offered by the Reimagining Columbus project team, as well as findings from these conversations.
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Book No. 3: A New Way to Engage
Book No. 3 outlines the community engagement methodologies employed throughout this project and chronicles the events and activities offered by the Reimagining Columbus project team, as well as findings from these conversations.
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Book No. 4: Towards a Design Concept
Book No. 4 connects the project team’s research findings and community engagement results to the design principles that informed concepts for a new space in which residents might one day experience the reinstalled Christopher Columbus statue.
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Book No. 5: A Generational Vision
Book No. 5 applies the design principles developed from research and community conversations, and best practices in placemaking, to articulate how a new statue site should look and feel, how visitors should be able to interact with it, and how it could engender profound experiences that reverberate for generations.
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Book No. 6: City Hall Art Plan
Book No. 6 offers an Art Plan for City Hall Campus to guide the implementation of future public artworks there.