Artist Biography
Elle Cassidy plans to graduate from Endicott College in May 2021 with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and will continue her education into next year while she works towards her Master’s Degree in Interior Architecture. Elle interned at a commercial design firm in Manchester, NH in 2018; followed by interning at a high-end residential architecture firm in Cambridge, MA where her passion and knowledge flourished. She completed two internships here: one over the summer of 2019 and she returned to this same firm for her intensive six-month senior internship in the fall of 2020. Elle was able to incorporate her passion for commercial design as well as residential design in this project; with her experience and research completed in both design fields. Her undergraduate thesis project encompasses several design solutions for a utopian, all-inclusive lifestyle center that focuses on the mental health and well-being of Generation-Z.
Thesis Abstract
29.5 Is a Generation-Z inclusive Lifestyle Center that will help recent college graduates succeed through the transition into the real world. Key design solutions include: sustainable design, form + function theory, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, mental health-inclusive design, historic preservation and post Covid-19 design solutions. Several universal + theraputic design methods as well as the “long term hotel” system will ease this difficult transition time.With the stress, anxiety and mental health controversies that are common after graduation, 29.5 will minimize these pressures for a smooth progression into the working world.