Urban Celebration by Lisa Rajkumar-Maharaj, Urban Celebration

Urban Celebration by Lisa Rajkumar-Maharaj, Urban Celebration.

Urban Celebration is a blog which I am using to aid in the development of my Graduate Thesis from the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture.

This thesis focuses on the nature of urban public space. Street Festivals are a type of urban occupation that has the power to revolutionise the way that people interact with their cities.

A City With Two Faces therefore considers the city as a double headed entity, comprised of both the Ordinary and Extrordinary realms. This thesis focuses on the nature of the Extrordinary City through an analysis of Carnival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

I have used my paintings within this thesis as a means of conveying an impression of the robust experience of Carnival

go check it out here...http://www.urbancelebration.blogspot.com/