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    The Stata Center at MIT was designed as a hybrid space for collaboration between students and departments. It includes spaces for studying, eating, teaching, researching, reading, discussing, and meeting. Bryant Park in New York was renovated from a derelict park to a multi-functional space that provides internet access, desks, and chairs, allowing it to serve as a workplace in addition to a park. Oldenburg defined "third places" as informal public gathering places outside of work and home, but he believed they were declining; however, new third places have been created by businesses providing facilities that encourage social interaction and community.

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    The Stata Center at MIT was designed as a hybrid space for collaboration between students and departments. It includes spaces for studying, eating, teaching, researching, reading, discussing, and meeting. Bryant Park in New York was renovated from a derelict park to a multi-functional space that provides internet access, desks, and chairs, allowing it to serve as a workplace in addition to a park. Oldenburg defined "third places" as informal public gathering places outside of work and home, but he believed they were declining; however, new third places have been created by businesses providing facilities that encourage social interaction and community.

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    The Stata Center at MIT was designed as a hybrid space for collaboration between students and departments. It includes spaces for studying, eating, teaching, researching, reading, discussing, and meeting. Bryant Park in New York was renovated from a derelict park to a multi-functional space that provides internet access, desks, and chairs, allowing it to serve as a workplace in addition to a park. Oldenburg defined "third places" as informal public gathering places outside of work and home, but he believed they were declining; however, new third places have been created by businesses providing facilities that encourage social interaction and community.

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    The text discusses the concept of third places, or public spaces where people can gather outside of work or home. It also talks about how technology and specialization can make places feel isolating but cafes and architects are trying to encourage interaction.

    A library, town hall, park, post office, banks, and some stores are mentioned.

    The sculpture is described as interesting and looking different every day, with people always around.

    The New Oases

    • The photograph shows the Stata Center at


    the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology
    (MIT), a university in the US.

    • This unusual building was designed to help


    students and collaborate while also meeting
    the needs of a modern university. The
    departments include computer science,
    artificial intelligence, genetics, and linguistics.
    .
    What public places do you
    spend time in (for example:
    parks, libraries, banks or
    malls)?
    Does your hometown have
    many public places you can
    walk to? What are they?
    Yes, I can walk to the library, the town hall,
    the park, the post office, the banks, and
    some of the stores.
    You are asked to look at the
    photo (on pages 136 and 137)
    and answer this question: Is
    this public place appealing to
    you?
    I would love to visit this park. The sculpture is
    really interesting, and it must look different
    every day. People are attracted to it, so
    there would always be others around.
    • WHILE-READING
    Now we do exercise on vocabulary
    on page 139 (10 minutes).

    Read the sentences.


    Circle the answer that best matches the
    meaning of each bold word or phrase.
    1. Frank Gehry likes to create
    controversy, to get people
    discussing his challenging,
    modern style of architecture.
    a. fun
    b. disagreement
    c. harmony
    2. College students lead a nomadic
    lifestyle; every day they move
    among dormitories, classroom
    buildings, and libraries.
    a. traveling often
    b. being busy
    c. working hard
    3. The new building is a hydrid
    space suitable for both work and
    play.
    a. different
    b. mixed-use
    c. beautiful
    4. The building’s design is not
    specialized, so it can easily be
    adapted to different purposes.
    a. made for a particular use
    b. unusual
    c. finished
    5. City officials intentionally created
    a place where people could sit and
    work during their lunch hour in
    order to create a sense of
    community.
    a. then
    b. accidentally
    c. deliberately
    6. A good public space should be
    safe, neutral, and informal.
    a. brightly colored
    b. open only for some people
    c. open for all people
    7. The city needs to spend more
    money downtown because many
    older buildings are in decline.
    a. being offered for sale
    b. getting worse
    c. being used
    8. A community is stronger when
    people care about each other and
    form bonds.
    a. work together
    b. play musical instruments
    c. make connections
    9. Customers in many coffee shops
    never talk to other people there, so
    they feel isolated.
    a. alone
    b. intelligent
    c. private
    10. In good public places, people
    can mingle, getting to know new
    people if they want.
    a. sit together
    b. make noise
    c. mix and chat
    11. If possible, architects should
    design places so that visitors
    encounter a welcoming
    atmosphere in any public space.
    a. meet with
    b. hope for
    c. appreciate
    12. New public places pop up all the
    time in growing cities.
    a. get larger
    b. appear suddenly
    c. fail
    • WHILE-READING
    • Now read the article and do
    exercise on main ideas on page
    145 (15 minutes).
    In this exercise, you are asked to complete
    the outline of the main ideas in the article.
    Example 1: Stata Example 2:(p 5)
    Center ( p. 1,2,3) Bryant Park
    ..............................
    A .................
    hybrid space A customizable space
    Used Not only a park but
    for ..................................
    studying, eating, also ............................
    ....................................... A workplace
    teaching,
    .......................................
    researching, reading, Lines 7-22
    .......................................
    discussing, meeting
    .....
    Line 14 (p.1)
    Lines 8-13
    third places
    Academic term:p.6............................
    Definition:
    safe, neutral, informal meeting points
    ...............................................................
    Oldenburg thought they were:(p.7)
    in decline
    .......................

    Lines 1-2, lines5- 17


    New third places were built by:(p.8)
    Businesses /a big business(l.1-2)
    ........................../
    Problem: (p.9)
    technology makes these places
    ............................................................
    isolating, not social (l.4 – 12)
    ........................................
    Solution:(p. 10 )
    create opportunities for people to
    .............................................................
    mingle (l.1 -6)
    ................
    Conclusion: Third places change
    cities
    multifunctional
    Districts become ...............................
    (like the Stata Center) (l. 1-7)
    • WHILE – READING
    • Now we do exercise on details on
    page 146 (15 minutes).
    Problem Solution
    1. Classrooms Spaces were designed and
    and office specialized because equipped spaces to be
    building workers needed multifunctional
    access to landline
    phones and other
    equipment
    2. Bryant Park derelict, but visitors provided Internet
    were trying to work access, desks, and
    there chairs

    3. Starbucks lost its third-place spotted a new


    atmosphere opportunity and
    added more facilities
    for people to work in
    its coffee shops
    • WHILE – READING
    • Part B
    • You are asked to choose the correct
    answers to four questions.
    1. Why does the “student street” in
    the Stata Center have twists and
    curves?
    a. only for artistic value
    b. because there are no landline
    telephones
    c. to create controversy and something
    to discuss
    d. to create space that is comfortable
    for different uses p.2
    2. According to Oldenburg’s
    definition, which is a third place?
    a. a bookstore that holds free weekly
    discussion groups for local residents
    b. a coffee shop with Internet access
    P 6 box
    c. a suburban shopping mall
    d. a museum that charges people to
    attend public lectures
    3. What can you infer from Reading 1
    about people who live in the suburbs?
    a. They work longer hours than other
    people.
    b. They don’t have much contact with other
    people outside work.p.7
    c. They dislike shopping in urban centers.
    d. They do not have access to coffee
    shops.
    4. What is causing the shift to
    multifunctional districts, according
    to the last paragraph of Reading 1?
    a. third places
    b. the Internet
    c. modern architecture
    d. changes in lifestyle l65
    • POST – READING
    • You are asked to express your opinions
    about the topic
    1. Do you know any third places?
    What features make them third
    places? Describe them and
    explain whether they are
    appealing.
    2. Do you accept the idea in
    Reading 1 that technology can
    have an alienating effect? Do
    you like the ideas that the café
    owner had to encourage people
    to mingle more? Explain the
    reasons for your opinion.

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    3. Do you think third places differ
    from country to country? What
    are some examples of third
    places in your country that might
    not exist elsewhere?

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