Denise Dumais traveled to the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, China, Japan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City, Atlanta, Baltimore, and New York City.
Bibliothèque Nationale des Gobelins, Paris. © Denise Dumais.
Jury
Diana Agrest
Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola
Joseph Gonzalez
K. Michael Hays
John Whiteman
June 12, 1996
Although I have not been able to use the research that I did on subways in a direct way, I often think of the time spent traveling and the lessons learned. I look back on the months I spent where I was able to look and think and write without outside pressure or restriction. This freedom brought me an understanding of my own pace and a renewed creativity and delight in the making of things. When the everyday demands of my profession seem to obscure what I love about architecture, I remember that there is another way to gain perspective again. "Free time" and imagination definitely go together.
Denise Dumais
Princeton University
