Mara Chin

Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design

Graduating with High Honors

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Inspired by the 1970s birth of hip-hop and the role of two-deck DJ turntable system, the East New York Music Center is a mixed-use project that seeks to establish a presence as a state-of-the-art music resource, education, and entertainment complex for Brooklyn residents as well as the greater New York area. Engaging the young, the old, the amateur, the professional, the enthusiast, the layman, the technician, and any other musically interested person, the music center offers space, resources, and opportunities to anyone looking for a deeper relationship with music. The program is an intricate composition of various spatial types and its ultimate vision is to inspire, to create opportunity, to offer education, and to build community cohesiveness for local Brooklyn neighborhoods while simultaneously engaging musicians, music educators, and music enthusiasts from all around.