Mary Ellen Carroll Questions

Questions to be answered by Mary Ellen Carroll:

• Though you studied Fine Arts, you seem to be particularly interested in a range of fields. Out of the following what do you feel the most in your element, expressive, or most uncomfortable?
• Which publication of hers does she feel she was able to most successfully convey to the public with her intentions of the context and media?
• Do you think it is necessary to have the public, (community or neighborhoods) opinion on all of your projects? 
• Would you consider art, architecture, urban design and policy the fundamental blocks in solving cultural problems? A few of your projects like the most recent project in New Orleans, reflect taking buildings, parks or spaces in the ordinary neighborhood and fixing them / adding systems at that site so that it can be seen in the eyes of the public as a more beneficial place after your renovation. In what ways does this place becomes more useful after? Is it just aesthetics or interactions?