RISD Interior Architecture Graduate Students Utilize Adaptive Reuse Principles and a 3D Immersive Experience to Reimagine a More Accessible Pell Bridge

2021-09-30T08:08:00-04:00

The case for increased accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists is an ongoing topic. While public access and mobility within urban landscapes also involve factors relating to public policy and urban planning, eight students from RISD's Interior Architecture (RISD Int|AR) were presented with a challenge to address ways an iconic bridge in Rhode Island could be improved.

For their project "Crossing the Pell," a group of graduate students has developed a design proposal that brings attention to pedestrian and cyclist pathways to Pell Bridge, an iconic suspension bridge connecting Newport and Jamestown, RI.

"Crossing the Pell" is merely one of the many projects produced by students from RISD's Int|AR program that aims to elevate the use and application of adaptive reuse techniques and community engagement. To learn more about this work, Archinect explores the project and the immersive in-person exhibition that took place in August.

People Over Cars: What does it mean to pedestrianize a quarter of NYC streets?

2021-03-23T10:34:00-04:00

Over the past year, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, urban life has been transformed. This seems especially true in New York where the pressure of the lockdown was released in a burst with last summer’s uprising against racialized police violence in May and June. With people anxious to spend more time outside, the city launched a series of programs including Open Restaurants and Open Streets. Intending to buoy the struggling foodservice industry and alleviate crowding in New York’s congested public spaces, with the stroke of the Mayor’s pen, restaurants could construct semi-enclosed structures—little cabanas—atop once-precious street parking, and city officials deployed temporary wooden barriers—essentially saw horses—at intersections to create new pedestrianized corridors. Overnight, New Yorkers could dine out in sheltered sidewalk cafes and stroll car-free lanes.

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RISD Interior Architecture Graduate Students Utilize Adaptive Reuse Principles and a 3D Immersive Experience to Reimagine a More Accessible Pell Bridge​

People Over Cars: What does it mean to pedestrianize a quarter of NYC streets?

RISD Interior Architecture Graduate Students Utilize Adaptive Reuse Principles and a 3D Immersive Experience to Reimagine a More Accessible Pell Bridge