Benefit Street Elevation
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
In partnership with the RISD Museum, the Rhode Island School of Design and the RISD Museum Associates.
In collaboration with Hannah Winders.
The mission of Rhode Island School of Design, through its college and museum, is to educate its students and the public in the creation and appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to make lasting contributions to a global society through critical thinking, scholarship and innovation. - Rhode Island School of Design Mission Statement
The RISD Museum was founded on the belief that art, artists, and the institutions that support them play pivotal roles in promoting broad civic engagement and creating more open societies. - RISD Museum Mission Statement
Based on the mission statements of the Rhode Island School of Design, the RISD Museum, and the RISD Museum Associates, the Green Surfaces study aims to expand the spatial presence of the RISD Museum within the context of not only RISD’s campus, but also the greater community of Providence. Catalyzed by the Small Courtyard proposal within the Museum, the implications of green surfaces adjacent to artwork create a connected and iconic language that spreads throughout the extremities of the Museum’s exterior spaces. These flexible spaces then create opportunities for meaningful and effective interactions between students, museum patrons, and the general public, by creating flexibility for use, including: teaching, production/display, and gathering. Through the intertwining and connecting of these underutilized spaces for the purposes of learning and reflecting, the permutation of interior to exterior, and the creation of green surfaces, the RISD museum becomes a symbol to both RISD and the City of Providence.
Perspective | Waterman Plaza
Green Surfaces Interventions
Master Plan for RISD Museum
Perspective | Chace Center Entrance
Section | Chace Center Entrance
Section | Stairway Connecting Chace Center to Benefit Street
Perspective | Benefit Street Entrance
Section | Benefit Street Entrance
Section | Radeke Courtyard
Perspective | Small Courtyard
Section | Small Courtyard
