Architecture faculty and students help Pawtucket Blossom

Written on June 14, 2011. Posted in Architecture and Design, Updates from & for Faculty.

Architecture faculty Silvia Acosta (Professor of Architecture), Adrienne Benz, Hansy Better, Enrique Martinez , Andrew Tower, and Jason Wood teamed up with their 68 students in a design build studio which tackled the relationship between design and the hands-on work of construction. The project, Blossom, a community garden for the city of Pawtucket, RI was designed to meet the needs of three groups that share the urban site: members of the Chinese Christian Church, elders at the adjacent Roosevelt Community Housing complex and children visiting the Heritage Park YMCA. Click here to read the full story.

Adrienne Benz, Andrew Tower, Division of Architecture + Design, Enrique Martinez, Faculty, Hansy Better, Jason Wood, Local/Global Engagement, Silvia Acosta, Sustainability + the Environment