Hansy Better (Professor, Architecture) was recently featured in the Oh Hell No! podcast series, which explores how people find their passion and purpose in life. Nicole Bent interviewed Better on her career path, projects, and life experience as an...
Hansy Better (Professor, Architecture) has been selected to be a juror for the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Design Innovation Grant Award Program. The Design Innovation Grant is a $6000 cash award for one Rhode Island designer who demonstrates...
Hansy Better (Professor, Architecture) will be giving a lecture at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) East Tennessee Chapter Meeting on 23rd may 2017 at 11:30AM. Her talk will be entitled, Developing A Social Practice.
Hansy Better (Professor, Architecture) and RISD Textiles students are currently working on a public arts installation at Fields Corner Station, Dorchester. The piece entitled Tilt-Down Fence was designed and installed by the BR+A+CE (Building Research...
Hansy Better Barraza (Associate Professor, Architecture) is reinstalling the Big Hammock project in Boston. The Big Hammock is intended to serve the community as a simple lounge space as well as a sculptural expression. The Big Hammock created new...
Hansy Better Barraza (Associate Professor, Architecture) gave a lecture yesterday at the University of Patras, Greece.
During spring semester 2015, she is leading a collaborative studio with Demetra Katsota between RISD and the Department of Architecture,...
Hansy Better (Associate Professor, Architecture) was recently featured in the Jamaica Plain Gazette for the “supergreen” house she built on Meyer St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. “It was a research project for us,” Barraza told the Gazette during...
Hansy Better (Associate Professor, Architecture) has taken a group of RISD students to Guatemala over Spring Break as part of her advance studio offering.
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While in Guatemala, Hansy will be lecturing on the topic “Work/Live”...
Hansy Better (Associate Professor, Architecture) recently participated in a round table discussion of her book, “Architecture of Social Exchange,” at the University of Monterrey. The event was hosted by the Architecture Department of the...
Hansy Better (Associate Professor, Architecture) will be participating in a group exhibit titled “Women in Design: Urban Interventions.” Held at the BSA Space in Boston, the exhibit will run from October 4 – November 15, 2013.
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