Hansy Better – RISD Academic Affairs

Better On Oh Hell No! Podcast Series

Written on February 20, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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...

Better Selected as Juror for Arts Design Innovation Grant

Written on November 7, 2017. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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...

Better and Textiles Students, Tilt-Down Fence, Dorchester

Written on September 6, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design, Fine Arts.

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...

Better reinstalls The Big Hammock

Written on August 3, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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...

University of Patras welcomes Better

Written on March 26, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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,...

Better’s design featured in JP Gazette

Written on August 7, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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...

Better lecture in Guatemala

Written on March 21, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Hansy Better (Associate Professor, Architecture) has taken a group of RISD students to Guatemala over Spring Break as part of her advance studio offering. Follow their studio blog While in Guatemala, Hansy will be lecturing on the topic “Work/Live”...

Better Presents at University of Monterrey

Written on December 16, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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...

Better “Women in Design”

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

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. Featuring...

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