Project & Program
Studio Projects
Activating Forces
AgroWing
Cultivating Body Mind Spirit
Green Neighborhood
Meeting Room
Passage Through History
State House Cultural Center
The State Name Change
My Statehouse Competition
The Third Chamber
Alternative Path-Way
Germination
Back to the Future
About the Rhode Island State House
Research & Analysis
Resources & Acknowledgements
About Us
INTAR
Links to Resources
For more information about:-
The Rhode Island State House and the Rhode Island State House Restoration Society visit the website here.
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Rhode Island Governance visit the Rhode Island Legislature’s website here.
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Rhode Island demographics visit the World Population Review website here.
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Rhode Island History from the 1600’s to the present day visit the Secretary of State’s website and timeline here.
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Rhode Island’s changing architectural landscape and photographic history as the context for the State House visit the Art in Ruins website here.
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The 1890 design competition for the Rhode Island State House that resulted in the selection of McKim, Mead & White architects, visit MIT here.
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Getting your voice heard, contact the Secretary of State here.
Acknowledgements
The Department would like to express its gratitude to the many individuals and organizations who shared their expertise with the studio and helped the students develop a well rounded understanding of the State House and its context.Rhode Island State House Restoration Society members
Sally Strachan, Chair RISHRSMarisa Brown, Associate Director, RISD Center for Complexity
Mikael Powell, State of RI Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM)
Lane Talbot Sparkman, Associate Director of Education and Public Programs, Rhode Island Department of State
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Representative June SpeakmanRepresentative Anastasia Williams
Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Sarah Zurier, Principal Historic Preservation Specialist Providence Preservation Society
Rachel Robinson, Director of PreservationProvidence Department of Planning and Development
Chris Ise, Principal Planner, Capital Center CommissionBrown University
Traci Picard, Swearer Center Curatorial Fellow, co-chair of the Snowtown Project Research TeamBuilding Enclosure Science LLC
Michael Kenney, Chief Executive OfficerRyan Haggerty, Vision 3 Architects
RISD
Wolfgang Rudorf, INTAR Department Head and Studio CriticHeinrich Hermann, INTAR Studio Critic
Elizabeth Debs, INTAR Seminar Instructor
Jonathan Bell, INTAR Faculty
Francesca Liuni, INTAR Faculty
Elizabeth Dean Hermann, Department of Landscape Architecture
Jiayi Wang, INTAR MDes, Seminar Teaching Assistant