The SAAHP Community Partnership Initiative is conceived to link regional community groups, projects and initiatives with faculty and students through coursework in the school, for the benefit of the community group, students, and the public at large. Project based initiatives are particularly well-suited to be undertaken in Architecture design studios, and in Historic Preservation research, conservation and planning workshops in the school. Community Partnerships are usually completed during a Fall, Spring or Summer session, but may be arranged over a longer period of time.

Recent Community Initiatives

Wind Power Rhode Island Project, 2004
Eleftherios Pavlides, Principal Investigator
Research, site surveys and installation of wind energy equipment. Funded by the RI Renewable Energy Fund and Portsmouth Abbey School

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, 2003, 2004
Myron Stachiw, Principal Investigator
Historic Structures Reports for significant houses and other buildings in the region. Funded by the National Park Service.

Robert Treat Paine House, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2004
Philip Marshall, Principal Investigator
Restoration planning to an 1886 H.H. Richardson structure. Funded by the Getty Conservation Trust

Cardines Field Reconstruction, Newport, Rhode Island 2003, 2004
Jeffrey Staats, Principal Investigator
Design/Build for Repairs and Additions to an historic baseball park. Funded by the MacBean Foundation.

Steel and Light Installation, Providence, Rhode Island, 2004
Barbara Macaulay, Principal Investigator.
Public Art Installation at the Providence Hurricane Barrier. Funded by the City of Providence

Rhode Island Design Studio, 2003, 2004
BG Shanklin, Principal Investigator
Architectural Design Studios for Rhode Island Public Transport Authority (RIPTA) in collaboration with landscape architecture, business, planning students and faculty at Roger Williams University, the University of Rhode Island, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Bryant College. Funded by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Community Partnerships Working Process

For grant-supported projects, SAAHP Faculty Principal Investigator(s), the SAAHP Office of the Dean along with the RWU Office of Development, work with interested community groups in the Community Grant-In-Aid process. Study Results are made available to the Community Partner as a project is completed, and published within six months of completion.

Roseann Evans
Coordinator
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Philip Marshall
Coordinator
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BG Shanklin
Rhode Island Design Studio
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