Photo: Steve Kroodsma
Founding Principal Adam E. Anderson Inducted into the DESIGNXRI Hall of Fame
Adam was inducted into the Hall of Fame class of 2021 as an Emerging Designer at an event at Farm Fresh RI on September 29. Joining him in the class were Lifetime achievement awardees Mickey Ackerman (Chair of Industrial Design at RISD), Laura Briggs (Architect and RISD professor), Rene Watkins Payne (Graphic Designer), and fellow Emerging Designer Lois Harada (Graphic Designer).
Design Under Sky on Finalist Team for Roger Williams Park Gateway
Design Under Sky as part of the team with inForm Studio (designers of PVD Pedestrian Bridge) have been announced as one of five finalists for the Roger Williams Park Gateway RFQ. Our proposal, which looks to make a neighborhood connection back to the vibrant and colorful area of Broad St., also includes a demonstrative urban garden that transforms from “urban to wild”.
The Providence Planning department is looking for public feedback. View ours and the other proposals here.
Conceptual Rendering by Design Under Sky.
Design Under Sky Proposes Elevated Park for Fate of Crook Point Bascule Bridge
RIDOT has recently announced plans to tear down the Crook Point Bascule Bridge, a historic landmark on the Seekonk River in Providence. At a cost of $6mil, we have to wonder what are the possibilities of this icon. For me personally I have treasured memories of exploring the bridge late at night.
Since the area was cleared and the bike path now runs directly by it does require an action given its exposure and accessibility (chain-link is keeping no one off the bridge). We are imagining a post-industrial aesthetic, basic materials artfully crafted, with none of the glitz that is on the PVD River Ped Bridge. Just a simple well designed (and planted?) bridge with the potential for a pedestrian connection to East Providence.
Conceptual Plan View Rendering by Design Under Sky
The path could also continue to the East Side Railway Tunnel as an additional connecting feature in the future.
Thoughts?
Director Adam E. Anderson discusses the design of Living Edge at the grand opening on July 11.
PROVIDENCE'S NEWEST WATERFRONT PARK "LIVING EDGE" OPENS TO PUBLIC
We are thrilled to announce the official opening of Living Edge, the winning project of “Imagine Us Here”, a design challenge presented by Down City Design’s CityWorks Fellows in Spring 2019. Local residents, volunteers who helped plant trees, and city officials all gathered on July 11 at the site’s location on S. Water St. (just North of the new pedestrian bridge) to celebrate the official opening of the project.
You can learn more about the project on our site here.
Conceptual Plan of Winning Proposal
"The Living Edge" Chosen as the Winning Entry for CityWorks Competition
Design Under Sky’s proposal “The Living Edge” was selected from three finalists as the winning proposal for Downcity Design’s CityWork’s competition “Imagine Us Here” which sought to build a resilient waterfront that with strong community engagement.
We look forward to collaborating with Downcity Design to further cultivate Providence’s Urban Waterfront.
The 2018 ASLA Healthcare and Therapeutic Design PPN Meeting / image: Siyi He
ASLA Conference Lecture on Healing Landscapes Featured on "The Field"
Adam’s lecture at the 2018 ASLA Conference on Healing Landscapes was featured on the ASLA “The Field” blog along with follow-up interview which you can read here:
https://thefield.asla.org/2019/03/26/healing-landscapes-design-practice/
10,000 SUNS 2018 IN FULL BLOOM
Now would be a good time to get down to our 10,000 SUNS project located at S. Main and S. Water in Providence RI.
You can read more about the project here.
DesignXRI August Clambake
Adam was one of two featured speakers at DesignXRI's August Clambake, hosted at The Avenue Project in Providence, RI.
He presented healing landscape projects for Yale University, XiangYa 5th Hospital and local projects 10,000 SUNS, The Shack, and a new unsolicited riverfront proposal called the "Providence Gateway Park". Artist and fabricator Monica Shinn was the other presenter.
Providence Journal Features 10,000 SUNS Project
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180513/volunteers-work-to-plant-10000-sunflowers-on-former-195-land?start=2
Providence Business News Interviews Director Adam E. Anderson
10,000 SUNS Receives RI ASLA Award
The Shack Opens in Jewelry District Providence
“THE SHACK” is a new seafood shack/biergarten in the heart of former I-195 land, and adjacent to the Wexford Innovation Center under construction. A small transportable "shack" will be set in a garden of three distinct zones, diminishing in constructed materiality and recalling the coastal context of the project .
The project was designed in close collaboration with the Dune Brothers (the restaurant operators) Stay Silent PVD (Event Planners), JP Murton (Developing Partner), Fuss and O'neil Engineers, and the I-195 District Commission. More about the project here.
RGB Color-changing lights illuminate the blue fence.
Director Adam E. Anderson Interviewed on NPR for 10,000 SUNS Project
Director Adam E. Anderson Appointed to RI Scenic Roadways Board by Governor
Adam was appointed by Governor Gina Raimondo in July 2017 to join one of 10 other voting members. The boards was established in 1985 to:
- Establish, preserve, and recognize scenic roads
- Protects - culture, scenic beauty, and natural resources for recreational enjoyment and education
- Establishes guidelines for maintenance and identification.
Adam looks forward to adding his perspective from a Landscape Architecture background to help cultivate the great asset to the state the scenic roadways provide.
Adam E. Anderson and volunteer Black Bloch
10,000 SUNS Featured in Take Magazine and Providence Monthly
The 10,000 SUNS Project is well under and way and Director Adam E. Anderson was recently interviewed by Take Magazine as well as Providence Monthly.
https://thetakemagazine.com/adam-anderson-10000-suns/
http://providenceonline.com/stories/10000-suns-providence-adam-anderson,23904