RISD Interior Architecture

Congratulations to our award winning graduate theses!

THESIS AWARDS:
(shown above in order)

Lauren Farias - Mirth

Nawal Urooj -Breathing Structures: Hygroscopicity of fibers

Eldoris Cai - AER: WHERE SCENT BECOMES SPACE, LINGERING BEYOND WHAT IS SEEN.

Dhruvi Shah - Jadughar: The House of Magic

Zhenmi Tang - Where the Walls Came Down: Reimagining the Disaster-Induced Modern Ruin

DEPARTMENT AWARD:

Tatum Dodd - RETURNING TO THE HAND: Recontextualizing the Ethics of Preservation in the Built Environment

✨ CHEERS TO THE CLASS OF 2026! ✨ Congratulations to all the Intar Graduate and Undergraduate students that celebrated their commencement this past weekend. We are so proud of each and everyone of you and cant wait to see the beautiful creative path ahead!

MIX + MATCH: this advanced studio explored lightness and adaptability in exhibition design through traveling exhibitions. From analyzing historical precedents and their construction logic, to developing new display systems through analog + AI workflows, to fabricating 1:1 modules. The final review exhibited the fabricated displays as flexible and reconfigurable spatial platforms.

This interdisciplinary LDAR/INTAR studio explores the interplay of natural and cultural conditions at the scale of region, city and site, while specifically engaging the complexities of a post industrial city neighborhood and its ecological and environmental conditions. The studio focuses on the city of Pawtucket zooming in on the Quality Hill and East Riverview neighborhood. The centerpiece of the studio site, the memorial hospital was opened in 1918, becoming a landmark in Pawtucket, but stands abandoned today. The studio focuses on bringing the site back to life through the use of urban and site specific interventions, bringing together the ideas of adaptive reuse, ecological exploration and urban revitalization.

Professors: Elizabeth Hermann and Jonathan Bell

A few highlights from the RISD Grad Show 2026! Congratulations to our second year Interior Architecture graduate students, whose work is on view May 21-30, 12pm-5pm at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

During yesterday's final review for Physical Computing, Interaction Design, and Kinetic Architecture Advanced Studio, students constructed machines, games, and systems through the lenses of movement and play. Various forms included physical and tactile machinery, media and film, and sculptural installations.

Students featured: Anan Almuqait, Emma Davis, Persis Ratouis, Kinjalk Neupane, Fiona Dai, Jenny Morrill, and Beatriz Santos.

GRAD SHOW: On view May 21–30 ✨ opening reception Wednesday, May 20 from 6–8 pm

Open daily 12–5 (10–5 on May 30)
RI Convention Center, Halls C & D
One Sabin Street, Providence

INTAR SENIOR SHOW: Congratulations to our amazing seniors on their final show and thank you to everyone who came by to see their works 👏🏽⭐️

GRADUATE THESIS REVIEWS (DAY 2): Join us today in Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery for the final day of thesis reviews and to hear from our amazing graduate students

GRADUATE THESIS REVIEWS (DAY 1 + 2): Join us today and tomorrow in Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery at the CIT to hear from our graduate students and their thesis works