Press about the Studio
“RISD students design new uses for vacant Superman building”
Lynzi DeLuccia, NBC 10 News, May 28, 2020.“Skydiving park? Indoor farm? RISD students reimagine the Superman Building”
Madeleine List, Providence Journal, May 28, 2020.
“Saving Superman: Grad students in Interior Architecture propose new uses for a long-vacated former bank building in downtown Providence”
Simone Solondz, RISD News and Events, May 28, 2020. “Adaptive Reuse, Innovation, and Saving Superman”
Kia Davis, The Providence Foundation, March 18, 2020.“As Providence's landmark skyscraper remains dark, come new calls for saving it”
Lynzi DeLuccia, NBC 10 News, March 2, 2020.“Providence's art-deco Superman Building reimagined as vertical farm and senior housing”
Kristine Klein, Dezeen, June 24, 2020“RISD Students Reimagine the Future of Providence’s Superman Building”
Robert Isenberg, Providence Monthly, July 9, 2020Industrial Trust Building Resources
“Providence's Most Iconic Skyscraper Needs a Superhero”
Emma Sarappo, National Trust for Historic Preservation, May 30, 2019.“2019 Most Endangered Properties”
Providence Preservation Society.“Architectural Critic Will Morgan: Superman Building”
Will Morgan, GoLocal Prov, June 2, 2019Crouch, E. (2013). Walker & Gillette:
American architects: from classicism through modernism 1900s-1950s: including
the architectural works of Joseph Mordecai Hirschman. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing
Ltd.
Starrett, P.
(1938). Changing the skyline: an autobiography. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Acknowledgements
The Department would like to express its gratitude to the many individuals and organizations who shared their expertise and helped the studio develop a rich and well-rounded understanding of the building and its context.
David Sweetser
High Rock Development LLCBrent Runyon, Executive Director
Rachel Robinson, Director of
Preservation
Providence
Preservation SocietyBonnie Nickerson, Director of Planning
Chris Ise, Principal Planner
City of Providence
Department of Planning and DevelopmentCliff Wood, Executive Director
Kia Davis, Communications
Providence
FoundationSteve Durkee, Senior Associate
Cornish AssociatesEric Busch, Managing Partner
Peregrine Group Real Estate AdvisorySeth Izzi
Michael Kenney
Sam Parish
Building Enclosure
Science, LLCDavid Anderson
Eastern Waterproofing
Rebecca Webber, General Manager
Ashlie Norris, Senior Relationship
Manager
CIC Providence
Trillion Chu
RISD INTAR MDes ‘15
Jorge Gomez
RISD INTAR MA ’15, Technical
Consultant
Don Sansoucy PE
RISD Structural Consultant-website creators
Stefano Corbo RISD INTAR Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Director
Christine Chang RISD INTAR MDes ‘21
Dong-zoo Han RISD INTAR MDes ‘21