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课程描述
「对我们来说，建筑不是孤立的私人宣言，而实时是公共（城市）行为和反映在特定时刻我们对世界的理解，即是这可能是什么。它的正规形式既反映也推动社会、哲学、以及城市秩序的一些似乎可能的想法。建筑学肯定是一门艺术，但它是社会艺术、城市艺术，因为我们教授的是我们相信的；我们设计专题不是为了探索风格，而是探索我们认为是建筑的基础，也就是：空间、城市主义、和意义的问题。在今天，这涉及建筑与城市主义之间难以捉摸的接口。」——Michael Dennis《古代与现代之争小记》2004年5月30日。
本工作室通过集中于罗得岛普罗维登斯市的房屋及公共空间设计专题，探索建筑与城市设计之间的接口。普罗维登斯市经历了急剧转变，从几乎没有经济基础的城市，转变为围绕着当地活跃的艺术和文化社区而增长的城市，因此被称为「文艺复兴城」。然而，尽管近年来的成功，普罗维登斯市还是不能吸引大量居民到市中心居住，而市中心缺少稳定的居民这情况也拖延了城市的增长。
普罗维登斯市的最新官方规划涵盖2000到2005年阶段。接近规划期末期，是好时机去重新检验市中心发展的情况，预期配合下一个官方规划草案带来新的建筑周期。我们会与普罗维登斯市政府、当地的房屋机构（比如普罗维登斯市邻里房屋公司），当地社区的利益团体以及发展商，一起理解普罗维登斯市中心的城市房屋需要和需求。由于普罗维登斯市距离波士顿很近，工作室成员会多次访问普罗维登斯市，与参与人士讨论，并在专题地块调研。
工作室不会孤立地关注房屋问题。这些运作会有一个前提，即公共空间对于城市的可住性很重要，尤其是普罗维登斯市是以艺术和文化为经济基础。公共领域正正是为普罗维登斯市的艺术和文化提供生存的平台，增强当地居民的诉求。房屋设计不光是引进人群，还需要塑造城市的公共空间。在这个工作室，我们探讨两方面，也怀着帮助普罗维登斯市继续复兴的愿望。
课程描述
"For us, architecture is not an isolated private statement. Rather, it is at once a public (urban) act and a reflection of our understanding of the world at any given moment: i.e., what it might be. Its formal order both reflects and promotes plausible ideas of social, philosophical and urban order. Architecture is an art to be sure, but it is a social art, an urban art since we teach what we believe; we design projects not to explore style, but to explore what we consider to be fundamental to architecture: namely, issues of space, urbanism, and meaning. Today, that involves exploring the elusive interface between architecture and urbanism." - Michael Dennis, "Notes on the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns," 30 March 2004.
This studio explores the interface between architecture and urban design through projects focused on the design of housing and public space in Providence, Rhode Island. Providence has undergone a radical transformation from a city with little economic base to a city growing around its vibrant arts and culture community and has for this reason been called the "Renaissance City". Despite recent successes, however, Providence has been unable to attract residents to its downtown to any great extent (Downcity), and this lack of a stable residential downtown population has stalled the city's growth.
Providence's last official plan covered the years 2000-2005. As the end of its scope nears, now is an opportune time to re-examine the city's downtown development in anticipation of the new building cycle and in conjunction with the drafting of the next official plan. We will work with the City of Providence, local housing agencies such as the Providence Neighborhood Housing Corporation, and local community interests and developers to understand the needs and demands for urban housing in downtown Providence. Due to its close proximity to Boston, the studio will travel to Providence on several occasions to talk with participants and to investigate the projects sites.
The studio will not focus on housing alone, however. Instead, it will operate on the premise that public spaces are important to the livability of a city, especially a city like Providence whose economic base is arts and culture. The public realm quite literally provides the platform for its arts and culture to exist and adds to the desirability of its inhabitants. Housing design is necessary not only to bring people, but also to literally give shape to the public spaces of the city. In this studio, we explore both in the hopes of helping Providence continue its renaissance.
