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Rhode Island School of Design Unveils New Fleet LibraryThe Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will unveiled its new Fleet Library at RISD.
This innovative project transforms an historic Beaux- Arts banking hall into a full-service, contemporary library, and the floors above into a flexible, mixed-use facility.
Designed to serve as the student library for the renowned college of art and design, the Fleet Library will also be a connecting gateway to the wider Providence community, enlarging RISD's presence in the downtown area by serving as a resource for cultural programs and a site of interaction between the College and the growing creative community that is redefining Providence.
The new facility, designed by RISD alumnus Nader Tehrani and partner Monica Ponce de Leon, principals of the Boston-based architecture firm Office dA, will allow the school to better fulfill its mission as a training ground for visually-creative and socially-engaged artists and designers by giving them more direct contact with the tangible sources that provide understanding of and inspiration for their own work.
Above the two floors of the library, nine floors of living/learning space add nearly 500 units of campus housing.
The Fleet Library is one of the first projects to open as part of RISD's "Future by Design" campaign that is strategically guiding the institution as it strengthens its
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