Anastasia Laurenzi is an artist, architectural designer and the founder of A L | STUDIO, a design/build practice. Her work examines drawing as construction in the studio, on-site and in the classroom. She recently spent three years teaching students the design and construction of small-scale, affordable housing in Vermont.
Anastasia has a Master of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from The University of Memphis, with a concentration in photography and sculpture. Her photography has been shown at Jack Robinson Gallery, and she has collaborated on architectural installations at the Medicine Factory, the Art Museum at the University of Memphis, the Ewing Gallery, College of Architecture and Design at the University of TN, Knoxville and the RISD Museum. Her design/build work has been published in dezeen, LONNY, Rhode Island Monthly and Outpost Journal.
Anastasia has 25 years of experience working in the fields of art and architecture (and in-between) with Friedrich St. Florian Architects, Oblique Studio, KPF, Richard Fleischner Studio and buildingstudio. She previously taught at Yestermorrow Design/Build School and Roger Williams University.
This course, the first in a two semester sequence, explores design principles specific to architecture. Two interrelated aspects of design are pursued:
the elements of composition and their formal, spatial, and tectonic manipulation
meanings conveyed by formal choices and transformations.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Architecture Students.
The studio is a collaboration with Fabric Arts Festival - Fall River and Walk&Talk Azores, focused on the impact design-build has within the public realm. This course emphasizes and develops skills and techniques for students to engage with a community and work collaboratively toward the development of an installation. Co-taught by a visiting artist (Nuno Pimenta) and a RISD Architecture faculty member (Anastasia Laurenzi), students will learn about public art practices, creative place-making strategies and how to develop creative projects in collaboration with community stakeholders.
Students will:
- Learn methods and techniques to support and structure community-organization-designer relationships
- Gain at-scale fabrication and design-build skills
- Learn models and methods of design collaboration
