Campus Transformation

RISD’s faculty and students thrive in dynamic settings that foster creative expression, intellectual exchange and discovery. New forms of creative practice, teaching and scholarship require new kinds of space for shared projects, research and advanced fabrication. To best serve the RISD community, we seek to make our campus as adaptable, accessible, sustainable and engaging as possible.

Building and renovating our campus spaces is vitally important to the advancement of RISD critical making agenda. To maintain our reputation as a global leader in art and design education, RISD must invest in facilities that keep pace with or exceed those of peer institutions. Please help us to ensure that RISD’s campus continues to be the creative learning environment our students and faculty deserve.

Transformational projects for our core campus will animate RISD’s immersive residential learning environment. You can help us:

• upgrade our classrooms to be more flexible and technologically sophisticated.
• expand and adapt our studios to accommodate new tools and methods of making.
• renovate existing facilities into gathering spaces that are welcoming to all.
• build and improve residential spaces to provide high-quality student housing that supports health and wellness.