Elizabeth Debs

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RISD faculty member Elizabeth Debs
BA, Vassar College
MARC, Harvard University Graduate School Design

Elizabeth Debs has been involved in architecture/planning, community development and nonprofit work for over 25 years. She has worked in real estate development, as director of a community organization, as principal of an architectural practice and now teaches in higher education. She is particularly interested in how academia interacts with the larger community.

Focusing her work and volunteer activities on issues of social equity, Debs is active on the Board of the Providence Public Library as well as the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation and is co-chair of the Sankofa food and culture initiative in Providence’s West End. She is on the Advisory Group for the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community and was part of the inaugural research delegation that traveled to Yunnan Province, China. She is also a member of the GrowSmartRI Land-Use Training Collaborative.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

INTAR 2380-02 - INTRO TO DESIGN STUDIO II
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2380-02

INTRO TO DESIGN STUDIO II

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Elizabeth Debs Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 610; Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course builds on the foundations gained in previous studio and course work to further design development abilities. The studio will require the integration of the student's emerging knowledge of site analysis, mapping & documentation, innovative tectonics and systems, applicable theoretical issues, relevant cultural precedents, and material investigation into a cohesive design agenda.

Open to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

Spring 2024 Courses

INTAR 2302-01 - INTRO TO INTERIOR STUDIES II
Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2302-01

INTRO TO INTERIOR STUDIES II

Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Elizabeth Debs Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 611; Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 610 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course further develops design principles from the first semester and introduces students to methodological thinking in the relationship between context, scale and use. Real site situations are introduced and students develop individual design processes associating topological relationships between the interior and exterior, at multiple scales of interventions. Students will have the opportunity to explore design issues through both traditional and computer generated design.

Open to Sophomore Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies

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RISD faculty member Elizabeth Debs
BA, Vassar College
MARC, Harvard University Graduate School Design