PRESENT AS PROLOGUE

designLAB led a risd design studio that reimagined the future of the curley community center as it confronts the threat of sea level rise.

In this design studio, students imagined the Curley Community Center in the year 2100, once designLAB’s intervention has reached obsolescence and it is frequently inundated with water.

The project began with a conceptual study of an object through time, followed by a series of case studies focused on human relationships with water. While program and scale of intervention could vary project to project, the Curley Center must continue to serve as a resource to the greater Boston community.

 weiwei chen | marine cultural center

erika kane | cycles for continuance

jiayu li | eternal memorial