URBAN PATCHES The main landmarks of the city, together with areas of potential development, outline a strategy consisting of specific development gestures that function as “urban patches.” These patches vary in scale and breadth, connecting disparate urban areas while creating balance along the city edge. In this way the scheme encourages homogeneous growth for the in-between areas. One patch transverses the city from East to West. This gesture connects Brown University,
RISD and Johnson & Wales while leading across the highway towards undeveloped land. The patch could trigger newly integrated campus development, bringing together the major educational resources of Providence. The second patch brings City Hall and the Industrial Zone into Downcity’s urban realm, redefining two major endpoints of the NorthSouth axis. The Industrial Zone will counterbalance the magnitude of City Hall by turning the whole area into the city’s Museum District.
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Aerial View Looking South