RE+WORK

Lippitt Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, RI that was destroyed, poorly redesigned and further gentrified. This failure of an urban renewal project does not work. The circulation is torn apart by a shopping center abutting North Main Street. The abrupt elevation changes disrupt the human scale. How do we rework the site to rebuild the destroyed minority businesses and housing without displacing the current residents? Through a multi-scale analysis our team proposes building on top of the current housing complex in a tiered progression. This will elevate the area while creating spaces for the lost housing units without a monstrous scale. The vertical circulation nodes will allow for commercial, flex, and supplemental spaces for the community to utilize without disrupting the new circulation pattern that mimics the destroyed roads that a forgotten community once populated.