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During 2001 New York University began collaboration with 
RISD
with the goal of developing and promoting a highly integrative, interdisciplinary
instructional approach linking theory and practice for students in civil
infrastructure programs. ICIS, the Wagner School and RISD are developing
an innovative course involving the design and planning of civil infrastructure.
The joint course will link the RISD design studios with the Wagner School's
capstone projects in order to give students hands on experience in working
across disciplinary boundaries on a common challenge. The projects will
promote systemic thinking by bringing design and planning and policy students
together to examine how large-scale infrastructure projects can address
environmental, social and community issues, as well as aesthetic and design
principles. Students from both schools are currently working on the context
and design of a new electrical power plant in Ramapo, New York.
Examples of RISD Innovation Studio Work (forthcoming)
Paper by Charlie Cannon (forthcoming)