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Project Leads


Markus Berger and Ayako Maruyama are Providence residents and RISD professors teaching in the departments of Interior Architecture and Industrial Design, respectively. We  are dedicated to how we reconceptualize “waste”, how we apply principles of circular economies, as well as how we engage with our community around these themes of reharvest and repair: in our practice, our teaching and our everyday lives.


Research
Assistants

Community
Collaborators


Our multi-disciplinary team of graduate research assistants add to the skills and knowledge it takes to bring our re- community together through online media strategy, exhibition and community engagement planning.  
 
Melina Charalabopoulos, a first-year Landscape Architecture student at RISD and an architect from Brazil, is interested in connecting people with nature through landscapes, food, and shared experiences.

Muhammad Talha, MFA Painting ‘26 is from Pakistan. His art practice spans around exploration and experimentation of different materials and tools. He is interested in discarded materials and in crafting them into nuanced visuals.  Comment end   

Clara Cayosa, MFA Graphic Design ‘26 joins after working in environmental causes, both with Philippines and global NGOs. She adopts sustainability in her projects and influences other graphic designers to do the same.
Elizabeth Ochs, Director
Sheri Griffin, Operations Director
Creative Reuse Center Rhode Island

Elizabeth and Sheri have been generous collaborators. We think together with them about how to increase access to materials and encourage creative reuses. 

Dr. Louise Manifredi, Director
Associate Professor of the Practice
Brown Design Workshop

Whether it is at the BDW or over a coffee chat at the repair space pop up, Louise has been inspiring our work with her deep knowledge of the circular economy and imagining what is possible. 

Consultants & Advisors


Kabir Berger is our team’s digital consultant bringing in expertise on interactive web-based experiences including our resource mapping.Mickey Ackerman is a RISD professor with a deep practice in Rhode Island across varying industries and an artistic practice that truly transforms the potential of materials in smart and beautiful ways.



Rhode Island School of Design
20 Washington Place
Providence 02906
USA