The Matter of Collaboration

Working across design disciplines requires more than putting students together. At the Rhode Island School of Design, a yearlong studio finds the substance of interdisciplinary teaching.

JULY 22, 2026 / By Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, ASLA / FROM THE JULY 2026 ISSUE of Landscape Architecture Magazine

Kevin Carney, center left, and João Strout-Bentes, center right, of the Apprenticeshop in Rockland, Maine, demonstrate traditional boatbuilding methods for students in the Sustainability Design Lab.

Photo by Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, ASLA.