DESIGN: A TOOL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
REDE (1966-1976)
The Research and Design Institute (REDE) of Providence,
Rhode Island, was a philosophy ahead of its time.
A multidisciplinary research agency, designing innovative
physical environments in education, historic preservation,
energy conservation, patient care, and public infrastructure.
REDE Demonstrated that social dislocations caused by
our technological age can be offset by humanizing the spatial
environments in which a person lives, learns, works,
and receives medical treatment.
The methodology was simple:
Now, in the 22nd year of the 21st century we would like to share
some of that philosophy with a new generation of designers and thinkers.
The projects and ideas of REDE are more relevant then ever.
