SAMPLING SECULARIZATION TRANSFORMING RELIGIOUS SPACE

Authors

Kirby Benjamin
Katherine Porter

Kirby Benjamin, a recent graduate of the Department of Interior Architecture at RISD, is currently a designer at the NYC architecture firm, The Fractal Group. Benjamin’s Masters thesis focused on the current decline of Christian religious practice, the subsequent religious building typologies left underutilized or vacant, and the difficulty of adapting such iconic structures. Following graduation, Benjamin helped to teach the foundational semester for the incoming class of Interior Architecture Masters students, alongside Katherine Porter, before traveling through Africa and Europe building, studying, and continuing her thesis research.

Katherine Porter, a recent graduate of the Department of Interior Architecture at RISD, received her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Victoria, as well as an MA in Architectural History from the University of Toronto. Following graduation, Porter helped to teach the foundational semester for the incoming class of Interior Architecture Masters students, alongside Kirby Benjamin. Porter’s experiences range from working in publishing and education, to architecture and design. A Toronto native, she currently works as a designer in Gensler’s Toronto office and hopes to become involved with the development of a cohesive approach to adaptive reuse projects within the city.

Recommended Citation

Benjamin, Kirby and Porter, Katherine (2016) "SAMPLING SECULARIZATION TRANSFORMING RELIGIOUS SPACE," IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse: Vol. 7, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/interiorarchitecture_intarjournal/vol7/iss1/3