A kindergarten designed for an ecological disaster and a project that explores the legacy of those buried and forgotten on Hart Island are included in Dezeen's latest school show by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Also included is a range of projects focusing on the adaptive reuse of a church in New York and a project that explores the age of inhabitants interacting with public space.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute
School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Course: Architectural Design
School statement:
"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists, and entrepreneurs. "Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious, and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.
"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious, and symbiotic relationship with the natural world, and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Kindergarten for an Ecological Disaster by Madison Goodell
"This first-year design studio explored two types of sublime art, one being the Hudson River Scho...