Preservation Institute Nantucket Summer 2023 Final Projects
Project Assignment: PIN Summer 2023 focused on the current housing crisis on Nantucket. Students investigated where and how people lived on the island, how industry shifts impacted housing, and researched ways that history can inform solutions for the current issues of rising housing costs and year-round availability. Students studied the intersection of heritage and housing at multiple scales, from the evolution of architectural housing types to the development of urban form and neighborhoods. Archival, architectural and urban research encompassed the 17th century to the present. Resources included: archival research, historic drawings, census data, inspection and assessment of existing residential and multi-use buildings, maps and plans, etc. Students projects addressed the complexity of issues on the island that impact housing through the island’s history; recognizing that solutions for the housing challenge must be interdisciplinary and holistic to succeed.
A Lifestyle of Lodging: The Evolution of Hostelry on the Island from Formation to Present Day
Calbe Aresnault, University of Florida, Master of Historic Preservation
Nantucket’s Past to Future Homes: Evolving Housing Design for Today’s Needs
Nicolas Roscioli-Barran, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bachelor of Architecture
Nantucket Transportation
Bridgette Murphy, University of Florida, Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Conservation Lands and Development: A Historic Timeline and Overview of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Nicolette Lyons, University of Florida, Master of Urban and Regional Planning
The Land Bank: Then and Now
Ella Breed, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Masters in Library Science