Architectural Design Studio 4, RPI - THE COMM.

These are the digital visualizations from my final adaptive reuse project at RPI — a proposal to transform the abandoned St. Mary’s Church in Troy, NY into a midrise mixed-use housing development. Rather than erasing its past, the design preserves the church’s dark, cavernous quality while expanding on its atmosphere. Light filters through openings, rising into a vaulted canopy that diffuses softly across the atrium. Apartment units and shared spaces glow with warmth, cultivating a quiet sense of community within a space once forgotten. The renderings explore the dialogue between light and dark — embracing shadow to reveal community and serenity.