Five Questions With: Jonathan Harris
JONATHAN HARRIS, associate professor for Johnson & Wales University’s College of Engineering & Design, is part of the winning team to redesign the Crook Point Bridge in Providence. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY
Jonathan Harris is an associate professor for Johnson & Wales University’s College of Engineering & Design. Harris is part of the winning team of the Crook Point Bascule Bridge redesign project held by the city of Providence.
Harris spoke to Providence Business News about the project, its future and how the design industry is adapting in Rhode Island.
PBN: What was the inspiration behind your redesign of the Crook Point Bridge?
The show is on view at the Falmouth Art Center until May 30.
The collaboration between art and science, called âSynergy,â started almost 10 years ago through a conversation between an artist and a WHOI scientist. The artist was a member of Art League of Rhode Island and drafted other members of that group to get involved. The first collaboration resulted in art shows at the Museum of Science in Boston and the New Bedford Museum of Art back in 2013.
âFor all their apparent differences, artists and scientists share a fundamental goal: to explore the edges of human knowledge and experience,â said Art League of Rhode Island board member Ellen Matesanz, who helped organize the exhibit.