Institute for Public Architecture
The IPA, based in the historic Block House on Governors Island, uses design to address social, physical and environmental inequities in the city through our signature Selected Topic Fellowship and Independent Project Residency programs, and related public lectures, exhibits, and publications.
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Modeling Community Visions
The Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) has launched Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE, a project where Brooklyn & Queens residents will modify large scale physical models of the urban fabric along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) and share their visions for the future of their neighborhoods.
Learn more about the project here!
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IPA TO RECEIVE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT
We are pleased to announce that IPA has been granted an NEA award to support Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE.
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THE STORY OF THE BQE
COMMUNITY LISTENING EVENT
We gathered with El Puente to listen together to oral histories from elders and youth in communities across Brooklyn and Queens.
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2024 FALL EXHIBITION:
ASSEMBLY
Thank you to all who joined us for the culminating exhibition and program of the Fall Independent Project Residency program.
︎︎︎ See photos from the event here
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Learn more about our Independent Project Residency and Selected Topic Fellowship programs, and related public lectures, exhibits and publications.
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