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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Mark Your Calendars! Screening Event at NYIT
Join us on Thursday, September 25th from 6:00-8:30pm for a free public screening of The Story of the BQE documentary and book signing with Deborah N. Archer, author of Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality at New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design!
The documentary will be followed by a panel discussion with Deborah N. Archer, Associate Dean, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, President of the ACLU; Beth Osborne, Interim President and CEO of Smart Growth America; Adam Paul Susaneck, Filmmaker, Architect, and Founder of Segregation by Design; moderated by Renae Reynolds, Executive Director of Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
This event is open to the public, but space is limited.
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Summer Residency - Closes with Block House Activation
Summer Fellows Chris Sancomb, Kii Kang, David Johnson, Sherry Aine Te, and Chong Gu presented a full-house activation at the IPA’s historic Block House on Governors Island.
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