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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Block House as Laboratory: Spring Exhibition
On May 17th, the 2025 Spring Fellows presented a full-house activation at the IPA’s historic home base on Governors Island. With installations by Zachary Schumacher, Josue Bessiake, Amy Cheung, Angel Beale, and Dhruvi Rajpopat.
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Green Gentrification and the Future of the BQE
A screening and panel discussion on the challenges of green gentrification and strategies to address them, hosted by the Center for Brooklyn History.
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Workshops at the Block House with Amy Cheung
This spring Fellow Amy Cheung led participatory workshops focusing on marine mythology, evolutionary science, and ecological imagination.
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The Story of the BQE: Screening in Red Hook
The Story of the BQE documentary screening, hosted by Resilient Red Hook as part of a Film Series around Community Activism, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, Adam Paul Susaneck.
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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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