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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Meet the Fellows
This summer we welcome five new Fellows to the Block House where they will live and work for 11-weeks on Governors Island.
Spanning across disciplines and practice - from photography to sound art - the summer residency cohort brings together a truly interdisciplinary group of thinkers, makers, and researchers to ask questions about public space and what it means today.
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Modeling Community Visions Launches Next Week
Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE launches next week with two workshops and a screening event.
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Block House as Laboratory: Spring Exhibition
View photos from the March Spring Residency exhibition, including on-site activations, installations, and prototypes at the Block House.
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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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Learn about our Programs
Learn more about our Independent Project Residency and Selected Topic Fellowship programs, and related public lectures, exhibits and publications.
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