2026 Earth Day at the Block House
Saturday April 18
Earth Day︎
12–4pm
@the Block House
Building 9
Nolan Park,
Governors Island
APRIL
OPEN [BLOCK] HOUSE
EARTH DAY︎
Saturday, April 18, 12-4pm
EARTH DAY︎
Saturday, April 18, 12-4pm
PROGRAM
TIME
SCREENING IN THE STUDIO:
THE STORY OF THE BQE Documentary Film
(45-minute run time)
The Story of the BQE, a documentary produced by the Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) with NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, examines the institutional segregation and environmental damage caused by the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Directed by architect Adam Paul Susaneck of Segregation by Design, the documentary highlights the devastating impact the 35-mile highway had on Brooklyn and Queens, displacing tens of thousands of residents across the two boroughs and dividing communities. Learn more about The Story of the BQE project here.
A short 4-minute video from IPA’s Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE workshop with Sunset Park residents will be shown after each screening of the documentary.
Modeling Community Visions is an ongoing series of community design workshops where Brooklyn residents reimagine their neighborhoods in a vibrant post-BQE future. Participants engage with large-scale detailed physical models of neighborhoods adjacent to the BQE, and using a removable kit of parts including buildings and landscapes, envision alternatives to the highway.
THE STORY OF THE BQE Documentary Film
(45-minute run time)
The Story of the BQE, a documentary produced by the Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) with NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, examines the institutional segregation and environmental damage caused by the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Directed by architect Adam Paul Susaneck of Segregation by Design, the documentary highlights the devastating impact the 35-mile highway had on Brooklyn and Queens, displacing tens of thousands of residents across the two boroughs and dividing communities. Learn more about The Story of the BQE project here.
A short 4-minute video from IPA’s Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE workshop with Sunset Park residents will be shown after each screening of the documentary.
Modeling Community Visions is an ongoing series of community design workshops where Brooklyn residents reimagine their neighborhoods in a vibrant post-BQE future. Participants engage with large-scale detailed physical models of neighborhoods adjacent to the BQE, and using a removable kit of parts including buildings and landscapes, envision alternatives to the highway.
12:15PM & 1:15PM
FELLOWS TALK IN THE LIBRARY
With Sine Lindholm, Architect and Educator
(IPA Fellow, Fall 2025)
Sine Lindholm Sine Lindholm is a Danish architect, educator, consultant, and certified nature therapist, recognized for her distinctive integration of architecture with nature-centered therapy. She joins us on Earth day to discuss Terramation, a regenerative design–build experiment developed during her 11-week 2025 Fall Residency. Exploring what happens when architecture becomes part of the biological cycle of life and decay, Sine will dive into her research on compost as building material and architecture as a living vessel.
With Sine Lindholm, Architect and Educator
(IPA Fellow, Fall 2025)
Sine Lindholm Sine Lindholm is a Danish architect, educator, consultant, and certified nature therapist, recognized for her distinctive integration of architecture with nature-centered therapy. She joins us on Earth day to discuss Terramation, a regenerative design–build experiment developed during her 11-week 2025 Fall Residency. Exploring what happens when architecture becomes part of the biological cycle of life and decay, Sine will dive into her research on compost as building material and architecture as a living vessel.
2:30PM
Speakers
