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 IPA launches 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!
Talk: Green Gentrification and the Future of the BQE
Join us on March 11 at 6:30pm at the Center for Brooklyn History for a screening and panel discussion on the challenges of green gentrification and strategies to address them.
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IPA to Recieve National Endowement 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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Upcoming Screening at Green Lung Studios
Join us on March 13 at 6:30pm at Green Lung Studios for 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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