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February 16th, 2012 | Read | No Comments
» Architecture
Whitney Young 1968 Speech to the AIA
Keynote address by the Executive Director of the National Urban League Whitney M. Young, Jr. Not so long ago a group of miners suddenly found themselves after an avalanche entombed unto their death in one of the diamond mines of South Africa, starving for food and thirsting for water and the need of spiritual comfort. [...]
December 31st, 2011 | Read | No Comments
» Politics
Re: AIA PERSPECTIVE The Future for Education
The following is an excerpt from the March edition of ARCHITECT Magazine featuring a commentary from Clark Manus, FAIA, and 2011 President of the AIA. Address the issues we have come to call Public Interest Design, Mr Manus references my article in Crit:70 Overproduction called “Reclaiming Architecture.” “The fall 2010 issue of crit, journal [...]
December 31st, 2011 | Read | No Comments
» Cities
Storefront:Syracuse
Almost nothing influences the quality of our lives more than the design of our cities. Syracuse and many other cities share a common problem of vacancy and disinvestment. These spaces, primarily storefronts, are the figurative and literal face of the city. Our purpose is to turn an abandoned storefront, a source of blight and negativity, [...]
January 6th, 2012 | Read | No Comments
» Work
Designing Activism Launched
Today I am (re)launching Designing Activism. In an effort to establish another hub in the growing Public Interest Design movement I will be publishing content in conjunction with my MArchII research and my work as a Syracuse University Engagement Fellow. ‘Public Interest Design’ is still young and has many interpretations. Here, I will be growing [...]
» Research
Storefront:Syracuse Venice Architecture Biennale Spontaneous Interventions Submission
Spontaneous Interventions: design actions for the common good is the theme of the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale (Fall 2012). In recent years, there has been a nascent movement of designers acting on their own initiative to solve problematic urban situations, creating new opportunities and amenities for the public. Provisional, improvisational, [...]
» Action
Near Westside Flash Park
One of the most important forms of public space in a city is the park. Working in collaboration with the Near Westside Initiative and students from architecture schools across the northeastern United States, The Front transformed an empty parking lot into a temporary ‘Flash Park’ on Wyoming Street. Located across from PEACE Inc. Family Resource [...]
» Education
Intensifying Impact: Engagement Matters
Intensifying Impact: Engagement Matters North Carolina Campus Compact Tenth Anniversary Civic Engagement Institute Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 15, 2012 Original speech by Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor From Civil to Social Infrastructure: The Legacy of the Warehouse The Warehouse has been ideal as such a hub. It anchors a section of downtown that is [...]
» News
Central New York lands $103.7 million for economic development
Originally Published by The Post Standard Article by Charles McChesney Albany, NY — Central New York landed the biggest prize, $103.7 million in economic development fund, at a ceremony this morning. The region’s economic plan was chosen as one of the state’s four “best plan awardees,” joining Western New York, the North Country and Long [...]
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