The new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is open for limited lobby service! Learn more about the history of the library from the community activists that put the project in motion and about the design from our very own Organization Director, Jason Roberts in the recently released Brooklyn Public Library video here.
In honor of the library opening to the public, staff writer Melissa Guerrero highlights Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in the “New York Today” section of the Times. The article, “And finally: A green library in Greenpoint,” starts with the following description of the library, “There’s a well-landscaped outdoor plaza to lounge in, and two types of gardens (one specifically for pollinators). Planted channels called bioswales can help reduce flooding, and a cistern collects rainwater. No, the area is not a public park or a private green space for a luxury building — it’s a new, eco-friendly library in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.” We are proud to be featured and excited for the library to be open to the public.
Read the full article here – scroll down to “And finally: A green library in Greenpoint”
The AIANY Board of Directors recently issued a powerful statement calling on architects to no longer design spaces of incarceration. Read the full statement here.
Our founding partner, Karen Fairbanks, is a member of the AIANY Board of the Directors, and she notes that this call to architects is a first step in the work of the AIANY to address this unjust system. Link to related resources can be found here.
Scott is the current “Featured Member” on AIA New York’s website. In his interview with the Editor, Scott discusses what is influencing his work right now, how he decided to pursue architecture and his thoughts on architectural education.
Read the full article here.
In a slight variation to the online article “Building Public Places for a Covid World,” Marble Fairbanks currently appears in the printed article “Designs The Heal Ruptures In Spaces We Share.” Karen was interviewed along with architects and other designers who, “have devoted efforts to creating public places that encourage gathering and sociability (now tasked with) making congregating in these spaces possible again.” A pull quote from Karen’s interview is centered on the fold stating, “Now that we can’t use shared spaces, we realize how critical they are.”
Read the full online article here.