Earlier today, our team participated in the Center For Architecture’s Discover Architecture Program for the fourth year in a row. This year, Director Tanya Gershon and Junior Architectural Designer Kristy Cho delved into their personal stories and recalled the distinct paths that led them to a career in architecture. This set the foundation for a discussion with students on how they can transform their interests and passions into a rewarding career. Tanya and Kristy shared advice on how to explore personal interests at the high school level, tips for architecture school, and ways to build experience that can help set the stage for a fulfilling career. We continue to be inspired by the energy and excitement of high school students who are curious about architecture and passionate about their futures. Thank you, CFA, and all the students who participated!
Urban Dove Team Charter School recently celebrated their newly renovated Brooklyn location and brand new gym. It was an honor to see students begin utilizing the new space. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with this incredible organization from the early phases of strategic planning through construction.
Urban Dove is a sports-based high school for over-aged, under-credited youth that combines a rigorous academic curriculum with a hands-on, real-world vocational program. We partnered with the organization in 2019 to develop a strategic plan for the school to expand across all NYC boroughs and developed the team charter school in Brooklyn as a renovation to an existing building. We continue to work with Urban Dove as they expand and grow. Read more about the work Urban Dove is doing here.
Marble Fairbanks talked the new Greenpoint Library and gave VR tours of the future building at the Green Design Lab event in Grand Army Plaza. The panel was part of Democracy Lab at the Spacebuster, an inflatable pavilion presented by Brooklyn Public Library, Storefront for Art + Architecture, and others. Learn more about the event series here; see the Greenpoint Library in VR here.
Join Scott on June 19th in Atlanta for a presentation at ARCHITECT magazine‘s Breakthrough Series. Scott and his colleague, Dennis Shelden, will be discussing new initiatives at Georgia Tech School of Architecture to research the spectrum of possibilities for the future of practice; to prepare emerging architects for the next generation of careers; and to engage the local and regional professional, technology, and entrepreneurship communities to establish Atlanta and beyond as an innovation hub of design practice.
Jason Roberts and Karen are presenting at Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)‘s Northeast Regional Conference in Boston. Their presentation, Parametric Planning: Designing the Design Process for Space Planning, will demonstrate how custom built tools led to the strategic master plan for Parsons School of Design. They will be joined by Nadine Bourgeois, Dean for Academic Planning at Parsons, for their talk presented today.