Program |
Category |
Grant Year |
Grant Amount |
Architecture + Design |
General Support |
FY21 |
$ 42,000 |
Project Title: |
General Operating Support |
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Project Description: |
The Architectural League is one of the world?s leading institutions for the presentation of important work and ideas in architecture, design, urbanism, and related fields. Our programs nurture excellence and stimulate thinking, debate, and action. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Georgeen Theodore), Armborst/D'Oca/Theodore: Sounds of Southern Boulevard |
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Project Description: |
What could a community-centered design approach to mitigating noise pollution look like? This is what “Sounds of Southern Boulevard” will explore. Working with neighborhood stakeholders in the Bronx, urban designers Tobias Armborst, Georgeen Theodore and Daniel D’Oca will further develop their sound research to propose low-cost and potentially replicable design solutions to reduce public health risks. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Josef Asteinza), Asteinza: Havana Modern: The Architecture of Nicolás Quintana |
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Project Description: |
“Havana Modern: The Architecture of Nicolás Quintana” will be a feature-length documentary film about the architect, the Cuban Modern Movement, and the city of Havana. Considering Quintana’s creative development, the film will also view Modernism as an evolving practice, and architecture as a living, changing art form. Architect, producer and writer, Josef Asteinza, will focus on further researching Quintana’s designs and audiovisual materials for use in the film. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Natalie Fizer), Fizer/Forley: Tailoring Form: a critical look at the template and a visual manual of use |
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Project Description: |
Architects Natalie Fizer and Glenn Forley will explore the role of the template as integral to design, and the process of template-making as part of a material account of modernization. “Tailoring Form” connects to current discussions around representation and production within the architecture and design professions. As a work of material culture and the history of technology, the project will lead to an exhibition and book. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Naomi Hersson-Ringskog), Hersson-Ringskog/McEnany/Jongjitirat: Empowering Community Through Building Shells |
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Project Description: |
Using Newburgh, New York as a case study, preservationists and designers, Naomi Hersson-Ringskog, Liz McEnaney, and Patra Jongjitirat will create a community-focused toolkit to empower residents with design and technical resources to change negative perception of building shells, primarily in Ward 3. “Empowering Community through Building Shells” will work with the community in exploring how preservation and design can help reactivate building shells. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Phu Hoang), Hoang/Rotem: Field Guide to Indoor Urbanism/Outdoor Interiors |
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Project Description: |
Architects Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem will explore concepts of indoor urbanism and outdoor interiors in their project. Using case studies from multiple cities, the project leads will envision architecture with fewer boundaries, suggesting new forms of living in an age of extreme climate change. The book will be launched in New York venues, and progress can be followed through social media. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Edward Hsu), Hsu: Modest and Monumental - An Alternate History of Washington Heights |
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Project Description: |
“Modest and Monumental – An Alternate History of Washington Heights,” examines critical public infrastructure as part of social and urban fabric by focusing on key transit sites. This in-depth portrait of northern Manhattan, focusing on public infrastructure, will consist of a graphic series of ten original works. Architect’s Edward Hsu’s work will be shown in an exhibit at a community venue. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Karen Kubey), Kubey: Good Neighbors II |
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Project Description: |
Working with the original authors of Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing, architect Karen Kubey will research an updated guide to affordable housing design in the United States. This book and online resource will focus on case studies of well-designed housing to promote health equity and economic, racial, and environmental justice. “Good Neighbors II” will include 60 new cases studies highlighting examples of community-driven projects focusing on good design. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Leslie Lok), Lok/Zivkovic: ON ASHES: Design Strategies for Infested Tree Populations |
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Project Description: |
As the invasive Emerald Ash Borer devastates forests in New York State and beyond, it leaves dead ash trees in its wake. Using 3D laser scanning and robotic-based fabrication technology, architects Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic of HANNAH explore new ways to design with waste wood, while offering an online design resource as a public platform. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Aleksandr Mergold), Mergold: American Spolia: a Loose Inventory |
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Project Description: |
“American Spolia,” will be a book exploring the ancient phenomenon of spolia (repurposed material), and its relevance to our present need for more sustainable and resilient approach to constructed environments. The book itself will be a design object, comprising a bound volume of texts and a collection of unbound plates allowing the reader to sort, compare, mix and reuse the publication however the reader chooses. Architect Aleksandr Mergold leads the project which will include textual fragments from multiple authors. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Erkin Özay), Ozay: The Renewal and Displacement Archive |
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Project Description: |
Contemporary urban design’s complicity in the displacement of vulnerable communities gained notoriety through an effort initiated by Johns Hopkins University. Architect Erkin Ozay’s project, “The Renewal and Displacement Archive,” will create an online platform linking buildings and memory to explore this contested renewal project. As a case study the project illuminates and parallels ongoing urban design discussions within New York State and beyond. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Elsa Ponce Vargas), Ponce Vargas: The Corner: Designing for Equity and Inclusion |
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Project Description: |
Every day, for over a decade, a community of women gathers at “The Corner,” a location on a highway overpass in Brooklyn. There they wait to be offered commercial or residential cleaning jobs. Open to the elements, the location is critical for employment opportunities, but unhealthy and unsafe. Working with these women day laborers, and community stakeholders, architectural designer Elsa Ponce Vargas will engage them in mapping and drawing through design charettes. The project will result in possible design solutions and explore how architecture can be more inclusive. |
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Architecture + Design |
Independent Projects |
FY21 |
$ 10,750 |
Project Title: |
(Artist: Samantha Sikanas), Sikanas: Queer Landscapes |
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Project Description: |
Creating a zine and interactive website, landscape designer Samantha Sikanas will catalog and analyze “Queer Landscapes” and their identifying queer design principals. Using key works of queer theory as a framework this project will fill a gap in landscape architecture and introduce the importance of considering identity in design. |
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Total: $ 171,000 |
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