Architecture and Advocacy

Abriannah E. Aiken ’22 MSAAD is the co-founder of Architecture and Advocacy, an organization that equips youth participants with the foundational skills of architecture and assists them in developing a Design Build that serves as an asset for their community and remedies spatial injustice.

An Ode to Basement Workshop

Sharon Leung ’16 M.Arch is researching Basement Workshop (1969-1986), the first Asian American political arts organization in New York City.

This research was also recently supported by a 2023 Graham Foundation Grant.

Community Harvest: EcoDome Pavilions

This project by Kyle Spence ’12 MSAAD seeks to promote plant and wildlife habitation while tapping into Harlem’s cultural placemaking legacy.

Black Beaches: Establishing Reparations from Belmar to Bruce’s Beach, California

The project developed by Adam Lubitz ’18 MSHP/MSUP and Katherine Taylor-Hasty ’18 MSHP aims to leverage urban and architectural histories as well as community partnerships as a means through which reparations to displaced Black households and businesses can be established in Santa Monica and Venice, California.