Associate Professor Frank Melendez is the recipient of an international fellowship from the Italian organization Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR). He is one of seven fellows who have been awarded the one-month summer residency in the Taleggio Valley, a rural region in the Italian Alps. The theme for the 2023 Fellowship is “AIR.” Fellows will
The Powell Street Garden in Brownsville, Brooklyn, has long sought an indoor space for gathering and education. This is the project Professor Ali C. Höcek of ACHA brought to the second-year Master of Architecture studio in spring 2018, tapping into the students’ creativity, drive, and community mindedness. During the semester, students worked with a cadre
Assistant Professor Zihao Zhang is among the 49 faculty members named as 2023 CUNY Career Success Fellows from 21 schools in the City University of New York system. As powerful influencers of students, faculty are given Career Success Fellowships to implement effective methods of helping students understand the relationship between classroom learning and careers that can be adapted to
AIA New York has selected WIP Collaborative as the winner of the 2023 New Perspectives Award that celebrates individuals or collectives who, through their recent work, take unique, critical positions that contribute to the broader understanding of architecture. Adjunct Associate Professor Lindsay Harkema is a founding member of WIP Collaborative, a shared practice of independent
Adjunct Lecturer Pedro Cruz Cruz M Arch ’22 and Associate Professor Nandini Bagchee have won a course development prize from Columbia University’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The course titled Archipelagic Estates of Puerto Rico: Islands and Island Cultures in Light of Climate Change was
Professor Nandini Bagchee‘s work with the East New York Community Land Trust was featured on the most recent episode of DiverseCITY on CUNY TV. The segment features a brief history of CLTs in New York by Prof. Bagchee, as well as an explanation of how the CLT could better steward the currently empty lots.