Caroline MacNeille (M.Arch. '20) constructs a model in the AAP NYC studio. Learn more about the programs offered at AAP's New York City facility.
A group of city and regional planning students in the spring semester urban design workshop visit Canajoharie, the site of the former Beech-Nut factory, to discuss reuse plans for the facility. Learn more about applying to CRP.
Two recent graduates were the recipients of the inaugural month-long Casapoli Residency at Casa Poli in the Coliumo Peninsula, Chile. Brian Havener (M.Arch. '17) and Pauline Shongov (B.F.A./B.A. '18) spent a month engaging with the structure and the surrounding site.
Modern Footprints: Sustainable Adaptation and Collective Memory
Land area covered by HemisFair 1968, San Antonio Fair, Inc. Records, MS 31, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections image / provided
Department of City and Regional Planning, Historic Preservation Planning
Students in CRP 5851 Special Topics in Urban Design: Sustainable Adaptation of Large Modern Footprints, conducted research that examines the state of four World's Fair Sites in North America. These sites left large footprints that have been repurposed and adapted in various ways. The goal of this workshop was to examine the state of sustainability, planning, and historic preservation efforts at the four sites:
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York
Site of the 1939–49 and 1964–65 World's Fairs
HemisFair Park in San Antonio, Texas
Site of HemisFair 1968
Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Québec (Canada)
Site of Expo 1967
Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington
Site of the Century 21 Expo (1962 World's Fair)
The exhibition presents highlights from this investigation, including site visit photos, uncovered archival materials, maps, and proposed design interventions. It also includes the poster Spirits of Visions Past, which students will present at the American Planning Association conference in April.
Exhibition organizers and workshop participants:
- Assistant Professor Jennifer Minner, CRP
- Brian Byrd (M.R.P. '15)
- Michael Catsos (M.R.P. '15)
- Hector Chang (B.S. UR.S '14)
- Rashmi Gajare (M.R.P. '15)
- Gabriel Halili (M.R.P. '15)
- Irene Hung (M.R.P. '15)
- Daniel McKenna-Foster (M.R.P. '15)
- Christine Ma (M.R.P. '15)
- Robert Rivera (M.R.P. '15)
- Isaac Robb (M.R.P. '15)
- Rachel Shindman (M.R.P. '15)
- Taru (M.R.P. '15)
The exhibition was made possible with the help and participation of Elizabeth Muller, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University; Robert Balder, Executive Director of AAP NYC; the HemisFair Park Redevelopment Corporation; the New York Park Department; among many others.
The workshop was funded with a grant from the Center for Engaged Learning and Research. The exhibition received additional support from the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections and the CRP Exhibitions Committee.