Group Project Envision Baruch
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Xiao Yu Bai,
M.L.A. 2014
Shannon Bush, M.R.P. 2015
Minkuong Choi, M.R.P. 2015
Kushan Dave, M.R.P. 2015
Siba El-Samra, M.R.P./M.L.A. 2015
Claire Flurin, M.R.P. 2014
Akshali Gandhi, M.R.P. 2015
Nicolas Grefenstette, M.R.P./M.L.A. 2016
Emily Hackerson, M.R.P. 2015
Robert Hanafinn, M.R.P. 2015
Dean Mack, M.R.P. 2014
Maximillian Miller, M.R.P. 2015
Li-Yu Pan, M.L.A. 2015
Chen Sun, M.L.A. 2015
Lishutong Zhang, M.L.A. 2015
Anni Zhu, M.R.P. 2015
Class
AAP NYC Urban Design StudioInstructor
Adam Lubinsky
As a part of AAP NYC's fall Urban Design Studio, second-year M.R.P. and M.L.A. students devised a simulation tool to foster community engagement for increasing affordable housing on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The site for the project, New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Baruch campus, provided an opportunity for dialogue regarding equitable redevelopment. The tool, named Envision Baruch, consisted of a physical model of the site where players assume various roles, such as resident, developer, NYCHA, and the city. These players must negotiate and collaborate with each other in order to reach consensus regarding development decisions. Throughout the session, real-time financial and social implications were shown on an interactive spreadsheet. Instead of a final product or design, the goal of the studio was to create a replicable framework and platform for community engagement.
