The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a

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that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in

urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...

and community design.

History

CUP was founded in 1997 by the artist and architect

Damon Rich Damon Rich (born 1975 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is a Newark, New Jersey-based designer, urban planner, and visual artist known for investigating the politics of the built environment. He attended Deep Springs College and received a B.A. (1997) fro ...

with co-founders

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(artist), Stella Bugbee (graphic designer), Josh Breitbart (media activist), Jason Anderson (architect), AJ Blandford (architectural historian), Sarah Dadush (attorney), Althea Wasow (filmmaker), and Rosten Woo (policy analyst). During the fall of 2003, at the

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, the CUP organized the exhibition ''City Without a Ghetto'' themed on the development of low-cost housing in New York City since the late 1940s. In 2011, the CUP received a

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CIF award to develop its Public Access Design project. The project aimed to connect graphic designers and distressed communities. In November 2018, the CUP partnered with New York's

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to advocate civic engagement through drawing and design.

Description

The Center for Urban Pedagogy is a

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nonprofit organization located in

Gowanus, Brooklyn Gowanus ( ) is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6. Gowanus is bounded by Wyckoff Street on ...

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. CUP's current executive director is Christine Gaspar. Its goal is to communicate on the law as clearly as possible, in areas where there is a low level of education on legal matters. The CUP released the " Vendor Power" booklet informing NYC's street vendors on the law and their rights, "I Got Arrested" for underage persons getting arrested, "Know Your Lines" to raise the issue of regional lines modifications during electoral ballots.

References

Bibliography

* Francisca Benítez, "La Ciudad Como Escuela", ARQ, December 2006, p. 28. * Carly Berwick, "Civic Boosters", Metropolis, February 2002. * Bill Menking, (2009). "The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)". ''Architectural Design'' : A.D. 79 (1): 76. * Lize Mogel, and Alexis Bhagat. (2008). ''An atlas of radical cartography.'' Los Angeles: Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press. * * Rich, Damon, “Notes on Pedagogy as Aesthetic Practice” in Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism, edited by Nato Thompson. New York:

Independent Curators International Independent Curators International (ICI) is a non-profit headquartered in New York City that has produced exhibitions, events, publications, and training opportunities since 1975. History Independent Curators International (ICI) was founded in 197 ...

and Melville House, 2008. * Architecture for Humanity (Organization). (2006). ''Design like you give a damn: architectural responses to humanitarian crises.'' New York, NY: Metropolis Books. * Rich, Damon, “Big Plans & Little People,” Lotus International 124, Milan, Italy, July 2005. * Zacks, Stephen. (2011). "Détournement or the Misguided Oppositional Ideology of the Posturban College-Educated Elite". ''Tarp Architectural Manual.'' : Spring 2011:14. * “On Education, Pluralist Planning, New Institutions and Language: Public Interview with Damon Rich" * Rice, Michael, ”An Architektur", September 2008.

External links

Official website
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