What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Making Policy Public

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Meet our co-chairs! Sabrina Hall and Ariel Fausto bring different backgrounds and perspectives to the CUP board, but both are committed to the power of design to make positive change.

Ariel Fausto is a Principal at the nationally-recognized design firm H3. As a design leader specializing in architecture for the arts, culture and public space, Ariel is interested in design that connects people to the arts, their community and each other.  From Lincoln Center Theater’s new LCT3 to a new maritime museum in Biloxi Mississippi, Ariel spearheads some of the firm’s most ambitious projects.  He studied Environmental Design as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University, and went on to receive a Masters of Architecture from MIT.

Sabrina Hall is a Senior Product Design Manager at Etsy. With a career spanning over fourteen years, she currently teaches at City Tech, and was co-chair of AIGA NY’s Mentoring program. Sabrina is passionate about writing and speaking on accessibility in design, creating opportunities for emerging designers and advocating for equity within the field of design.

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Space Jam

Urban Investigations

Space Jam

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!