Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Level Up

City Studies

Level Up

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Print Museumopolis

What is a museum today? A giant fun house? A really artsy mall? Museums are wildly diverse in their sizes, annual operating budgets, missions, and their urban context.

In the summer of 2013, a group of 15 public high school students from across the Hudson Valley participated in an Urban Investigation project in collaboration with CUP, the Dia Art Foundation, and teaching artist Katarzyna Balug. The group asked: “What is the role of a museum in a city?”

The group prototyped museums for the future: museums that lack walls, that are utopian, dystopian, carved from precious stones, or run by residents. These models form the bedrock of this illustrated booklet. 

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

My ID

City Studies

My ID

Voice Recognition

Urban Investigations

Voice Recognition

$ Breakdown

Urban Investigations

$ Breakdown

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA