Projects > By the City / For the City

Christina Calabrese, Zakcq Lockrem and Alexandra Miller prepared this entry for the Institute for Urban Design's By the City / For the City competition. The project is a response to submission #82: Wouldn't it be great if there were an easy to use website to find/search for and apply for necessary certification/guidelines for community projects (putting up a mural, installing benches, planting trees on a sidewalk...). Our visuals refer to the Situationist practice of the détournement of comics, replacing text boxes to create new meaning. The project is reflective of each of our personal interests: Christina's fascination with virtual worlds, Zakcq's interest in giving communities the tools to plan for themselves and Alex's belief in technology and the power of narrative to create positive outcomes. The project will be showcased in an exhibit during Urban Design Week in New York in September and be published as a part of An Atlas of Possibility for the City of New York.