People who participated in The Subsidized Landscape

	Francisca Benitez Francisca Benitez (born Chile 1974) is a New York based artist and retired architect. She has been involved with CUP since 2001, when her first vid… More... Francisca Benitez (born Chile 1974) is a New York based artist and retired architect. She has been involved with CUP since 2001, when her first video was featured in Building Codes: The Programmable City at Storefront for Art and Architecture. Since then, she has shown her work at Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona in Spain, Exit Art in New York, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago, Chile, and Futura in Prague, to name a few. Francisca studied architecture at the University of Chile, art at the MFA program at Hunter College in New York (currently) and at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. She has collaborated with countless artists, organizations and journals including Quaderns (Spain), ARQ (Chile), the International Center for Urban Ecology (ICUE, Detroit), and the New York Housing Authority. She currently teaches in our program, in NYCHA community centers and sings with the band Nutria. Francisca Benitez has worked on The Programmable City, Building Codes, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Green Information Center Less...
	AJ Blandford AJ Blandford is a bi-coastal designer/builder for both the imaginary and real worlds. In addition to her work with CUP she also collaborates regula… More... AJ Blandford is a bi-coastal designer/builder for both the imaginary and real worlds. In addition to her work with CUP she also collaborates regularly with the dance/performance duo RobbinsChilds. AJ Blandford has worked on The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape website Less...
	Sarah Cole More... Sarah Cole has worked on The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Zoe Coombes Principal, Commonwealth Zoë Coombes is from Toronto. Her and her partner Francisco David Boira, are now 100% commited to the creation of software-driven design at the… More... Zoë Coombes is from Toronto. Her and her partner Francisco David Boira, are now 100% commited to the creation of software-driven design at their Brooklyn-based business, Commonwealth. Zoe Coombes has worked on The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape, Garbage Problems website email Less...
	Meghann Curtis Meghann Curtis is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs where she studies, among o… More... Meghann Curtis is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs where she studies, among other things, urban development in developing nations. After graduating from Vassar College, Meghann worked as an urban planner for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development in their divisions of housing finance and large scale development. She later went on to serve as Policy Director for New York City Council Member David Yassky, where she was intimately involved in the redevelopment plan for the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront. Just before returning to school Meghann worked as a journalist for the South African Broadcast Corporation in Johannesburg, South Africa. She plans to return overseas this summer to work for the United States Agency for International Development in Indonesia with their Aceh Reconstruction and Recovery Unit. Meghann Curtis has worked on The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Chris Dierks More... Chris Dierks has worked on The Subsidized Landscape, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city! Less...
	Ken Haller Kenneth Haller is an interaction designer, holding an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University and a B.A. in Political Scienc… More... Kenneth Haller is an interaction designer, holding an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. He is interested in photography, communicating visually as well as creating ubiquitous computer interactions. Ken Haller has worked on The Subsidized Landscape website Less...
	Andrea Meller Filmmaker More... Andrea Meller has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Garbage Problems, Public Housing 101, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Kentaro Okuda Kentaro Okuda is an interaction designer. He holds an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University. . He is currently the Directo… More... Kentaro Okuda is an interaction designer. He holds an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University. . He is currently the Director of Design at SGF Associates in New York where he develops innovative lighting systems using LED and glass fiber optics. He is interested in network technology and interaction design with tangible objects. Kentaro Okuda has worked on The Subsidized Landscape website Less...
	Damon Rich Founder and Chair Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planni… More... Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planning, and politics. After training as an architect at Columbia University, Damon worked for New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff for Capital Projects. Since leaving Parks in 2000, in addition to running CUP, Damon has taught design at schools including the Parsons School of Design, Heritage High School, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Queens Library Adult Learning Center. He also writes regularly about architecture and politics for publications including the Village Voice, the Nation, Metropolis, and Architecture magazine. Recently, Damon was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts award for his work with adult literacy and architecture, as well as a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony for his work on the history of urban renewal. From 2007�2008, Damon served as a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Damon Rich has worked on Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The City without a Ghetto, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape, The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, What's Poppin at Fulton Mall?, Code City, Temporary Showroom, Social Security Risk Machine, The Programmable City, Chew On This Less...
	Sam Stark Sam Stark is the author of the children’s book Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia. He works as an assistant editor at Harpe… More... Sam Stark is the author of the children’s book Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia. He works as an assistant editor at Harper’s Magazine. Sam Stark has worked on Building Codes, The Subsidized Landscape, Social Security Risk Machine Less...
	Oscar Tuazon Artist More... Oscar Tuazon has worked on Building Codes, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour Less...
	Rosten Woo Executive Director Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for De… More... Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for Design and produces historical research and writing on history, design and public policy for Place Matters, the Municipal Arts Society, Metropolis Magazine and the Village Voice. He has also worked as a researcher and policy analyst for a variety of non-profit organizations including Common Ground Community and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center. He serves on the board of like-minded non-profits, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project. He received his BA in Government from Cornell University. Rosten Woo has worked on Entry Sequence, Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, Important Housing Rights, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Code City, Knoxville: Building Communities, Mapping the Concourse, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Just In/Justice, The Cargo Chain, Building Codes Less...