Event Series with Artist, Architect, & Urban Planner Sabine Malebranche

This event series is presented by Pratt’s MS in Urban and Community Planning program in partnership with AIA New York and the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College, and in collaboration with the Haiti Cultural Exchange.

*Please note RSVPs for the November 8 workshop are closed*

We encourage you to attend one of Sabine’s lectures hosted by our partner organizations. 

Thursday, Nov 7, Cultural + Urban Landscapes: Designing for Local Communities in Haiti
5:30-7:00pm, CCNY Spitzer Sciame Lecture, more info

Friday, Nov 8, Haitian Urbanism: Looking for Home but Facing Displacement.
A Community Mapping Workshop with Artist, Architect & Urban Planner, Sabine Malebranche
5pm-8pm, Pratt UCP x Haiti Cultural Exchange, Five Myles Gallery at 558 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238 
In collaboration with/at Haiti Cultural Exchange, this community mapping workshop provides a chance to collectively learn about Haitian Urbanism in Central Brooklyn. This participatory process co-creates historical narratives while exploring the HCX archival photography. Facilitated by Sabine Malebranche and Sophonie M. Joseph (Pratt Institute). This workshop is part of the HCX’s archival photo exhibition “Rasanbleman | Culture in Place” on view through November 17, more info

Saturday, Nov 9, Architecture and Planning for Cultural Preservation and Resilience
11am-2pm, AIA NY, Center for Architecture, more info

Sabine Malebranche is an architect, urban planner, and researcher who writes about the intersections of land use planning and the Haitian lakou system. She is the Founder and Principal of SODADE, the Société d’Aménagement et de Développement. SODADE was a firm (2005-2019) that specialized in urbanism and land use planning. Ms. Malebranche shared her consulting expertise while leading a multidisciplinary team of built environment professionals. Her professional practice approach prioritizes community-based, participatory planning to inform planning and policy for land use, neighborhood development, and post-disaster preparedness. She is currently a faculty member in the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering, and Architecture at l’Université Quisqueya, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.