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Fall 2024 GCPE Thesis/Capstone/DPC Student Presentations

November 25 – December 13, 2024 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Online and HHS 211 and HHN 406B

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Image of a modern academic building entrance with large glass and metal panels. The design features a combination of brick and metal accents, with steps leading to the main door. A bike is parked in the foreground, and students are seen walking in and out, adding a dynamic feel to the space. The architecture reflects a blend of contemporary and industrial styles, with a focus on clean lines and open spaces.

Graduate students from GCPE’s masters programs present in-process and culminating research.

All Pratt faculty, students, and staff are welcome to join the discussion. RSVP required.

Nov 25, 5:00-8:15pm | HHS 211+zoom | MS, Urban Placemaking and Management

5:00pm Welcome

5:05pm Penny Lewis – Pratt Institute Community Day: A Proposal

5:30pm Lina Pattayabut – The Blooming Ground: Exploring The Globalization of Placemaking in Flower Markets  

5:55pm Ghuncha Shaheed – Street Vendors and Placemaking: Essential To Our Cities, Essential Needs of Their Own 

6:20pm BREAK  

6:30pm Cyrus Henry: Place-based Approaches for Office Conversions

6:55pm Isabel Campbell-Gross – Vacant Storefronts in Manhattan: Artist Activations as a Way Forward 

7:20pm Lisa Albin – Rolling Hills: A Modular/Portable Placemaking System for All Ages

7:45pm Che Powell – Toward a Black Placemaking Manifesto

Nov 25, 6:00-8:30pm | zoom | MS, Historic Preservation

6:00pm Siena Leone-Getten – Timex Headquarters: Preservation for 21st Century Buildings

6:30pm Deniz Cavdir –  Heritage Preservation Through Archaeological Contexts

7:00pm Kaylee Johnson – Unearthing Indigenous Knowledge: Adobe as Climate Solution and Heritage Preservation in Marfa, TX

7:30pm Shannen Smiley – Reinventing Significance: Neutralizing Suburban Sprawl in the American Southwest

8:00pm Moira Gasior – Gaps in Memory and Mourning: Marginalized Cemeteries

Dec 6, 5:00-8:30pm | HHN 406B + zoom | MS, Sustainable Environmental Systems Final Capstone presentations

5:00pm Welcome

5:10pm Nicholas Conklin – Word on the Creek: A Steward Engagement Strategy for Building Socio-Ecological Reciprocity Between Flushing Creek and its Watershed Communities

5:40pm Ajwah Zahid – Corporate Sustainability: The Future of Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan

6:10pm Ruth Daniel  – Rising Solutions: Green Infrastructure for Stormwater and Water Quality in Newtown Creek’s High-Groundwater Landscape

6:40pm Break

6:45pm Valeria Milesi – Repurposing Wind Blades into Public Infrastructure and Art in New York State as a Solution to the Wind Blade Waste Problem

7:15pm Victoria Gulino – Designing for Resilience: A Passive Design Approach for New York City Public Schools

7:45pm End of public program.  Deliberations with students and capstone committee. Followed by an in person celebration.

Dec 13, 3:30-6:00pm | zoom | MS, Urban and Community Planning 

3:30pm Matt Meyer – Creative Resilience: Sustaining and Expanding Affordable Art Spaces in New York City

Please note: this session is by invitation only, other UCP students will share thesis research in-progress