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Nina Rappaport is an architectural critic,
curator, and educator. She is publications
editor at Yale School of Architecture and the editor of the school’s
book series, the biannual publication Constructs, and the
school’s exhibition catalogs. Her current research and projects
focus on the intersection of urban
design and infrastructure, innovative
engineering, and factory spaces.
She has contributed articles and
essays to Architecture, Architectural
Record, Praxis, Future Anterior,
30/60/90, and Tec21. Her
exhibitions include “The Swiss Section” at the Van
Alen Institute, 2003, and “Saving Corporate Modernism,” Yale
School of Architecture, 2001, among
others. She is chair of Docomomo/New
York, a chapter of the international non-profit dedicated to the
preservation of modern architecture. She is an
adjunct professor at City College,
where she teaches seminars on the
post-industrial factory and on innovative
engineers.
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Personal Statement
Design Trust fellowships allowed our interdisciplinary team — graphic
designer ( David Reinfurt), architect/urban designer ( Colin
Cathcart), and writer/critic
(myself) — to work in a new way on a real city issue exploring a unique approach
to urban design. As people asked me about the Design Trust, I said, “It
is like getting the Rome Prize, but in New York.” What could be a better
place to investigate and push creative urban design issues. Being able
to work collaboratively with city agencies and our team, on a project where we
could emphasize a local identity in Long Island City, and not cliché planning,
that then is adopted by the arts organizations and the city, is an extremely
productive process to understanding and emphasizing this ever-changing, hybrid
urban environment.
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