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Helping to Improve Police Community Relations Through Design Over the past year, NYSID students have had a special opportunity to redesign parts of the 73rd Police Precinct in Brownsville, Brooklyn, through the Police Commissioner’s People’s Precinct Program. The project was part of an initiative launched by the NYC Department of Design and Construction and the department’s Town + Gown program, which connects schools and government through design. The redesign of the 73rd Precinct is consistent with the NYPD’s efforts to strengthen the relationship between the police and neighborhood residents and create more pleasant working areas for NYPD officers and staff.
FROM L TO R: NYSID STUDENTS MATEO BACA, TOM ELK A, MARIE NGUYEN, ANET TE SEVERINO, SYLVIA SIRABELLA, AND JULIANA TISEO WITH POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE 73RD POLICE PRECINCT, BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN, DURING ONE OF THEIR SITE VISITS.
The first phase of the project took place in the summer of 2015, when students Daniella Brecher, Anna Enya Dzubey, Orianna Ellison, and Hsien-Huei Wu, under the supervision of instructor Francisco De Leon, undertook the task of redesigning the station’s vestibule to make it more welcoming and open. A second group—Mateo Baca, Tom Elka, Marie Nguyen, Anette Severino, Sylvia Sirabella, and Juliana Tiseo, under the supervision of instructor Terry Kleinberg—worked this past summer on redesigning the officers’ lounge area and fitness center. Town + Gown is now working with the NYPD to put financing in place to redo the vestibule and renovate and refurbish the officers’ areas.
Empathy for AIDS Sufferers at Dining by Design For the eighth year, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) invited NYSID students to showcase their talents in Dining by Design, a fundraising event at which designers create dining environments to raise funds for people living with HIV/AIDS. The 2016 event took place at New York’s Pier 92 from March 17 to 21. BFA students Peter Agnew, Shannon Epstein, Gianna Parisi, and Samantha Pendleton worked under the auspices of NYSID instructor Rene Estacio and designer Tyler Wisler to create an installation called “Action=Life.” The “tablescape” of interlocking triangles represented the three things it takes to live with AIDS: strength, courage, and perseverance.
FROM L TO R: RENE ESTACIO, SHANNON EPSTEIN, SAMANTHA PENDLETON, GIANNA PARISI, DAVID SPROULS, AND PETER AGNEW AT THE DINING BY DESIGN OPENING EVENT.
52 ATELIER: YEAR IN REVIEW 2015/2016