Community Engagement Session Two with Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

What do you want to see downtown? Practice for Architecture and Urbanism is looking for your input on what they will design and build in downtown Columbus for the 2023 Exhibit Columbus Exhibition.

Explore ideas for activating our downtown core to encourage shared community experiences. How does civic infrastructure—like streets, sidewalks, signs, and lighting—play a role in bringing people together to enjoy public space?

Join us on zoom for a one-hour engagement session on Monday, December 12th, from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm.

2022–23 Exhibit Columbus J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipient Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) is a Manhattan-based studio dedicated to the advancement of sustainable, equitable, and joyous cities. The studio is led by Vishaan Chakrabarti and Ruchika Modi. PAU embraces a scale-fluid design approach to a continuum of architecture and urbanism projects including civic institutions, public infrastructure, and social housing. The team of thirty, network of experienced collaborators, and their clients all come to PAU inspired by a collective desire to palpably and positively impact the world.

Practice for Architecture and Urbanism's Vishaan Chakrabarti and Ruchika Modi on a guided tour of downtown Columbus with Community Curator and City Engineer Dave Hayward. Photos by Tony Vasquez

In partnership with Community Curator, Dave Hayward, City Engineer, Executive Director of City of Columbus Department of Public Works.

The City of Columbus was founded in 1821 and today serves as the county seat of Bartholomew County with a population of just over 50,000. The City received a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant to work with Exhibit Columbus, and focus on the cultural and economic development of its historic downtown. PAU will be focused on the public areas surrounding The Commons, which was designed by Koetter Kim & Associates and opened in 2011.