Updates about our work
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant
We're happy to announce that the Uni Project is a recipient of a 2018 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant. Four large boxes of outstanding books just arrived to our office and will become part of pop-up reading rooms that we create across...
Uni open-air reading room to return to Washington Square Park in 2018
The Uni Project has been selected as a 2018 recipient of a Community Arts Grant from the Washington Square Park Conservancy, which will allow us to curate a special reading room for the park this summer and fall. Thanks to the Conservancy for partnering...
New program BUILD NYC deploys to Mott St in Chinatown
BUILD NYC is our new program that offers the public a way to build together and explore challenges in architecture, design, engineering and construction. On May 20, we brought BUILD to Chinatown for the Asian Pacific American Weekend Walk hosted by...
READ and EXPLORE return to Rockaways
On Friday, May 18, we brushed aside some tricky weather and deployed a portable reading room and EXPLORE science exhibit to a NYC DOT Weekend Walk, hosted by the Rockaway Business Alliance. Part of our approach to working in public space is to show up rain...
The Uni Project accepted into NYDesigns Incubation Program
We are pleased to report that the Uni Project will begin a residency at the NYDesigns Incubation Program starting on June 1. We'll migrate our office to a remarkable space in Queens with access to a fabrication shop, mentoring, and more. The move will help...
BUILD prototype launched at Design Walk Brooklyn!
Over the past few months, we've been working on a new installation that lets New Yorkers learn about the city's architecture, engineering, and construction, while building together with LEGO, Magna-Tiles, Imagination Playground Blocks, and more. Despite...
READ and EXPLORE land at Rockaway Beach Boulevard
On Saturday, May 11, we deployed a portable reading room and EXPLORE science exhibit to a NYC DOT Weekend Walk, hosted by the Rockaway Business Alliance. Thanks to our partners NYC DOT and HYPOTHEkids.
DRAW on Woodside Ave in Queens
On Saturday, April 28, the Uni Project deployed our DRAW program to Songkran Weekend Walk in Elmhurst, Queens, hosted by the Thai Community USA NYC. Thanks to our partner NYC DOT, and to Blick for a third year of art materials! DRAW is made possible at...
READ and EXPLORE on Staten Island
On Saturday, April 28, the Uni Project deployed our READ and EXPLORE programs to a NYC DOT Weekend Walk on Staten Island, hosted by the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation. Thanks to our partners NYC DOT and HYPOTHEkids! [ngg_images...