Uni(wi)fied is a dialogical design and research project which aims to develop prototypes for community-designed, community-owned WiFi structures for residential and public spaces in Harlem. By engaging in collaborative knowledgebuilding and discursive design processes with residents, activists, and grassroots organisations, it aims to instigate self-sustaining, culturallygrounded internet infrastructure that centres and empowers residents.
Participants
CATHERINE AHN AND FABRIZIO FURIASSI
NEW YORK, USA
Catherine Ahn, Philadelphia, USA, 1983. Lives and works in New York, USA.
Fabrizio Furiassi, Rome, Italy, 1983. Lives and works in New York, USA.
Technical Collaborators
Rob Johnson, NYC Mesh (Electrical Engineer); Nick Lancellotti, Silman Building Equity Initiative (Structural Engineer); Eugene Rodriguez, Center for Justice Innovation (Workshop Coordinator and Community Organizer); Union Settlement Corsi Center (Workshop Host)
Team
Aboubakar Cherry, Mouhahmet Cherry, Karim Couser, Majay Howard, Serenity Mealing, Zebadiah Nelson, Angel Quinones, Angel Vera
Thanks
Victor Emumwen, St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church; Alisha Kim Levin, Van Alen Institute; Leslie Kuo, Columbia University GSAPP; Cheryl Smith, Manhattan Community Board 10
Supporters
The Architectural League of New York; Columbia GSAPP Incubator Prize, FabScrap; New York State Council on the Arts; Silman Building Equity Initiative
