Engaged Opportunity Grants
Sunrise Acres Senior Housing at Akwesasne
Environmentally and culturally responsive landscape architectural design for Indigenous community housing
In this project, faculty and graduate students are partnering with the Akwesasne Housing Authority (AHA) to explore how landscape architects can design environmentally sustainable, affordable housing that fosters, in the words of the AHA, “the physical, mental, spiritual and cultural growth of the community.” The Cornell team is collaborating with the AHA and other community partners to design boardwalk connections between adjacent wetlands and the senior housing complex, as well as siting a new community center.
Topics: Arts, Communication, Media and Design; Children, Youth, Seniors and Families; Culture, Language and History; Energy, Environment and Sustainability
The Team
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Kathryn Gleason, Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Andrew Berger
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Akwesasne Housing Authority
Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.