Christine Giorgio
Co-Founder, DesignerFriends Making WorkBefore pivoting to architecture, Christine Giorgio was active in the NYC independent film scene as a director, producer and editor working across documentary and fiction formats. Her films have been recognized by international film festivals and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Giorgio’s design practice synthesizes narrative concepts with spatial design, employing experimental approaches to excavate material truths. She is an AIA Associate and also works with clients on commercial and residential projects. Recent projects include a hemp-lime thermal retrofit in NYC and a ground-up residential construction on Long Island's East End. Giorgio earned her M.Arch from Columbia University.
Reclaiming Power and Ground: Two Projects in Urban Repair
This talk brings together two projects that frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. Energ
…This talk brings together two projects that frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC by Andrea Johnson and Ashley Dawson examines how g
…This talk brings together two projects that frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC by Andrea Johnson and Ashley Dawson examines how grassroots coalitions are reshaping New York’s energy infrastructure, using design and visual practice to make struggles for public power, environmental justice, and democratic control visible. DEPAVE:
…This talk brings together two projects that frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC by Andrea Johnson and Ashley Dawson examines how grassroots coalitions are reshaping New York’s energy infrastructure, using design and visual practice to make struggles for public power, environmental justice, and democratic control visible. DEPAVE: An Ecological Repair of the Ground by Friends Making Work (Christine Giorgio, Amelyn Ng, and Gabriel Vergara) explores depaving as a strategy of designed subtraction, reimagining streets, sidewalks, and surplus pavement as sites for ecological resilience, social repair, and new forms of urban infrastructure. The projects will be on view at the Center for Architecture from May 7—September 2 as part of their Lab residency program, which elevates underrepresented perspectives in architecture and design.
In partnership with AIA NY
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