Buscada

Buscada creates vital spaces for dialogue to foster more just cities
through art, strategy,
and research.

The new book is out!

The Cities We Need by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani is out now from MIT Press!

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

We help organizations hone their missions, align core values, plan strategically, support teams, engage communities and emerge with an actionable set of co-designed decision-making tools.

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CREATIVE PRACTICE

We use arts, design, and environmental psychology to create projects in neighborhoods that highlight hidden histories & spark public dialogue.

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NEW BOOK! The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places

“The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani is an expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. (MIT Press, 2024)

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The first book: Contested City

“Contested City: Art & Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area" by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
bridges art, design, activism, and urban history. (University of Iowa Press)

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Community Connections Cards

A tool for strengthening community relationships and building equity, created in collaboration with FABnyc.

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Imagined Geographies

An atlas from the minds of New Yorkers. If you could, where would you take me on a guided tour?

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