During the fall 2011 CityVision semester, twenty-five students from Browne Education Campus and Takoma Education Campus learned about urban design, and explored the city. In collaboration with volunteers from the DC Office of Planning and the DC metro area, the students investigated and analyzed underused areas in Columbia Heights, NoMa, and the Navy Yard. They will present their plans for filling vacant lots of land to create denser, more vibrant communities.

CityVision instills in students that they can change the world around them and enact positive change in their lives and the lives of others through good design. As students explore neighborhoods, brainstorm solutions and accomplish projects together, they learn the importance of teamwork, problem solving, and advocacy skills.

For more information, please contact Outreach Programs at cityvision@nbm.org or 202.272.2448.

CityVision is supported by American Architectural Foundation; Bloomberg; the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; The William Randolph Hearst Foundations; and MARPAT Foundation.  Additional support for outreach programs is provided by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Clark Charitable Foundation; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.; Sunrise Foundation; and The Tower Companies, among others.