As cities shift and neighborhoods evolve, citizens are often confronted with rapid changes to the built environment. Rather than passively watch these changes occur, residents in many cities are taking an active, direct role in shaping the built environment of their communities. In DIY: Urban Interventions, AIA Seattle takes a look at REBAR, an interdisciplinary collaborative group of artists, designers and activists based in San Francisco who are using public art, site specific installations, and a variety of other tactics to reframe the discussion about urbanism and how we interact with the built environment. 

In addition, AIA Seattle will be displaying images from Seattle groups participating in Park(ing) Day, a one-day, global event centeredwhere artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks. Find out more about the Park(ing) Day space put together by AIA Seattle and Site Workshop here.