BUILD

Pop-up building station

BUILD is an installation of interactive building stations with playful materials and challenges that expose people of all ages to diverse works of architecture, design, engineering and construction. Elements include:

custom-designed, pop-up infrastructure for building together;
Lego, Imagination Playground blocks, MagnaTiles, and more;
self-guided activities contributed by architects, engineers, educators;
books on architecture and engineering;
staff and volunteers to facilitate.

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BUILD is traveling across New York City with a special focus on underserved neighborhoods where art and education resources can be scarce. Your donation can help us share these great materials in all neighborhoods of New York City.

Children playing with blocks on the table on the street.

Children playing with magnatiles on the street of NYC, on a triangular wooden table and plastic benches.

One big table on the street, with children playing with magnetiles and blocks.

Children playing with lego blocks and Magnatiles on the street.

A view of teenagers playing with colorful lego blocks on the street.

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People building with legos on a table in Times Square, NYC.

BUILD Supporters:

BUILD is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Laura B. Vogler
Foundation

Start-up funding for program development generously provided by The Laura B. Vogler Foundation.

BUILD In-Kind Supporters:

Blog posts about BUILD:

Building together on Doyers St in Chinatown

BUILD NYC is our new program that offers New Yorkers a way to build together, side-by-side, on the street. This weekend we landed on Doyers St in Chinatown (currently a temporary pedestrian plaza) hosted by our friends at Chinatown Partnership. Thanks to...

Building together on Montague St in Brooklyn Heights

Our newest program BUILD NYC landed at a busy street festival hosted by Montague St BID in Brooklyn Heights. Made possible with support from Montague St BID and also the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Thanks as...

Help bring opportunities for learning and creativity to NYC Chinatown this fall

Behind the bustle of commerce in Lower Manhattan's Chinatown is an immigrant community with residents less likely to have completed high school and more likely to be in poverty than the average New Yorker. Chinatown residents have also been chronically underserved by...