Jr. Architects

The Barnard Architecture + Design Summer Institute introduced the students to careers in architecture and other fields that contribute to New York City’s landscape. Program development and instruction by Lindsay Harkema and Elsa MH Mäki, Barnard College. Karen Fairbanks, professor of professional practice in architecture, described it, “In launching this program, we are offering young women in high school an opportunity to learn about how design and architecture shape the built environment through project-based learning, field trips, and opportunities to meet designers and others involved in this work." The program will be featured in upcoming volume Junior Architects: New Paradigms in Design Education (Park Books, 2026), Suzanne Lettieri and Anya Sirota, eds.