GROWHOUSE
the CORRIDOR
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PROJECT GOALS
In time for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and the 400 year anniversary of the first Africans brought to Dutch New Amsterdam, GrowHouse’s SBS Lighting Project - the CORRIDOR - reimagines what it means to commemorate place, memory, and belonging.
Rather than marking this milestone through traditional monuments, we’re illuminating the histories that are often forgotten, obscured, or erased - the stories of Black life, creativity, and resilience that have always shaped Brooklyn’s landscape.
In addition to its symbolic goals, the SBS Lighting Project aims to create safety and beauty along Malcolm X Boulevard through creative lighting installations that activate NYC DEP rain gardens, NYC DOT signage, and NYC Parks tree pits.
The design will be community-built, easily replicable, maintained, and integrated into a larger ecosystem of GrowHouse’s placemaking and design interventions.
moodboard
Interplays between shadow and light like Kara Walker and Deb Willis
Naming the unnamed
Rooted in Black cultural symbolism like Carrie Mae Weems and Rashid Johnson
Intricacy and craftsman ship of African artisans
Texture of African and African Diasporic materials
Sculpted and gilded like Barbara Chase-Riboud
- honoring Black history and culture
- reclaiming Black spaces in the face of gentrification
- honoring Black history and culture - reclaiming Black spaces in the face of gentrification
safety -
functional beauty -
cultural resonance -
safety - functional beauty - cultural resonance -
- ancestral stewardship - co-design - ecological integrity - anti-extractive process
- ancestral stewardship - co-design - ecological integrity - anti-extractive process
LOCATION MAP AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS COMING SOON
Key dates
July 21, 2025: Call for Design and Lighting Teams Opens
August 15, 2025: Submission Deadline at 11:59pm ET
August 25-26, 2025: Design Team Interviews
September 1, 2025: Design Team Notifications
September 8-12, 2025: Project Onboarding
September 2025 – June 2026: Project Implementation (Community Engagement, Design, Installation)
June 30, 2026: Project completed, including reflections and reports
