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Pedro Cruz Cruz

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My practice is community-centered and interdisciplinary, viewing culture through architecture, ecology, urban anthropology, and social practice art. It involves co-creation with individuals, collectives, mutual-aid organizations, and cultural and educational institutions, using art and design as advocacy tools for social justice, cultural preservation, and equitable communities through grassroots planning strategies and contextually informed projects that challenge marginalized narratives in our built environment and ecologies. My practice engages in iterative, politically, and culturally informed design, dedicated to exploring the spatial and aesthetic relationships of island being, climate resilience, and engagement in indigenous, anti-colonial, and anti-racist imaginaries.

Pedro Cruz Cruz is currently a lead designer and artist at Jerome Haferd Studio, designs include Sankofa, Aleia, and Storywalk 2024 in Harlem, NY as part of the Creativity Culture and Care initiative. Lead designer and builder for Teatro Estación Cultural in Tapachula, México (2021). His work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum (2021), and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2023). Selected art installation for the East River Esplanade's "Water Table" artwork (2023). Publications include Architecture’s Magazine "The Dark Matter Issue" (2023) and "(Dark) Notes on the Caribbean" (2023). Honors include Residency: Laundromat Project's Create Change (2022) and Social Practice CUNY (2021-22).

Featured Artwork

"The 32 foot circular structures incorporate a gathering space below striking fabric mesh canopies and a rotating “gallery” of community produced artwork. All of the installations included a signage and wayfinding scope of work." - Pedro Cruz Cruz
Pedro Cruz Cruz, Violet Greenberg, Tiffany Gonzalez, Gabriel Moyer and Jerome Haferd. "Aleia" Temporary Public Art Installation, 2024. Plastic Mesh, Steel, Wood, 32 feet long. Image courtesy of Anna Dave
Zoomed-out view of a computer 3D render. Red and blue pill-shaped objects float in water. The shapes get stuck to moss.
Pedro Cruz Cruz, and Carlos Acosta. Drifting Home: Seeds of the Caribbean, Temporary Public Art Installation, 2024. Stainless Steel, 5 x 7 feet. Renders by De Manera Isleña.
Detail of the Seeds of the Caribbean render. Red and blue pill-shaped objects float in water.
Pedro Cruz Cruz, and Carlos Acosta. Drifting Home: Seeds of the Caribbean, Temporary Public Art Installation, 2024. Stainless Steel, 5 x 7 feet. Renders by De Manera Isleña.
A small web-like plaza that allows people to sit on the terracotta colored sculpture.
Pedro Cruz Cruz, Gabriel Moyer and Jerome Haferd. "Water Table" Permanent Public Art Installation, 2024. Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), 35 x 12 feet. Renders by Jerome Haferd Studio.