Eight architectural firms, two student architectural teams, six locations, 18 nonprofits, ten days, 2,000 attendees, thousands of dollars raised for charity, and eleven original designs for traditional sukkah shelters. This was Sukkah Village Princeton, a community event that blended architecture and social action.
Bringing attention to social issues impacting New Jersey and the nation, including homelessness, food insecurity, sustainability, affordable housing, and the struggles of refugees worldwide, high-profile architecture firms and two teams of student competition winners designed and erected eleven Sukkahs, representing traditional Judaic shelter, on public sites around downtown Princeton in September 2021.
Walking tours, a film screening, and family-friendly art projects comprised a ten-day event encompassing the Sukkot holiday, and featured the impact of architectural design in addressing critical social issues.
Nonprofit community and venue partners included: HomeFront NJ, Arts Council of Princeton, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, United Way of Greater Mercer County, Rescue Mission of Trenton, Princeton Community Housing, Send Hunger Packing, Arm in Arm, YWCA, Jewish Federation of Princeton-Mercer Bucks, Sustainable Princeton, Princeton Housing Authority, Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, Jewish Center of Princeton, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Trinity Church, JFCS, Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton Senior Resource Center, TJC Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Committee.