On Thursday, March 22, a Stickwork sculpture designed by renowned artist Patrick Dougherty, was unveiled at the Chapman Green Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The sculpture is part of a project initiated by the Urban Core Art Project (UCAP) to revitalize the space, and Gibbs College of Architecture Urban Design Studio students have been coordinating placemaking efforts for the Urban Core Art Project.
“They organized the community volunteers working with artists Patrick and Sam Dougherty and helped build the piece,” said Shawn Schaefer, Urban Design Studio director. “In addition, they hosted a picnic at the park during the construction with music by the Klondike Bluegrass band and food by Bakery 66, a local food start-up.”
Learn more about the Urban Design Studio students' placemaking efforts in the video below.
Featured image from left to right: Urban Design students Robbie Wing, Daniel Jeffries, Ray Powell, and Katie Ulrey in front of Tulsa’s new Stickwork sculpture at Chapman Green Park.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
