Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway
A resilience plan and comprehensive stormwater management design guidelines for the 14-mile-long Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.
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Chelsea Rooftop Terrace
An underutilized urban rooftop transformed into a lively outdoor oasis for dining and entertaining.
Gardens Rising
A feasibility study for the design and construction of green infrastructure in 47 community gardens located throughout the Lower East Side.
Greenpoint West Street Watershed: Phases I + II
100 right-of-way bioswales and greenstreets covering three sewersheds in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Henry Street Rain Gardens
An innovative water harvesting, retention, and filtration system at the Henry Street Settlement’s headquarters in the Lower East Side.
Phoenix House Courtyard
A calm and peaceful courtyard garden designed with and for teenage residents of this group home.
Community Action Plan for Grand Ravine, Haiti
A community action plan to reduce socio-economic exclusion, increase access to basic services, and resilience to man-made and environmental risks, while improving open space and housing quality.
Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew
A new green infrastructure network for the Church to capture, store, and recycle on-site stormwater, protect the foundation of the historic building from flooding, and sustain new public gardens and walkways.
With Pleasure: A Plan for Far Rockaway
Detailed analysis of Far Rockaway resulted in recommendations for beautifying the streets and sidewalks and diversifying economic activity in the downtown, attracting residents, visitors, and business owners from the entire Rockaway peninsula.
Flight 587 Memorial
A site of mourning and solace on the waterfront to commemorate the victims of Flight 587.
Freeport, NY Transect Site Analysis
An on-the-ground transect analysis of Main Street in Freeport, NY. The outcomes of the transect supported a “Community Resiliency Framework Plan” created by HealthxDesign in partnership with NY Rising.
Prospect Heights Brownstone
A sleek and elegant back yard patio for dining, relaxing, and entertaining.
Azuero Peninsula Residence
A sustainable landscape plan to revitalize a 25-acre private estate on the Panamanian coast.
Tilden Houses Landscape Approach
A toolkit to maximize both the environmental and social impact of the public housing campus by incorporating a combination of green infrastructure techniques and diverse outdoor spaces.
Meditation Garden
A temporary urban meditation garden draws visitors into a natural world apart from the busy street.
Brooklyn Brownstone Garden
A distinctive setting for outdoor play and entertainment behind a classic Brooklyn townhouse.
Pratt Towers Oxbow Park
Revitalization of a dormant and unused outdoor space for an affordable residential building in Brooklyn based on feedback from residents.
Mutual Redevelopment Houses
A courtyard renovation in collaboration with board members and owners, that includes basketball courts, light posts, benches, a fountain, signage, and lush swaths of plantings.
El Space
The first pilot project for The Design Trust’s “Under the Elevated” project, transforming an underutilized space under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park into a resource for the community.
Ecotones: Mitigating NYC’s Contentious Sites
An exhibition curated by Tricia Martin, showing how sustainable practices such as the collecting, cleansing, and reclaiming of water, can be used to mediate conflicting circumstances.
H209: Water Challenges for Coastal Cities
A collaborative workshop between five American and five Dutch landscape architects, architects, engineers, developers, and city planners for spatial planning and design solutions along the New York City harbor.
Dirty Cookies
An artist’s collaboration exploring the health of a community through the creation of dirt cookies.
East Hampton Residence
A landscape of multiple garden “rooms” with opportunities for colorful flowers, recreation around the pool, and an open space for entertaining.