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Epicenter

Public Housing, Practice, and Design

Innovative Housing

Prefabrication in the Public Realm

Streetscapes for Wellness

Women-Designed NYC Exhibition Opening

Art for New York Panel

Open House NY 2019

Prefabrication Roundtable Discussion

Shared Spaces DesignTalksNYC

Women-Built NYC

Reshaping Streetscapes

Open House NY 2018

Quality Affordable Housing AIANY Panel

Open House NY 2017

Excavating City Hall Park

Open House NY 2016

Designing Quality Affordable Housing

Design for Equity Panel Series 2015-2016

Open House NY 2015


Prefabrication in the Public Realm

Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 6 pm

Center for Architecture

536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012

Join us for a roundtable discussion to address the future of prefabrication in New York City, with a focus on how prefabrication practices can be applied to small-scale urban infrastructure projects to have a large public-realm impact. Speakers will touch on issues related to design and procurement, engineering and construction management, and site selection and logistics of prefabricated projects in New York City.

We are at a critical moment in the implementation of modular, prefabricated, and design-build processes in New York City. How can the current conversation surrounding these topics be expanded to address issues related to the public realm? How can the public and private sector join forces to unpack the key roadblocks currently in the way?

Please find video footage from the event here.

Introductions by:

Rebecca Macklis, Senior Urban Design Manager, NYC Public Design Commission

Laurie Hawkinson, Partner at Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects (SMH+); Professor of Architecture at Columbia University’s GSAPP; Commissioner, NYC Public Design Commission

Jon Cohen, Senior Policy Advisor to the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development

Speakers:

Michaela Metcalfe, AIA, CCM, LEED AP, Director of Design and Construction Excellence, Department of Design and Construction

Anthony Romeo, AIA, Program Director of the Queens Public Library Program Unit, former Project Executive/Director of Modular Home Design, Department of Design and Construction

Susan Rosenstadt-Bresler, Deputy Chief of Architecture & Engineering, Department of Parks and Recreation

Alan Price, PE, Director of Technical Certification and Research, Department of Buildings

James Garrison, AIA, Principal, Garrison Architects

Thomas Gluck, Principal, Gluck+

Eric Bunge, FAIA, Principal, nArchitects

Giuseppe Lignano, Intl.Assoc. AIA, Co-founding Principal, LO-TEK

David Farnsworth, PE, Principal and Americas Tall Buildings Business Leader, ARUP

Wolf Manglesdorf, Partner, BuroHappold Engineering

Moderator:

Laurie Hawkinson, Partner at Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects (SMH+); Professor of Architecture at Columbia University’s GSAPP; Commissioner, NYC Public Design Commission

This event is organized by the Public Design Commission of the City of New York, the AIANY Technology Committee, and Columbia University GSAPP.