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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


Quality Affordable Housing in NYC

Panel Discussion and Publication Launch Event

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 6 pm

Center for Architecture

536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012

Since Mayor de Blasio launched the Housing New York plan in 2014, New York City has greatly accelerated the construction of affordable housing. A number of these significant projects will be on city-owned property and will now come under the Public Design Commission’s (New York’s design review agency) jurisdiction. The PDC has traditionally been responsible for the review of public open space and institutional buildings but has limited experience in reviewing residential design.

In an effort to inform the Commission’s review of affordable housing developments, PDC staff has spearheaded an interagency research initiative focused on analyzing existing examples and best practices of high-quality affordable housing in New York City and in major cities across the United States and abroad. The PDC has partnered with AIANY and the Center for Architecture for the past year to facilitate this research. This collaboration has also included members from the Fine Arts Federation, the NYC Department of City Planning, and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development.

This publication will include New York City-based case studies and a brief history of the development of affordable housing throughout the city. The publication, titled Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing, will launch at a public program at the Center for Architecture organized in conjunction with Social Housing – New European Projects, on view through May 19, 2018.

The partners of the Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing initiative are launching a report that will synthesize and summarize research conducted to date on achieving affordable housing design excellence in New York City.

Please find more information on this event, watch video footage, and learn more about PDC's Designing New York initiative and Quality Affordable Housing database app.

Speakers:

City Officials:

Justin Garrett Moore, AICP, Executive Director, NYC Public Design Commission

Brian Baldor, Director of Design Strategy, BLDS, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

Claudia Herasme, Chief Urban Designer and Director of Urban Design, NYC Department of City Planning

Architect Presentations:

Carmi Bee, FAIA, Principal, RKTB Architects

Mark Ginsberg, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Fernando Villa, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Magnusson Architecture and Planning

Susan Rodriguez, FAIA, Principal, Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture • Design

David Danois, RA, President, Danois Architects

Dan Kaplan, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Partner, FXCollaborative

Manish Chadha, AIA, Principal, Ismael Leyva Architect

Discussion:

Les Bluestone, Principal, Blue Sea Development Company

Martin Dunn, President, Dunn Development Corporation

Frank Monterisi, Senior Vice President, Related Companies

Barika X Williams, Deputy Director, ANHD | Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development

Moderator:

Karen Kubey, Urbanist Specializing in Housing and Health; Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

Organized by:

AIANY Housing Committee; NYC Public Design Commission