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The Design Trust for Public Space is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to improving the design, utility and understanding of public space in New York City. It was founded in 1995 by Andrea Woodner.
Process
[edit]The Design Trust solicits research and design proposals from public agencies and community groups that require activities or resources beyond the scope of their budget, expertise or institutional structure. Through an open Request for Proposals (RFP), one to three projects are selected every 18-24 months by an independent jury of public and private sector professionals from fields such as architecture, urban planning, public policy, journalism, art and design. Projects selected by the jury receive management, planning and ongoing advocacy effort from the Design Trust.
Following selection by the jury, the Design Trust nominates and provides fellowships to private sector design and other professionals who are at the top of their field to work directly with the partnering public agency or group. Most Design Trust projects result in a publication of findings intended to influence design practice or public policy, but may also culminate in an exhibit, a conference, or other public event. Projects have produced built work but only as a demonstration or pilot of more widely applicable design goals. In the broadest sense the outcome of Design Trust projects is a positive shift in the way New York's public space is created, managed, or used.
Projects
[edit]| Project Title | Partner | Fellow(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines (1995) | Brooklyn Public Library | Louise Harpman, architect |
| Diego Beekman Houses Design Workshop (1996) | South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation | Victor Body-Lawson, architect |
| Designing for Security (1997) | Art Commission of the City of New York | Meredith Kelly, researcher; Elizabeth Kennedy, landscape architect; James S. Russell, writer/editor |
| Uneasy Spaces (1997) | Elizabeth Felicella, photographer | |
| Designing for Children in Community Gardens (1997) | Children's Environmental Research Group | Bill & Mary Buchen, sonic architects; Kate Dodd, sculptor; Katie Winter, architect |
| High Performance Building Guidelines (1998) | New York City Department of Design & Construction | Stephen Campbell, architect; William Reed, architect |
| Intermodal Transfer at East 125th Street (1999) | Signe Nielsen, landscape architect | |
| Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies (1999) | Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association | |
| Achieving a Balance: Housing and Open Space in Bronx Community Board 3 (1999) | Bronx Community Board 3, Trust for Public Land | |
| Thresholds of Eibs Pond Park 1 (2001) | New York City Department of Parks & Recreation | Sandro Marpillero, architect; Linda Pollak, architect/landscape designer |
| Reclaiming the High Line (2001) | Friends of the High Line | Keller Easterling, architect; Casey Jones, architect |
| Thresholds of Eibs Pond Park 2 (2002) | New York City Department of Parks & Recreation | Sandro Marpillero, architect; Deborah Marton, landscape architect; Linda Pollak, architect/landscape designer |
| Reconstruction Report (2002) | Ted Byfield, journalist | |
| Photo Urbanism 1: The Edge of New York (2002) | Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, photographers | |
| Times Square: Streetscape Improvement (2003) | Times Square Alliance | Michael Fishman, urban planner |
| Long Island City: Connecting the Arts (2003) | Long Island City Cultural Alliance | Colin Cathcart, urban planner; Nina Rappaport, historian; David Reinfurt, graphic designer |
| Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003) | New York City Department of Design & Construction | Hillary Brown, architect; Stephen Campbell, architect; Steven Caputo, intern architect |
| Photo Urbanism 2: The Bridge Project (2004) | Jonathan Smith, photographer | |
| Sustainable New York City (2005) | New York City Office of Environmental Coordination | David Hsu, environmental designer |
| Designing the Taxi (2005) | New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission | |
| Photo Urbanism 3: Portrait of Jamaica Bay (2006) | Travis Roozee, photographer | |
| Taxi 07 (2006) | New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission | |
| Photo Urbanism 4: Out My Window (2007) | Gail Albert Halaban, photographer | |
| Reinventing Grand Army Plaza (2008) | Grand Army Plaza Coalition | |
| Park Design for the 21st Century (2008) | New York City Department of Parks & Recreation | Michele Adams, engineer; Steven Caputo, designer and consultant; Nette Compton, landscape designer; Tavis Dockwiller, landscape architect; Andrew Lavallee, landscape architect |
| Intersections: Grand Concourse Beyond 100 (2008) | Bronx Museum of the Arts |