PROJECTS

Design Trust creates research, design and planning projects that positively impact public space in New York City. Read more about what we do.

Call for Project Proposals

The Design Trust is now accepting project proposals on an ongoing basis. We are looking for research, design, and planning projects that will effect how public space in New York City is planned, designed, or used. Learn more...

2011 Photo Urbanism:
From Roof to Table
Creating a comprehensive photo essay of all forms of urban agricultural activity across the five boroughs

Making Midtown
Generating feasible strategies to support fashion design and manufacturing in the Garment District

Five Borough Farm
Developing policy recommendations and metrics tools to strengthen urban agricultural activity in NYC

Taxi of Tomorrow (2008-12)
Jumpstarted the creation of New York City's first purpose-built taxi

High Performance Landscape Guidelines (2008-11)
Created a set of sustainable guidelines for New York City's 29,000 acres of parkland

Made in Midtown (2009-10)
Created an open-ended, independent study of the value of the Garment District to the fashion industry and to the city as a whole

2011 Photo Urbanism
Creating a comprehensive photo essay of all forms of urban agricultural activity across the five boroughs

Making Midtown | Generating a roadmap to support fashion design and manufacturing, and guide future development in the Garment District

Five Borough Farm
Developing strategies, evaluation tools and policies to support urban agricultural activity on a citywide scale

Photo Urbanism 5: Same Time Every Day (2009-11)
Revealed moments of grace by documenting five distinct locations at the same time, every day

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008-11) | Created a set of sustainable guidelines for New York City's 29,000 acres of parkland

Made in Midtown (2009-10)
Created an open-ended, independent study of the value of the Garment District to the fashion industry and to the city as a whole

Intersections: Grand Concourse Beyond 100 (2008-10) | Envisioned the future of the Bronx and its grandest boulevard

Reinventing Grand Army Plaza (2008-10) | Generated new visions to transform this majestic Brooklyn crossroads

Photo Urbanism 4: Out My Window (2007-08) | Depicted the evolving New York City landscape from the windows of private homes

Taxi 07 (2006-10) | Activated innovation in New York City's taxi system through a large-scale public exhibition and a 10-year strategic plan

Photo Urbanism 3: Jamaica Bay (2006-7) | Documented the communities and natural beauty of Jamaica Bay

Designing the Taxi (2005-6)
Rethought New York City's moveable public space on the eve of its centennial

Sustainable New York City (2005-6) | Made the case for environmental sustainability in everyday municipal operations

Photo Urbanism 2: The Bridge Project (2004) | Documented the impact of bridges on neighborhood life

Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003-6)
Set new standards for environmental responsibility in street construction

Long Island City: Connecting the Arts (2003-6) | Created an identity for a vibrant arts and industrial community

Times Square: Streetscape Improvement (2003-4) | Made the "crossroads of the world" pedestrian-friendly

Photo Urbanism 1: The Edge of New York (2002-3) | Archived the transforming waterfront

Reconstruction Report (2002)
Captured a public record of the lower Manhattan rebuilding effort

Thresholds of Eibs Pond Park 2 (2002) | Created a prototype for ecological restoration through park design

Reclaiming the High Line (1999-2002) | Produced the feasibility study that jumpstarted the High Line's conversion from derelict railway to open space

Thresholds of Eibs Pond Park 1 (2001) | Engaged the community in ecological restoration