Compass Decal Design Competition Discussion

Navigating our city’s streets can be a confusing experience when travelling to unfamiliar neighborhoods for residents and visitors alike. Subway riders face a special challenge as emerging from the station to the street can prove disorienting to even seasoned New Yorkers. To help improve the situation, NYCDOT requested design proposals for orientation elements to aid pedestrians on route to their destinations as they exit from below grade subway stations or descend to the street from above ground platforms. Faculty from FIT, Pratt, NYU, Parsons, and Fordham engaged individual students and student teams to develop ideas for compass decals for sidewalks adjacent to pre-selected subway stations. Five proposals from each school will be on view at the Center for Architecture from December 9th through January 2009. NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will moderate the discussion of the design competition and resulting proposals. Speakers include: Marc Wurzel, General Counsel, Grand Central Partnership Sylvia Harris, Graphic Designer Mark Randall Center for Architecture | 536 LaGuardia Place; New York, NY 10012 FREE Register Here: http://aiany.org/calendar/rsvp.php?id=1006381