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The Restorative City: Design Trust for Public Space announces triennial RFP winners

By Josh Niland|

Thursday, Sep 30, 2021

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Every three years, New York City’s Design Trust for Public Space publishes an RFP challenge that aligns with a chosen theme related to the Trust’s mission of promoting community needs through a lens of effective and impactful design.

This year’s theme, The Restorative City, addresses concerns of health equity in a city where life expectancies vary by twenty years depending on the economic and social conditions of the neighborhood. New York is still recovering from a tumultuous 18-month stretch in which it lost more than 30,000 citizens and saw heinous planning gaps exposed as a very avoidable product of natural disaster. 

With this in mind, the Trust has once again issued a call to action for New City’s urban planning and design professionals to address the pressing needs of the day using public health as a mandate. A look at how this year’s winners met the challenge is below.

WIP Collaborative, Restorative Ground, 2021. Courtesy of WIP Collaborative

The Neurodiverse City 
Lead Partners: Verona Carpenter Architects and WIP Collaborative

Entry statement: "Though we live in a neurodiverse city, the design of the public realm does not support the entire population and their range of physical, neurological, and emotional needs. In the wake of the isolation and trauma of the pandemic, it is urgent that our city spaces offer inclusive zones where all of us, including those with 'invisible disabilities' and sensory sensitivities, can come together and find restorative common ground. Through a research and co-creation process with local communities, this project will examine existing public spaces — such as playgrounds, streetscapes, and pocket parks — and propose new design guidelines to support the greatest range of physical and neurological differences."

Courtesy of Design As Protest

Healing Hostile Architecture: Design As Care
Lead Partner: Design as Protest

Entry statement: "Attempts to regulate 'undesirable uses and behaviors' have created hostile architecture, which negatively affects those suffering from housing instability. The project proposes to develop alternative policies to hostile architecture through the creation of new design models that are restorative and regenerative."

RELATED COMPETITION The Restorative City: Building Community Wellness through Public Space

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The Restorative City: Design Trust for Public Space announces triennial RFP winners

By Josh Niland|

Thursday, Sep 30, 2021

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Image: Design Trust for Public Space

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inclusive design ● design trust for public space ● new york city ● social justice
Verona Carpenter Architects
Verona Carpenter Architects

Every three years, New York City’s Design Trust for Public Space publishes an RFP challenge that aligns with a chosen theme related to the Trust’s mission of promoting community needs through a lens of effective and impactful design.

This year’s theme, The Restorative City, addresses concerns of health equity in a city where life expectancies vary by twenty years depending on the economic and social conditions of the neighborhood. New York is still recovering from a tumultuous 18-month stretch in which it lost more than 30,000 citizens and saw heinous planning gaps exposed as a very avoidable product of natural disaster. 

With this in mind, the Trust has once again issued a call to action for New City’s urban planning and design professionals to address the pressing needs of the day using public health as a mandate. A look at how this year’s winners met the challenge is below.

WIP Collaborative, Restorative Ground, 2021. Courtesy of WIP Collaborative

The Neurodiverse City 
Lead Partners: Verona Carpenter Architects and WIP Collaborative

Entry statement: "Though we live in a neurodiverse city, the design of the public realm does not support the entire population and their range of physical, neurological, and emotional needs. In the wake of the isolation and trauma of the pandemic, it is urgent that our city spaces offer inclusive zones where all of us, including those with 'invisible disabilities' and sensory sensitivities, can come together and find restorative common ground. Through a research and co-creation process with local communities, this project will examine existing public spaces — such as playgrounds, streetscapes, and pocket parks — and propose new design guidelines to support the greatest range of physical and neurological differences."

Courtesy of Design As Protest

Healing Hostile Architecture: Design As Care
Lead Partner: Design as Protest

Entry statement: "Attempts to regulate 'undesirable uses and behaviors' have created hostile architecture, which negatively affects those suffering from housing instability. The project proposes to develop alternative policies to hostile architecture through the creation of new design models that are restorative and regenerative."

RELATED COMPETITION The Restorative City: Building Community Wellness through Public Space

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