STUDIO: REIMAGINING PUBLIC SPACE IN PANDEMIC AND POST-PANDEMIC NEW YORK CITY
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NEW YORK CITY OPEN STREETS PLATFORM AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURECLIENT: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION
Team: Tomas Carrillo, Hilary Ho, HaoChe Hung, Candice Ji, Jim Lammers, Fukunda Mbaru, Jillian Solomon, Kevin Tang, Varisa Tanti, Sofia Vala, Mia Winther-Tamaki, Theresa Yang
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This project was a four-month long urban planning studio. Our clients were the Office of Street Improvement Programs (OSIP) at the New York City Department of Transportation. After the Covid-19 pandemic, Open Streets and Open Restaurants became critical extentions of public space for the city. While they have provided a means of social connection during the pandemic, they have also created fault lines between the people that benefit from the programs and the people who don’t.Our team underwent a robust community engagement process that involved interviews, surveys, and community workshops to identify and develop a set of final recommendations four our client. Recommendations included a funding-grant structure, place-governance structure, a data dashboard, a modular "co-scapes" design tool, and updated open restaurants model.
My role consisted of using Figma to design a user interface for Open Streets volunteers, community members, DOT staff, and place managers to access information about Open Street hours, programming, and other data.
My role consisted of using Figma to design a user interface for Open Streets volunteers, community members, DOT staff, and place managers to access information about Open Street hours, programming, and other data.
