STREET SEATS - DESIGN BUILD RESEARCH - Spring 2015 - Project Lead and Coordinator: Nick Brinen - NYC DOT Collaborator: Shari Glickman
Research Grant: Tishman Environmental and Design Center
The Street Seats program is a seasonal public space that reclaims portions of New York City’s streets for much needed public space. These public spaces generally include seating and tables for eating, reading, working, meeting a friend, or taking a rest. Through a grant from the Tishman Environment and Design Center, ten students and myself independently developed a proposal that provides thoughtful public space at the Northeast corner of 13th Street and 5th Ave. The 40ft x 6ft design incorporates the necessary seating and tables, but goes further to incorporate vegetation, graphic identity, outdoor exhibition space, and solar illumination. I personally coordinated the proposal with New School Facilities Committee, Community Board 2 (granted blanket approval after my 2nd presentation with them showing the success of this project, and The New York City Department of Transportation. Street Seats is now officially a course in the Temporary Environments minor for Parsons Undergraduate students.
Student Team: Sean Barbe, Elysia Belilove, Sean Jones, Preet Kalra, Michelle Misciagno, Aura Phongsirivech, Mark Rakhmanov, Aditi Shetye