Design Trust For Public Space Inc

Programs: Other general program services not stated on lines 4b, c or d that help accomplish the organization's mission.

future culture - $179,997 expenses with the unprecedented investment in staten islands north shore--$600 million in city funds and $1 billion in private equity, the local borough arts council staten island arts (si arts) recognized in 2012 the need for local artists and community members to have a voice in the rapidly developing waterfront. In 2014 design trust selected future culture: connecting staten islands waterfront project as an exploratory project? To create a replicable model of inclusive development using public art to link the cultural assets of staten island neighborhoods. Working with a cornell architecture and planning studio, design trust and si arts further identified potential sites and opportunities for public art and programming to create a better connected and improved public realm from st. George to stapleton. Through a community-led collaboration, the design trust for public space and its fellowslisa dahl (participatory art), ben margolis (policy), margie ruddick (urban design), and john schettino (graphic design)examined how art and cultural activities can enrich the public- and privately-controlled open space of staten islands north shore. The first issue of the? Future culture newspaper? Was published in december 2016. Quarterly newsletters apprised the st. George, tompkinsville, and stapleton communities and policy makers of the project findings, development news and elicited their input. In addition to the print version in english and spanish distributed across staten island, the newspaper was also made available online in other languages prevalent on the north shore, including bengali, sinhala, tamil, and urdu. In march 2017, design trust in partnership with staten island arts (sia), released the future culture initial recommendations with strategies for cultural activation, sustainability, and equitable economic development on the north shore at sias artspace gallery at urby in new stapleton. Five additional programs were held as part of this project: selection of two public art pilots, sonic gates and court yard fridays, from 50 proposals; a public exhibition opening, future culture: connecting people and place on staten islands north shore, highlighting six public art proposals based on the fc recommendations; a photographic exhibition by photo urbanism fellow gareth smit at alice austen house in september 2017; development of a cultural impact study, including economic analysis; and reconvening of the projects working group for six sessions. In summer 2017, sia selected two pilot projects, sonic gates, and court yard fridays, to test design and programming recommendations through public art pilots. Sia and design trust worked closely with the artists to develop these public art pieces and concert series to launch in summer 2018. These efforts will contribute to long-term strategies for neighborhood and cultural development, ensuring the social, ethnic, and economic diversity of the community for years to come.

under the elevated ii / el-space pilots - $91,364 expenses new york city has over 70 million square feet of space beneath elevated infrastructure throughout its five boroughs. Together with our project partner, the nyc department of transportation (dot) and two teams of fellows, the design trust developed the under the elevated i, and under the elevated ii / el-space: creating dynamic places under the elevated projects to transform and reclaim the neglected public space beneath new york city's elevated transit infrastructure for new uses and to reconnect communities. In 2015, design trust released the under the elevated i project publication at a press event featuring our partner dot commissioner polly trottenberg. The study spelled out sustainable and versatile ways to redesign and maintain the multi-jurisdictional public spaces beneath (el-space) and adjacent to the elevateds. The key recommendation was establishing dots el-space program. With our project partner, design trust continued work on the el-space project working with a team of fellowstricia martin (landscape architecture), quiliano riano (urban design), and leni schwendinger (lighting design)who developed several pilots to test various recommendations and to begin implementation of an el-space program for this complex network of elevated transportation infrastructure. Three el-space pilot sites included: sunset park in brooklyn, rockaways in queens, and long island city in queens. The el-space designs that offer and test creative solutions for? Three of the seven typologieshighway, trestle, and bridgeidentified in our? Under the elevated? Study. The first pilot in sunset park, in collaboration with? Industry city, located beneath the? Gowanus expressway? At? 36th street and 3rd avenue, will connect residents to the waterfront, increase environmental health, and enhance pedestrian safety for residents of sunset park and workers at industry city and adjacent sites. It will test urban design strategies, replicable lighting and green infrastructure, and inform a future dot capital project at the site, and other under the elevated locations citywide. From 2015 to 2017, the project team hosted a series of community workshops with key stakeholders and local high-school students and developed a design that balanced the many needs identified for the site. In august 2017 the design was tested in a three-day on-site mock-up event where community members and agency partners were invited to see how the various elements would perform when constructed. Based on this mock-up, the team developed construction documents for the pilot, which began installation in coordination with and permission from ny state dot. Completion would be in spring 2018. The second pilot in the rockaways, in collaboration with rockaway waterfront alliance, will test connecting the five-mile stretch between downtown far rockaway and beach 108th street under the a train. The goal of the pilot is to provide safe open space, biking and walking paths, and opportunities for youth employment, and to increase green infrastructure solutions while informing dots and nyc economic development corporations capital projects along a new transportation corridor for this underserved community in a low lying area, distinct from the board walk. In 2016, the project team identified a location for the green infrastructure component, a dunescape at beach 60th street station. In 2017 fellow tricia martin developed design concepts with the project team and installation documents for this dunescape. Rwa and design trust also spent the year coordinating with mta and dot and raising funds or seeking pro bono services. A third pilot site, originally planned for long island city, was explored as an alternative at staten island railroad prospect street station to improve the safety, environment and connectivity of el-space in stapleton and to inform a future capital project. Due to lack of resources and stakeholder interest, we returned to the lic site as the pilot site. Dot in-house staff in the el-space unit designed green infrastructure gabion planters and fencing to test another method of capturing stormwater and prototyping attractive street furniture and an el-space toolkit to improve these liminal spaces. The toolkit will identify these improvements and locations for their application in late 2018/early 2019.