Panel: What a Way to Make a Living

What a Way to Make a Living:
Envisioning the potential of NYC’s Block by Block affordable housing plan
Thursday, November 12, 6–8 pm
303 Bond Street, Brooklyn

​As New York City advances its Block-by-Block agenda to construct 400,000 new and renovated homes across the city, this gathering convenes leading voices across policy, design, and development. Together, we’ll examine critical policy gaps around sustainability, infrastructure, and public space, and explore how housing plans can move beyond unit production to foster better forms of living.

Participants

• ​Annie Barrett, aanda (Moderator)

• ​Pamela Cabrera, Transsolar KlimaEngineering (Moderator)

• ​Arielle Hersh, Urban Homesteading Assistance Board

• ​Jenny French and Anda French, French 2D

• ​Daniel Roche, The Architect’s Newspaper

• ​Susanne Schindler, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

• ​Iziah Thompson, Community Service Society of New York

​This event is presented by the Van Alen Vanguard, a dynamic network of emerging design leaders. Annie Barrett and Pamela Cabrera are among the inaugural cohort developing public programs and exhibitions that reimagine designers’ roles in civic life and center equity, resilience, and local knowledge.