Book Launch: Value of Design

Book Launch: Value of Design
Thursday, February 12, 6:30–9 pm
303 Bond Street, Brooklyn

Join us for the launch of Value of Design: Creating Agency Through Data-Driven Insights. A collaborative research project by Andrea Chegut, Minkoo Kang, Helena Rong, and Juncheng Yang from MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, this publication examines how design quality shapes economic, social, and urban outcomes.

Hear from the authors about how design—when paired with data, analytics, and evidence—can create agency for communities, institutions, and cities. Learn how data-driven design methods can move beyond aesthetics to inform decision-making, governance, and equity in the built environment.

Event schedule

6:30 pm: Doors open
7 pm: Keynote remarks by authors
7:30 pm: Roundtable conversation
8:30 pm: Reception

Speakers

Moderator
Julia van den Hout, Original Copy

Authors
Minkoo Kang, MIT Center for Real Estate
Helena Rong, NYU Shanghai

Panelists
Diane Hoskins, Gensler
Marc Norman, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate