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  1. N H D M

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    N H D M is a New York-based practice for design and research in architecture and urbanism, founded by its partners Nahyun Hwang and David Eugin Moon. The studio pursues an expanded practice of architecture and works across disciplinary borders engaging a wide range of scales and diverse modes of practice, from built design work to speculative projects and research. Each project uniquely investigating underexplored spatial concepts in the context of the cultural, political, and economic complexities of the contemporary built environment, the work aims to be introspective and analytic yet anticipatory.

    N H D M recently completed a 12,000 sf renovation of Nam June Paik Art Center, and the current projects include an 18,000 sf museum in Manhattan and a 7-story co-living prototype for marginalized youth combined with municipal educational institutions. The work of N H D M has been recognized through numerous publications and awards including 2020 Architectural Record Design Vanguard Award, 2019 Domus 100+ Best Architects, the 2018 AIANY New Practices New York award, the 2012, 2014, and 2018 AIANY Design Honor Awards, the I.D. Annual Design Review Design Distinction, and has been exhibited and presented at global venues including 2021 Venice Biennale (forthcoming), 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, the 5th and 6th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, and the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at 2014 Venice Biennale, the Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Center for Architecture New York, UMMA Stenn Gallery, and the Hartell Gallery among others. N H D M’s work has been supported by the Graham Foundation Grant and New York State Council of Art Grant.

    — nhdm.net

  2. David van der Leer

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    David van der Leer is a forecaster, strategist, researcher, and writer. In 2018, David founded DVDL after having worked and consulted with institutions, government agencies, corporations, and individuals for 15 years. DVDL is an agency of innovators and strategists working at the intersection of cultural analysis and human behavior. DVDL develops models and concepts that bring the future of communities, public spaces, and cultural institutions into focus by creating a greater understanding of how to guide those towards people and the issues they hold dear.

    From 2013 to 2018, David was the Executive Director of Van Alen Institute. This design nonprofit develops cross-disciplinary research, provocative public programs, and inventive design competitions to make cities better. Before repositioning Van Alen Institute, David created and curated the Architecture and Urban Studies program for the Guggenheim Museum from 2008 to 2013. David developed and co-curated the highly publicized BMW Guggenheim Lab at the Guggenheim, which traveled from New York City to Berlin and Mumbai in its own building. He curated projects like stillspotting nyc and exhibitions like Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward. In 2012, he co-curated the United States Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, and in 2011 he curated for the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. In 2010, The New York Times recognized David as one of ten promising curators of the next generation.

    -https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/david-van-der-leer/

  3. Future Expansion

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    Future Expansion was founded on the belief that the future provides us with the opportunity to constantly improve on the past, that previous solutions should not preclude new inventions, and that architecture and urban design are meaningful cultural tools in this endeavor.

  4. Ifeoma Ebo

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    Ifeoma Ebo is a Nigerian-American, Brooklyn-based Urban Designer, Planning Strategist, Artist and experienced Architect. With a career spanning two decades, she is renowned for her transformative work in urban landscapes, with a keen focus on equity and design excellence. She has significantly impacted urban design and development projects, partnering with prestigious institutions like the United Nations, FIFA, and the NYC Mayor’s Office. She is an Assistant Professor for Design & Sustainability at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York where she engages in research and teaches trans disciplinary courses exploring cultural, climate, and environmental justice. She has most recently received awards and fellowships from the New York State Council for the Arts, The Architectural League, Black Artist’s & Designers Guild, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Columbia GSAPP and United States Artists. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University, a Master of City Design & Development from MIT and a Certificate in Regenerative Practice from the Regenesis Institute.

  5. MODU

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    MODU aims to elevate the urban experience, linking people to their communities and neighborhoods to cities. Our idea of a new sustainability reimagines cities and buildings that foster new— at times physically distant— forms of being social while reducing our environmental impact. The social and environmental realms are intertwined.

  6. Peterson Rich Office

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    Peterson Rich Office is a Brooklyn-based architecture and design practice recognized for its cultural, publicly engaged, and social impact projects at multiple scales. Since establishing their firm in 2014, principals Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich have led a diverse team in realizing projects for leading clients in the cultural, residential, retail, and public sectors including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Shepherd Arts Center in Detroit, and the Pruzan Art Center at Wesleyan University.

    Our work with these foremost cultural institutions is focused primarily on enlivening the public realm, improving access and amenities, and introducing functional and flexible exhibition space. Through an ongoing 8-year partnership with the New York City Housing Authority PRO creates and conducts inclusive community design exercises that provide critical insights and recommendations aimed at helping to improve the country’s largest public housing program and is currently working to shepherd design excellence for NYCHA renovations across all five boroughs.

These projects have situated PRO at the forefront of a movement aimed at adapting established institutions to 21st-century needs.
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    PRO is a certified Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).

    — petersonrichoffice.com

  7. Office III

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    Office III is the architecture and design collective of Sean Canty, Stephanie Lin, and Ryan Golenberg. We are a practice composed of educators and designers based in New York, Cambridge, and San Francisco. Over the years we have valued a productive feedback between the collaborative model of OIII and our individual practices. The nature of these conversations have deeply informed the way we design spaces for collective engagement.

  8. BRANDT : HAFERD

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    BRANDT : HAFERD is a Harlem-based architecture and design studio. Their body of work includes academic research and a range of built projects – from the domestic to the workplace to the urban. Performance and Play, Abstract vs. Built Form, Nature and Territory, and the Individual vs. Collective are some of the interests explored in the practice.

    Haferd has worked in the offices of OMA/Rem Koolhaas and Bernard Tschumi Architects. He teaches at Columbia GSAPP and has taught at CCNY, Barnard, NJIT and Pratt Institute. Knapp has worked in the offices of Joeb Moore & Partners, and Richard Meier & Partners. She has taught at Columbia GSAPP, PennDesign, Barnard, NJIT and Pratt Institute.

    Trained architectural professionals with licensure in New York State; the studio has been exploring how interests in public space can operate at multiple scales through experimental projects since 2012. Haferd and Knapp were winners of the inaugural 2012 Folly competition held by the Architectural League of New York. Their work has been exhibited at various institutions including Storefront for Art & Architecture and AIA New York. The office has recently been awarded the grand prize in the ZeroThreshold competition with their accessible housing entry, “Side by Side.”

    — brandthaferd.com

  9. Agency—Agency

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    Agency—Agency is an award-winning architectural design studio directed by Tei Carpenter that pursues a better world through the transformative potentials of design. Based in New York City, the studio specializes in cultural, residential, civic, and public projects engaging design at multiple scales including environments, infrastructure, buildings, exhibitions, and furniture.

    Agency—Agency has been recognized with a number of awards including the League Prize by the Architectural League of New York (2021), New Practices New York by the American Institute of Architects (2018), included as a Next Progressives by Architect Magazine, and in Domus Magazine’s list of the Best 100 Architecture Firms (2019). The studio’s work has been exhibited internationally at the Museum of Modern Art, the Oslo Triennale, the Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Center for Architecture and the Venice Biennale.

  10. Wolfgang & Hite

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    Wolfgang & Hite is a New York-based architecture, design, and specialty build practice. Our team is composed of creative thinkers and problem solvers who boast hard skills in areas from architecture and licensing to fabrication and installation. Collectively, we have decades of experience across a wide array of industries, taking projects from concept to delivery. This makes us an agile and innovative collaborator.

    Our mission is to make the designing and building of a space as easy and seamless as possible. We work with our clients from start to finish, removing the necessity of any hand-offs or middlemen in the process. Past projects have focused on commercial spaces, curated residences, and large-scale art installations. We also work in custom object and furniture design and production.

    Wolfgang & Hite LLC offers design and fabrication services. Hite Studio Architecture PC is our architectural practice registered in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

    — wolfgangandhite.com