Projects

Launching Neighborhoods Now: Forward, a transition to long-term, community-led pandemic recovery on a wider scale.

A light installation to inform Gowanus residents about water quality in the neighborhood.

A community-led redesign of a public alley in Albany, NY.

Surfacing the work of emerging designers and tests new strategies to bring people together in public space.

Gowanus residents work toward the future they imagine for their community.

The Van Alen Council is a invitation-only community of leading systems-thinkers spanning the design professions.

Van Alen Institute launched Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, an international design competition that aims to spark a new public conversation about New York City’s infrastructure.

Together with the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), the Industrial Designers Society of America (ISDA), and the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY), we invited interdisciplinary industrial design teams to reimagine the iconic New York City litter basket.

Designing ways to adapt to sea level rise in Greater Miami.