Projects

Supporting community leaders and designers as they activate NYC's public spaces.

Long-term, community-led pandemic recovery across four boroughs in NYC.

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

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

An international design competition that sparked 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.

A documentary series highlighting current debates about infrastructure.

Van Alen Report gathers expert perspectives on subjects that are redefining society’s relationship to cities.