Join us at the Bond Street Bash 2026!

Bond Street Bash 2026

Thursday, June 4, 7–10 pm
Van Alen Institute
303 Bond Street, Brooklyn

Convene with Van Alen’s entire community to celebrate our shared values and work toward more equitable citymaking. Uniting architects, artists, activists, policymakers, and community leaders, Van Alen will recognize the achievements we’ve been able to make together. ​Please join us in this celebration of design excellence at Van Alen’s Urban Room.

For questions and details regarding sponsorship, student tickets, or artist rates, please reach out to Kate Overbeck, koverbeck@vanalen.org.

Each year, Van Alen honors community leaders, design partners, and changemakers aligned with our mission to create more equitable cities. Join us at the Bash to celebrate their vision, work, and impact.

NEXUS AWARD
Justin Garrett Moore
Program Director, Humanities in Place, Mellon Foundation

Justin Garrett Moore advances citymaking rooted in justice, inclusion, and shared power. He’s built the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program into a national force for equity, following 15 years shaping NYC’s public realm through city government. As he transforms the institutions shaping our cities, he consistently centers the voices, histories, and communities too often excluded from design. Justin’s leadership has redefined who design serves.

TORCHBEARER AWARD
Carla Swickerath
Principal, Studio Libeskind

Carla Swickerath has spent more than two decades leading some of the most complex and consequential architectural projects of our time, while advancing a design approach that emphasizes memory, community, and meaningful urban transformation. A longtime champion of Van Alen, Carla has brought a strong commitment to equity and community-centered design while challenging us to act with greater intention and boldness.

COMMUNITY CATALYST AWARD
Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez
Executive Director, Office of Street Vendor Services, NYC Department of Small Business Services

Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez shines new light on the immigrant communities that make our city vibrant. Her advocacy and legislative victories while leading Street Vendor Project paved the way for the newly-created Office of Street Vendor Services within the NYC Department of Small Business Services. We know Carina will lead this office with deep integrity and her longstanding commitment to all those who call New York City home.