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Please join us for the third iteration of Community-Centered Design: Engagement That Creates Belonging, a two-day seminar with 3x3 on Wednesday, 6/3, 9am–Thursday, 6/4, 12:30pm: https://bit.ly/4v1qVO1 In alignment with its Belonging and Beyond initiative, AIA New York is proud to partner with 3x3 once again for this program that equips architects and allied professionals with tools, skills, and frameworks to lead inclusive engagement processes. Through a series of interactive modules and group work sessions, attendees will learn reflexive, co-creative practices that prioritize access, authenticity, and shared decision-making. Participants will walk away with confidence to foster inclusion, belonging, and care in the built environment. Speakers: Thomas Bond Jr, Engagement and Communications Designer, 3×3 Megan Marini, LEED AP, Principal, 3×3 Rajesh Sankat, Program Strategist, 3×3 Schedule: Wednesday, June 3 9:00–9:30 am: Welcome, Breakfast, Course Overview 9:30–10:30am: – Module 1: What Lenses Do I Bring? [1 LU | HSW] Positionality & Reflexivity 10:45–12:00pm: – Modules 2 & 3: Who decides and is involved? [2 LU | HSW] Power & Equity & Representation 12:00–12:30 PM: Group Reflection, Q&A, and Day 2 Preview Thursday, June 4 9:00–9:15 am: Day 1 Recap, Day 2 Overview, Ice-breaker 9:15–10:15 pm: Module 4: How is trust earned? [2 LU | HSWs] Authenticity, Transparency, & Accountability 10:15–11:45 am: Module 5: How do we remove barriers? [2 LU|HSWs] Access, Belonging & Care 11:45 AM –12:30 pm – Workshop Final Reflections, Commitments to Practice, and Course Close-Out

Please join us Friday, 5/29, 6–8pm for DEPAVE: The Ground as a Site of Design and Repair. RSVP: https://bit.ly/49BqJwj The ground is an often-overlooked site of design and repair. The thin crust of asphalt, concrete, and compacted urban soil beneath our feet covers most of New York City’s open space, multiplying heat in neighborhoods while severing water’s flow into the earth. These hard surfaces are unevenly distributed, building upon existing patterns of inequality and decades of green infrastructural disinvestment. Recognizing that cities are not only shaped by physical matter, but also systems, institutions, and social associations, this panel draws these relationships together across sites, scales and agencies. As part of the Center for Architecture’s programming for the CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces exhibition, this DEPAVE roundtable asks how incremental and intergenerational acts of subtraction, however small, can be drivers of infrastructural, ecological and social repair. What would it take to depave a portion of sidewalk, a parking lot, a freeway, an entire city? Speakers: Tricia Martin, RLA, Studio Manager, Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Urban Design Team Samuel Robinson, Landscape Architect and Co-Principal, Field Form Matthew Shore, Director of Planning and Development, South Bronx Unite

The annual Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture was initiated by the AIANY Housing Committee in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910–1972), an architect and NYC housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in the city from 1946 to 1972. The lecture series honors individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing and community design. This year's lecture honors MacArthur Fellow Majora Carter who will present "Transit, Talent, and Tomorrow: A Bronx Blueprint for Urban Revitalization." Join us Tuesday, 5/26, 6–8pm: https://bit.ly/49oZNzS Majora Carter brings her international leadership in urban revitalization strategy back to The Bronx in an inspiring talk about leveraging Transit Oriented Development, Talent-Retention, and pushing zoning and building codes for climate-adaptation and greater buildable square footage in an era of housing shortfalls. She pioneered green collar job training & placement systems, a green roof property tax abatement still in effect after 20 years, and a Rudy Bruner award winning park where there were once illegal garbage dumps. She went on to create The Startup Box, a 3rd space tech-inclusion social enterprise, and later opened The Boogie Down Grind cafe-bar named Best in the City by Time Out New York. She is currently building on her relationship with Amtrak to combine Right of Way property with adjacent smaller lots that open the door for greater possibilities where others see none. Speaker: Majora Carter, Real Estate Developer, Consultant, Author

What does it really take to design a building that keeps people safe—no matter what? Join Passive House Accelerator for Reimagine Buildings: Designing for Survivability—a virtual conference bringing together the projects, strategies, and practitioners shaping the future of resilient design. 🗓 May 15, 11:30am–4pm ET 📍 Online 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/e4gnYjHe

Headed to ICFF next week? Join us Monday (5/18) from 3–4pm for "Reclaiming Power and Ground: Two Projects in Urban Repair." Register: https://bit.ly/3QvnVu0 This talk brings together two projects that frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. "Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC" by Andrea Johnson, AICP and Ashley Dawson examines how grassroots coalitions are reshaping New York’s energy infrastructure, using design and visual practice to make struggles for public power, environmental justice, and democratic control visible. "DEPAVE: An Ecological Repair of the Ground" by Friends Making Work (Christine Giorgio, Amelyn Ng, and Gabriel Vergara) explores depaving as a strategy of designed subtraction, reimagining streets, sidewalks, and surplus pavement as sites for ecological resilience, social repair, and new forms of urban infrastructure. The projects will be on view at the Center for Architecture from May 7—September 2 as part of their Lab residency program, which elevates underrepresented perspectives in architecture and design. Moderator: Mark Gardner, AIA, NOMA, 2026 President, AIA New York; Principal, JAKLITSCH / GARDNER ARCHITECTS Graphic Design: WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll

Yesterday a jury of architects, landscape architects, and planners announced the winners of the 2026 AIANY + ASLA-NY Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards! Thirteen projects were selected, with Best in Competition awarded to the East Side Coastal Resiliency project by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Mathews Nielsen Landscape, and One Architecture & Urbanism (ONE). Congratulations to all! Convened by the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in collaboration with AIA Austin, AIA Miami, AIA Los Angeles, ASLA-NY, and ASLA Illinois, the biannual awards celebrate exceptional built and unbuilt projects in transportation and infrastructure by architects, landscape architects, and planners across the United States. The awards program recognizes design, innovation, and impact, raising awareness about the critical role that well-designed infrastructure plays in our cities, our communities, and our lives. Browse the winners here: https://bit.ly/4qMGuY0

Please join us this Thursday evening (5/7) for the celebration of three new exhibitions—CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces, AIANY Design Awards 2026, and Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety! RSVP for Spring Exhibitions Opening Night: https://bit.ly/4cOOd3g The evening will include remarks from each exhibition team as well as mingling and light refreshments! The exhibitions will be on view at the Center for Architecture from May 7–September 2, 2026: ▫️CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces The two projects on view "Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC" by Andrea Johnson and Ashley Dawson and "DEPAVE: An Ecological Repair of the Ground" by Friends Making Work (Christine Giorgio, Amelyn Ng, and Gabriel Vergara) frame repair as a collective, spatial, and political act—across energy systems and the urban ground. ▫️Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety This exhibition explores the houses of renowned Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) through the eyes of photographer Arjan Bronkhorst. ▫️AIANY Design Awards 2026 The 24 projects on view are the Honor, Merit, and Citation recipients in the categories of Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design, representing the exceptional work by AIANY members and architects practicing in New York City.

🚊 Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee next Tuesday (5/5) as they announce the 2026 winners of the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards, which celebrate exceptional design in transportation and infrastructure architecture by architects, landscape architects, and planners across the United States. Register* for the celebration: https://bit.ly/424lT6V *This is a wholly virtual event, you will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the program. The awards program recognizes built and unbuilt projects for their design, innovation, and impact, raising awareness about the critical role that well-designed infrastructure plays in our cities, our communities, and our lives. AIANY and ASLA-NY in association with AIA Austin, ASLA Illinois, AIA Los Angeles, and AIA Miami will also recognize projects that reflect a commitment to sustainability, community engagement, and civic architecture. Awards Jury: Lee Altman, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, SCAPE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DPC Cristina Ungureanu, AICP, Mobility Corridors, LA Metro Jennifer McConney-Gayoso, AIA Principal, Studio Mc+G Architecture Inc. Nicholas Pettinati, RLA, Deputy Director of Urban Design, NYC Department of Transportation Lisa Storer, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, SITES AP, ENV SP, Senior Vice President, Architecture and Design

🏙️ Join us for the inaugural Open Door Mentor Firm Fair, a new opportunity to connect, learn, and explore pathways into the architecture profession! This event brings together students and over 10 firms based in New York City. Join us Tuesday, 5/5, 6–8pm: https://bit.ly/41UvBZs As part of the Open Door Mentor program, the Firm Fair invites current mentors and firm leaders to engage directly with college and university students in an informal, conversational setting. Attendees will gain insight into firm culture, career paths, and the realities of transitioning from academia into professional practice. The Open Door Mentor initiative at AIA New York is designed to support students and emerging professionals as they navigate the often challenging shift into the field. By pairing participants with mentors, the program helps bridge gaps between academic learning and practice through guidance on portfolios, interviews, workplace expectations, and more. Light refreshments will be served. Participating Firms: Andrea Steele Architecture BarlisWedlick Architects BKSK Architects CannonDesign Curtis + Ginsberg Architects Dattner Architects Diamond Schmitt DLR Group Gensler Morris Adjmi Architects The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Shakespeare Gordon Studio Studio Officina

🏗️ 🥂 Today marks the groundbreaking ceremony for FXCollaborative's Arverne East Building D, a 320-unit, mixed-use, affordable housing project taking shape on an oceanfront site in the Rockaways. The project is a winner in the fourth round of NYSERDA's Building of Excellence funding pipeline for sustainable housing across the state. Located within both a designated disadvantaged community and a federal Opportunity Zone, the 360-square-foot project will serve households earning up to 100% area median income. The building's carefully considered angles and stepped massing are responsive to the resilient site topography and maximize terraces and ocean views. The design team drew inspiration from the early 19th century Rockaway seaside communities, echoing the materiality and tectonics of the beachfront bungalow structures, the tactility of the boardwalk, and the undulation of the dune-scape habitat. The building is designed to implement energy efficiency and resiliency measures including a district geothermal system, which will ease utility costs for residents of Arverne D and other residential buildings in the development while improving energy efficiency. Arverne D is designed to achieve Passive House certification through PHIUS and is developed by L+M Development Partners LLC. 🍃 Read more about the project's sustainability measures here: https://on.ny.gov/3O64JCA