We are so excited to share with you that we have won the 2021 Design Trust for Public Space The Restorative City RFP!
In partnership with WIP Collaborative, our proposal The Neurodiverse City seeks to create more inclusive public spaces for all New Yorkers, including those with cognitive differences and invisible disabilities. We will be focusing on playgrounds, pocket parks, and streetscapes through a community-driven process in three phases: audits of existing sites, prototype installations, and design guideline publication. You can read more about it in the press release here. We can’t wait to get started.
Design Trust hosted a ceremony at Prospect Park to recognize the winning RFP proposals
About the RFP: Launched as an open call for proposals in spring 2021, The Restorative City is a major Design Trust initiative dedicated to connecting health equity with the built environment throughout New York City. Two winning projects – The Neurodiverse City by Verona Carpenter Architects and WIP Collaborative, and Healing Hostile Architecture by Design as Protest, were selected by a jury of city government officials and industry leaders from a short-list of eight finalists, who were drawn from an initial group of more than 90 proposals