The NYC Department of Transportation Street Seats program is a seasonal project that reclaims portions of New York’s streets for much needed public space. Since 2016, Parsons School of Design has collaborated with the NYC DOT to design and build a public parklet through an undergraduate elective class offered by the School of …

The community has spoken! 2017 Street Seats is the grand prize winner of this year’s Community Choice. Congratulations to all the students and faculty involved in the project. Design Build Students: Reem Abi Samra, Katelin Collier, Javier Contreras, Russell Conway, Shaya Gansburg, Finn Harries, Charlotte Hoefer, Seung Chae Kang, Pranati …

In the third iteration of the BFA Architectural Design elective, a multidisciplinary team of New School students, including BFA Architectural Design, Product Design, Interior Design, and BA Food Studies students, together with graduate research assistants from Design and Technology and Lighting Design. Students created a multilevel planter and seating area …

Class group photo. Top (left to right): Carlos, Gabrijela, Michael, Charlotte, Maha, Alyson, Shaya, Huy, Javier. Bottom: Finn, Jeana, Pranati, Phil, Naiky, Reem, Seung, Katelin, Russell.   Congratulations to Design Build: Street Seats 2017 for receiving a Notable Mention in the Core77 Design Awards: Design Education Initiatives.   The 2017 iteration …

The Spring 2017 Design Build course, taught by instructors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, converted the parking space at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue into a parklet stocked with tables and chairs. The seating area is separated from the street by solar-powered bamboo lattice fence. …

The Spring 2017 Street Seats created by Parsons students in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation, is a multi-level planter creating an organic separation between the road and the sidewalk while providing six benches off the main frame. The structural framework is made from 360 pieces of vietnamese bamboo. …

In collaboration with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), the Design Build course of the School of Constructed Environments, taught by professors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, has developed this year’s Street Seats project for the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue. The DOT Street Seats program reclaims …

The Street Seats Design-Build Studio, an elective within the School of Constructed Environments, is off and running with the first design prototypes for the 2017 installation. These early schemes are in the process of being synthesized and refined into a final proposal. Stay tuned for the next iterations and prototypes. …

In spring 2016, undergraduate students from The New School’s Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, and Schools of Public Engagement collaborated with the NYC DOT on the City’s Street Seats initiative as part of the “Design Build” course. The Design Challenge: to create an innovative and inviting public seating …