AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee Meeting

The AIA New York Planning & Urban Design Committee is a platform for practitioners and communities to test innovative strategies and advocate for livable and equitable neighborhoods.

2020 Committee Themes and Goals
Topics are organized under program coordinating teams.

1.  Salon: A dynamic virtual and physical hub / community for dialogue and dissemination;

• Planning Day highlightsCommunity Design Challenge CDC – Focusing on what Covid revealed
  • Design Corps:  Shops and Restaurants
  • Visualize NYC / Charting NYC 2020: 16 Nov launch
  • New AIANY President – Reflection / Inflection
• Presentation:  Housing Density and Carbon Footprint  – Mark Ginsberg, FAIA, LEED AP
• Decentralization, Zoning and Congestion (DZC) sub-committee
• WTC+20 (Mark Strauss & Ernest Hutton)
• Design for Independence (cross-committee initiative)

2. Project New York: Project-specific platform for AIANY Planning and Urban Design advocacy and practice;

• Future Streets 2020
• Waterfront 2030: Upper East River – December 7, 4-6pm

3.  Policy: AIANY position papers on emerging planning and urban design issues in NYC and practice

4. Global Cities: Exchanges with and learning from districts and cities worldwide.

• Invited Speakers: December & January 

5. Committee Business