SUN-B10: Open Space Masterplan for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)

Sunday, October 29, 2023

2:00pm – 3:15pm CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Nancy Owens, ASLA, LEED AP

Principal
Nancy Owens Studio Landscape Architecture + Urban Design PLLC
New York, New York

Speaker(s)

Kate Belski, ASLA

Director, Landscape Architetcure
Grain Collective
Brooklyn, New York
Delma Palma, RA, AICP (she/her/hers)

Deputy Director of Design Services, Oversight, & Expediting
New York City Housing Authority
Jackson Heights, New York

This session presents the findings, implementation strategies, and community impacts detailed in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Open Space Masterplan, a groundbreaking planning effort undertaken by two landscape architecture firms that assesses 133 developments and provides holistic design recommendations for the largest public housing agency in the United States.

Learning Outcomes:

Gain an understanding of the methodology for conducting an Open Space Masterplan for public housing.
Learn how a large-scale masterplanning effort can balance the use of similar approaches and techniques across all sites with the unique needs of each site.
Learn what some of the most important landscape architecture practices are within urban public housing (i.e. stormwater management, heat mitigation, etc.).
Learn how designers can be advocates for this type of work.