The Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), will award four fellowships in community organizing, landscape architecture, active design, and lighting design for Opening the Edge: Reimagining Green Space at Wald Houses.

Opening the Edge will create a prototype design for a lively public space at the edge of Wald Houses in the Lower East Side. The design will offer an engaging place for residents and strengthen connections with the broader community.

The Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with Staten Island Arts will award four fellowships in participatory art, urban design, policy and graphic design for Future Culture: Connecting Staten Island’s Waterfront.

Future Culture will experiment with ways for local artists and community members, area developers, and city agencies to engage in planning Staten Island’s North Shore waterfront together, resulting in a cultural plan and public art pilots. This project has the participation and support of NYC Economic Development Corporation and area developers including BFC Partners, Ironstate, New York Wheel, and Triangle Equities.

We announce the creation of the Equitable Public Space Fellowship Program to support the next generation of urban designers, architects, landscape architects, and planners in contributing to complex public space challenges in our global city. As the inaugural Fellow, the Public Space Fellow at the Design Trust will join our team for an intensive one-year fellowship to begin in June 2016, and end in July 2017.