Urban Design

DineOut NYC Project Commissioner/Creator Rockwell Group

Team Founder and President: David Rockwell, FAIA Leadership: Joan MacKeith and Matthew Winter, RA, LEED AP Project Manager: Diane Hang Nguyen Interior Designer: Katie Gillespie Team: Beth Bowles, Stephen Croke, Michael Dereskewicz, Logan Dumont, Liam Innes, Marvin Pelayo Lopez, Michael McCarty, Morgan Moore, Francisco Rocha and James Waterhouse Field Team Volunteers: Rockwell Group Staff Dining out and restaurants are an essential component of civic life. They provide us with places to gather with friends, family, and colleagues, and are drivers of economic activity in their communities. From small, everyday establishments to more formal venues for special events, restaurants attract people from the community and beyond, contributing greatly to the overall feel and ambience of a neighborhood, while creating foot traffic and gatherings that are the very fabric of New York City.

River Street Waterfront Project Commissioner Two Trees Managment Creator BIG & James Corner Field Operations

Team Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels & Daniel Sundlin Project Manager: Tony Saba Shiber Project Leader: Max Moriyama & Shane Dalke Team: Agla Sigridur Egilsdottir, Andreea Gulerez, Bell Cai, Bernardo Schuhmacher, Charlotte Chan, Christopher Tron, Danna Lei, Douglass Alligood, Jakub Kulisa, Jamie Larson, Janie Green, Ji-Young Yoon, Kevin Pham, Melissa Jones, Nicholas Reddon, Terrence Chew, Tracy Sodder, Xi Zhang, Yeling Guo, Yerin Won, Yushan Huang. BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixeduse development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could protect the shoreline from flooding. River Street Waterfront Master Plan was created by the duo for a plot on Williamsburg’s waterfront that is owned by developer Two Trees.

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Project Commissioner Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Creator Bjarke Ingels Group & WXY

Team Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner & Creative Director, BIG Claire Weisz, Principal-In-Charge WXY architecture + urban design (WXY) The primary focus of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) is to enhance Downtown Brooklyn’s position as a viable mixed-use commercial, cultural, academic and residential center through the implementation of a series of redevelopment projects and the administration of programs and services that promote economic growth and improve local business conditions and quality of life.