Rockaway’s Housing Superstorm

During the fall semester, Ed led the Rockaway’s Housing Superstorm project with a team of 12 students and support from Harvard University Joint Center for Housing and RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity). The project focused on designing a new public realm and reimagining the future of housing on New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula. It was initiated by the Department of Landscape Architecture, with generous support from Prof. Gary Hilderbrand.

Through the semester several people joined, including: Shannon Mattern (University of Pennsylvania), Helena Rivera (A Small Studio), Deborah Helaine Morris (Columbia Climate School / NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation), Anthony Engi-Meacock (Assemble), Sam Naylor (Utile), Jane Wolff (University of Toronto), Kristin Baja, Rosetta Elkin (Pratt), Martí Franch Batllori (EMF), Larry Botchway (PoOR Collective), Tawkiyah Jordan (Habitat for Humanity / Loeb Fellow), David Luberoff (Joint Center for Housing), Steve Koller (Joint Center for Housing), and Rosalea Monacella (Harvard University GSD). While in New York City, others supported the project, including: Nani Kauz Apolo (WXY), Sam Stein (Community Service Society), Jeanne DuPont (RISE), RISE staff, Rockaway residents, Tanya Gallo and Andrew Meyers (Living City Project), Doug McPherson (Real Edgemere CLT), and Sofia Zuberbuhler-Yafar (Sustainability & Urban Design NYC DDC).