Concurrent Education Session

SUN-B09: Trash to Treasure—Wasteyard Modernization at New York Public Housing

Sunday, October 6, 2024

10:15am – 11:30am ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC

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

Lead Speaker(s)

Clare Miflin, AIA, LEED AP, Certified Biomimicry Professional (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
Center for Zero Waste Design
Brooklyn, New York

Speaker(s)

Runit Chhaya, ASLA

Founding Partner
Grain Collective Landscape Architecture & Urban Design PLLC
Brooklyn, New York

Session Guide
Juliette Spertus (she/her/hers)

Associate Urban Designer
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Long Island City , New York

This session presents the designs, implementation strategies, and community engagement developed for the wasteyard program of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Four hundred thousand residents live in campuses built on super blocks. Selected landscape architects asked questions like: “Can wasteyards be community assets?” And: “How do we leverage capital investment to create tangible social value?”

Learning Outcomes:

Gain an understanding of the methodology for planning for waste management in campus-style residential complexes. Learn how to incorporate waste management into master-planned communities.
Learn tools for stakeholder engagement around waste infrastructure. Learn how to balance uniquely responding to each site with using similar approaches and techniques across all sites.
Learn what some of the most important landscape architecture practices are within public housing (e.g., waste management).
Learn how designers can be advocates for this type of work.