Story Mar 21, 2019
Climate Council: The Expanding Design Challenges of Climate Change
Climate Change
We have been creating projects to tackle the impact of climate change for decades. Explore some of these design competitions and public programs:
Story Mar 13, 2019
Climate Council: Designing the Future of Food, Part II
Screening
02/11/19
Screening of Van Alen Sessions Season Five: Fireproofing the Future in California
Story Oct 05, 2018
Climate Council: Designing for the Future of Food, Part I
08/15/17
Van Alen Book Club August 2017: Silent Springby Rachel Carson
07/11/17
Van Alen Book Club July 2017: The Drowned Worldby J.G. Ballard
Story Jun 08, 2017
Forging Ahead Against Climate Change, No Matter What
Through our projects in vulnerable areas of the planet, we’ve witnessed the devastating effects of climate change. We’ve also observed firsthand the willingness—and even enthusiasm—achieved when communities come together around the same table, no matter their partisan divides, to develop creative solutions for protecting their cities, so that they too can find continued joy in their natural environments.
Public Discourse
04/21/17
Crossroads Conversations: Our Planet
02/21/17
Van Alen Book Club: How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Natureby George Monbiot
05/03/14
Scale It Up: Rockaways
Fast-Paced Presentations and Discussion
11/01/16
IN THE LAND BANK: BORROWING, BANKRUPTCY & BAILOUTS
Workshop
09/26/16
Launch of L-ternative Visions: Reimagining 14th Street and Beyond
Archtober Goes Nordic
10/19/16
Nordic Approaches to Creating Livable and Sustainable Urban Environments
10/13/16
Van Alen Book Club: Christodora by Tim Murphy
07/14/16
Memorials for the Future Workshop
Short Documentary Screening & Discussion
06/15/16
POWER LINES
03/22/14
Scale It Up: Asbury Park
05/08/14
Scale It Up: Bridgeport
11/06/15
BOOK LAUNCH: Heroic, Underdome, and Waterproofing New York
11/08/15
ESTUARY ESCAPE
Conversation
10/08/15
Shore Up
Presentations, Critique, & Celebration
10/15/15
Urban SOS: All Systems Go Finalist Event and Winner Announcement
03/23/14
Scale It Up: Staten Island
03/15/14
Scale It Up: Lower East Side
Curated Tour
01/29/14
Members Event: Curator-Led Tour of “Rising Waters: Photographs of Sandy”
Conversation
11/16/13
Let There be Night
Panel Discussion
11/17/13
Cities, Not Nations?