Cheng+Snyder
Cheng+Snyder is a multi-disciplinary architecture studio founded by Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder in 2006 in New York. The firm produces work at a wide range of scales, from books to buildings. We are especially interested in projects that integrate new media and architecture. We believe in design as a medium to provoke fresh thinking about the status quo and to instigate public discourse about the built environment and the city.
Irene Cheng is a principal of Cheng+Snyder, and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the California College of the Arts. Cheng writes frequently on issues related to architecture and culture. Her articles have appeared in Frieze, Cabinet, 32BNY, and Surface, and she is coeditor of The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century (The Monacelli Press, 2004). She holds a an M.Arch from Columbia and a Bachelor degree in Social Studies from Harvard, and recently completed her Ph.D dissertation in Architecture History and Theory at Columbia. She is currently researching the history of utopian architecture in nineteenth-century America.
Brett Snyder, AIA is a principal of Cheng+Snyder an experimental architecture studio based in Oakland, California and an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of California, Davis. Snyder works at and researches the intersection of architecture, media, and graphics with a particular interest in urban spaces. Recent projects include Smart Sidewalks, a winning entry to the NYC Reinvent Payphones competition, Museum of the Phantom City an architectural iPhone app to view visionary but un-built architecture, and S.Alt City an interactive building mural in Syracuse, New York. Snyder’s award winning work has been exhibited internationally including the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale and SXSW. Snyder is a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts award and a Van Alen New York Prize Fellowship. Snyder holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie Mellon University and an M. Arch from the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Snyder has taught at several institutions including Columbia University, Cooper Union, Pratt, Syracuse, and University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Brett Snyder CV
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
Master of Architecture, May 2002
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, with honors, May 1995
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
UNIVERISTY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS. Department of Design, Davis, CA
Associate Professor. Teach graduate and undergraduate courses on a range of design related topics with an emphasis on the relationship between architecture and media. (2012-current)
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor. Teach graduate and undergraduate studios and give lecture course on digital media. Responsibilities also include academic and thesis advising as well as committee work. Research, courses,
and studios include subjects ranging from architecture and urbanism to representation and graphics with
a focus on new and emerging technologies. (2010–2012)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, School for Continuing Education, New York, NY
Coordinator and Instructor. Developed a three-week course introducing high school juniors and seniors to
architectural design in a studio environment. Recruit and coordinate teaching staff. Includes lectures,
critiques, jury reviews and evaluations. (2008-2014)
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Department of Industrial Design, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Assistant Professor. Developed several courses, including a year-long course focusing on graphic
and exhibition design for thesis-level undergraduate students and a year-long course on design methods
for first-year masters degree students. Courses included lectures, critiques, readings, jury reviews and
grading. (2006–2010)
PRATT INSTITUTE, School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor. Taught a year-long course focusing on drawing and visual communication for
first-year undergraduate students. Included lectures, critiques, jury reviews and grading. (2007-2008)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHENG+SNYDER, Oakland, CA
Principal. Work combines strategies of architecture, interactive, and graphic design engaging contemporary
political, and cultural issues. Projects span scales and media including commercial, residential, exhibition,
interactive, and print design. Recent work includes “Smart Sidewalks” a winning entry to Reinvent Payphones competition, Rethinking Wastewater, a public art project commissioned by the city of San Jose, and “Museum of the Phantom City,” a mobile media project (2006–present).
STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS, New York, NY
Architectural Project Manager and Graphic Designer. Worked on a design team for a 6000-square-meter
hotel near Vienna, Austria, on all phases from schematic design through construction administration.
Developed hotel signage. Worked on various projects including the Natural History Museum of L.A.
County and the Highline Competition. (2002–2005)
32BNY, New York, NY
Co-founder, Editor, and Designer. Co-founded an international journal of architecture with editors
including Michael Bell, Daniela Fabricius, and Steven Holl. Solicited and edited content, oversaw the
graphic design and production of journal. (2002–2006)
THE COOPER UNION, Center for Design and Typography, New York, NY
Graphic Designer. Collaborated in a three-person design team creating all print, web and exhibition
related publications for The Cooper Union. (1997–1999)
SWATCH LAB, New York, NY
Graphic Designer. Worked as a graphic designer in a six-person multidisciplinary design team to develop
two seasons of watch collections, packaging, and accompanying material. (1996–1997)
SELECTED PROJECTS
EXHIBITIONS / INTERACTIVE
American River Archive. Work exhibited as part of group show at multiple venues. Collaboration with Edward Morris and Susannah Sayler. Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento City Hall, and the Crocker Museum, July 2015.
THINKDAVIS, Installation at SOFA Chicago. Audience selection award, Chicago, 2014.
#SFOPENCITY, Installation design, with Claire Napawan, included in a curated group exhibition by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Institute of the Future, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2014.
Sit-Things, Curated and produced this exhibition including my students work at Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA, 2014.
Cavity Wall. Installation design for a curated group exhibition, Oakland CA, 2013.
Integrate: 9 Devices for Energy Efficient Building Design. Modular exhibition in collaboration with Daniel Barber, Philadelphia, PA. Exhibited both at University of Pennsylvania and Greenbuild, Philadelphia, 2013.
ReFrame. Installation in collaboration with UC Davis students. SOFA Chicago, 2013.
Museum of the Phantom City: Unbuilt San Francisco. iPhone application (updated release) with new content in collaboration with SPUR, San Francisco, 2013.
Museum of the Phantom City: Visionary Chicago. iPhone application (updated release) with new content in collaboration with Alexander Eisenschmidt, 2013.
S.Alt City. Interactive public mural, Syracuse, NY, 2012.
SU Showcase. Exhibition, Syracuse, NY, 2011.
Marcel Breuer and Postwar America. Exhibition, Syracuse, NY, 2011.
Being We the People. Interactive installation and website, National Constitution Center and National Museum of Afghanistan, 2010.
Museum of the Phantom City: Otherfutures. iPhone application, launch event, and website, produced with support from the Van Alen Institute, 2009.
Louis Kahn. Exhibition. The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2005.
Where Do You Live? Exhibition. Common Ground and the Architectural League, New York, NY, 2004.
URBAN / ENVIRONMENTAL
FOGWaste, San Jose. Public art project to promote best practices. Commissioned artwork and participatory design selected through an open public RFQ, 2013-ongoing.
Smart Sidewalks. Urban Proposal to international competition, selected winner, 2013.
Public Space 2.0. Interactive installation, Public Horizon competition, selected winner, 2011.
Graphitecture. Good Magazine and the Times Square Alliance, Proposal, New York, NY, 2009.
Utopian Re-mix. DDC competition entry, New York, NY, 2008.
Bik-on. Cityracks Design competition entry, New York, NY, 2008.
WTC Memorial Proposal. LMCC competition Entry, New York, NY, 2004.
Mall to Prison Inversion. Competition finalist, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture: Dead Malls Competition, 2003.
RESIDENTIAL
Traveleze. 140 SF mobile trailer home, Sausalito, CA, expected completion, 2015.
Sunnyside. 1500 SF renovation and addition, Oakland, CA, 2015.
Casahaus. 1000 SF Apartment renovation, Oakland, CA, expected completion 2015.
291 Clinton Ave. 3000 SF building renovation, cost: $300,000, Brooklyn, NY, projected completion 2012.
Garden on the Park. 1200 SF addition, cost: $350,000, Brooklyn, NY, on hold, 2015.
Studio/Studio. 2000 SF renovation, cost: $80,000, New York, NY, completed 2009.
Grand Street Combination. 2600 SF renovation, cost: $140,000, New York, NY, completed 2008.
Vadnai/Donohue residence. 1000 SF renovation, cost: $40,000, Brooklyn, NY, completed 2008.
Morningside Residence II. 1000 SF apartment renovation, cost: $65,000, New York, NY, completed 2006.
Writer’s Block II. 200 SF renovation, cost $10,000, Westport, Maine, completed 2007.
Writer’s Block I. 200 SF new construction, cost $25,000, Westport, Maine, completed 2007.
Chef’s Residence. 500 SF renovation, cost: $30,000, New York, NY, completed 2006.
Journalist’s Residence. Renovation, cost: $30,000, New York, NY, completed 2005.
COMMERCIAL
LaGuardia Salon. 1700 SF. Interior renovation, cost: $180,000, New York, NY, completed 2007.
20th Street Cafe. 1200 SF. Interior renovation, cost: $90,000, New York, NY, completed 2006.
AWARDS
Finalist, Rome Prize in Design Category, with partner, Irene Cheng, 2015.
Audience Selection, SOFA Chicago, for ThinkDavis, 2014.
Selected Semi-finalist, SXSW Eco Places Awards, for CitySink, 2014.
Selected Finalist, SXSW Eco Places Awards, for Smart Sidewalks, 2013.
Selected winner, Reinvent Payphones, Sponsored by the City of New York, 2013.
Selected winner, Public Horizon Competition, Sponsored by Studio-X, 2011.
Finalist, L.A. Forum Dead Malls competition, 2003.
Honor Award for Design, Columbia University, 2002.
William Kinne Fellows Memorial Traveling Prize, Columbia University, 2002.
Silver CASE Award for historical publication design, 1998.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
FOGWaste, $65,000. Towards Phase I prototypes to reduce FOG waste in San Jose, 2015-2016.
Davis Humanities Grant, $1000. To sponsor a symposium at UC Davis celebrating the release of Entr’acte, 2015.
Warren Hellman Fellowship, $19,000. To develop a media project around climate change in Oakland, CA, 2014.
FOGWaste, $20,000. To sponsor participatory design and artwork to reduce FOGwaste in San Jose, 2014-2015.
UC Davis, Travel award, $800. To present work at SXSW, Austin, 2013.
SOFA Chicago, $1000. To develop an installation with UC Davis students, 2013.
Connective Corridor, grant award $10,000. To implement QR code public art façade in downtown Syracuse. 2012
Syracuse University, Faculty Research in Architecture, $2500. Research QR codes for interactive façade. 2011.
UCLA Digital Humanities Institute. Summer residency with collaborator Jonathan Massey to develop project. 2012.
Kauffman Professors of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fellow, Syracuse University, To develop collaborations 2011.
Fellow in Architecture category, New York Foundation for the Arts, 2008. $7,500. To develop portfolio. 2008.
New York Prize Fellow, Van Alen Institute. $10,000. To develop mobile mapping project in New York.2008.
PUBLICATIONS
Invited, Submitted, or In Press
B. Snyder “Interior Landscapes” Interiors Beyond Architecture, D. Schneiderman and A. Campos (editors), Routledge, 2016 (invited book chapter in contract)
Napawan, N.C. and B. Snyder. “PoroCity: Networking Coastal Cities for a Changing Climate,” V. Weiss, (ed), Riverine Cities, Kent, UK. (submitted book chapter)
Simpson, S., Napawan, N. C., and Snyder, B. “Our Changing Climate: A Methodology for Developing Youth‐led Digital Narratives on Climate Change,” Journal of Arts and Communities, submitted September 2015. (submitted book chapter)
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. “City Sinks: Waste as the Subject of Public Art,” The Avery Review, submitted October 2015. (submitted)
Napawan, N. C., Simpson, S. and Snyder, B. “Our Changing Climate: Digital Networks for Community Resilience,” (submitted abstract)
Mediated Cities Conference, Submitted 1 September 2015. (submitted abstract)
Completed
Napawan, N.C. and B. Snyder. “Smarter Sidewalks/Changing Cities: Multi‐Scalar Approaches to Urban Resilience,” Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Annual Conference Proceedings, 2014. (published abstract)
Napawan, N.C. and B. Snyder. “PoroCity: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate,” Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), 2014. (published abstract)
Napawan, N.C. and B. Snyder. “PoroCity: Networking Cities for Changing Climate,” The Mediated City Conference Proceedings, 2014. (published abstract)
Napawan, N.C. and B. Snyder “City Sink / Sync City: A Multi‐Pronged Project to Engage Communities with their Vital Infrastructure,” Riverine Cities Conference Proceedings, 2014. (published abstract)
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. “City Sink: Wastewater as the Subject of Public Art,”Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), Annual Conference Proceedings, 2015. (published abstract)
Claire Napawan and Brett Snyder (peer reviewed). “PoroCity: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate,” Mediated Cities. Architecture, Media, Politics, Society. Fall 2014
Claire Napawan and Brett Snyder. “Smarter Sidewalks for Urban Resilience,” Riverine Cities. Fall 2014 (in press).
Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder. “The Hypercity that Occupy Built,” In: Entr’acte: Performing Publics, Pervasive Media and Architecture. Geiger, Jordan. Palgrave Macmillan. Fall 2014
Claire Napawan and Brett Snyder. “Smart Sidewalks.” In: Ground Up Landscape Journal. Issue 3, Spring 2014.
Brett Snyder, #Think Davis: Crafting Connections. SOFA Connect, September 2014. http://www.sofaexpo.com/project-design-2013/thinkdavis-crafting-connections
Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder, Translocal transmedia citizenship. Pages 141-150. In: Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence. Weisman, Ines. Routledge. 2013.
“ReFrame: Courtyard to Classroom at UC Davis” SOFA Connect, October 2013.
http://www.sofaexpo.com/project-design-2013/reframe-courtyard-to-classro...
Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder (peer reviewed) “Occupying Wall Street: Places and Spaces of Political Action” Design Observer, September 2012.
http://places.designobserver.com/feature/occupy-wall-street-places-and-s...
Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder (peer reviewed) “Mapping Liberty Plaza” Design Observer, September 2012.
http://places.designobserver.com/feature/mapping-liberty-plaza/35948/
Lori Brown, Anne Munly, and Brett Snyder, After Autopia: Visions for Light Rail in the Motor City, 2011.
Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder, “Museum of the Phantom City.” Urban Omnibus, October 21, 2009.
http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/10/museum-of-the-phantom-city-2/.
LECTURES, EVENTS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
South by Southwest (SXSW), Place by Design Eco Conference, “Big Data, Big Narrative,” 7 October 2015
American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco Chapter, Design Week Workshop, “#SFOpenCity,” 29 September 2015.
American River Archive. Media presentation with Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (invited). Crocker Museum of Art, July 2015.
Couch Surfing, Lecture (invited). Verge Center for the Arts, May 2015.
Transformative Walls. Digital Publication of S.Alt City on CODA Magazine, May 2015. https://flipboard.com/@codaworx/codamagazine%3A-transformative-walls-it6...
Entr’acte: Performing Publics, Pervasive Media, and Architecture. Organized symposium with invited guests, UC Davis, May 2015.
#SFOpenCity, Alternative media presentation with Claire Napawan. https://storify.com/sf_opencity/sfopencity, 2015.
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), Annual Conference, Manhattan, KS, “Our Changing Climate: Community Partnerships for Resilience,” and “City Sink: Wastewater as Subject of Public Art,” March 2015
Urban Media, Lecture (invited), Ohio State University, Landscape, November 2014.
Environmental Design Research Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, “Smarter Sidewalks for Urban Resilience,” and “PoroCity: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate” with Brett Snyder, June 2014
Mediated City, London, “PoroCity: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate” with C. Napawan, May 2014.
PoroCity: Networking Coastal Cities for a Changing Climate, conference presentation at Riverine Conference, Kent, England, June 2014.
“Crafting Connections.” Lecture (invited). SOFA Chicago, 2014.
PoroCity: Networking Cities for a changing climate, accepted presentation at Ravensbourne, London, 2014
“Intelligent Making: Contemporary Approaches to Design in Education.” Lecture (invited) SOFA Chicago, 2013.
“Smarter Sidewalks” Conference presentation (peer reviewed), Above the Fog, SEGD, San Francisco, 2013.
“Globalization” Conference presentation (invited), SEGD, San Francisco, 2013.
“#Map” Conference presentation, ACSA 101 New Constellations, New Ecologies, 2013.
“Crowdmapping Translocal Publics” MediaCities 2013, Buffalo, NY, 2013.
“Architecture 2.0” A Place for People guest lecture series, UC Davis Landscape Architecture Department, 2012.
“Relay: The Image of the City” Roundtable discussion at US Pavilion, Venice, Italy, August 29, 2012.
“Micro-Green,” Gallery talk, Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, New York, August 4, 2011.
“Breuer Exhibition,” Gallery talk, Syracuse University, Syracuse, March 24, 2011.
“Mediated Spaces,” Input/Output conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, October 8, 2010.
“Graphitecture,” Lecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, February 3, 2010.
“GOOD Design NYC II: New Ideas for New York,” Slide presentation, New York, December 3, 2009.
“Museum of the Phantom City,” WNYC/Urban Omnibus Meet-Up, New York, October 31, 2009.
“Museum of the Phantom City,” Scavenger hunt release event, Van Alen Institute, New York, October 3, 2009.
“Design and the Apocalypse,” Charette and event, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, October 10, 2008.
“From A-B.” Lecture, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, February 28, 2008.
“From A-B.” Lecture, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, March 1, 2007.
PUBLICATION OF PROJECTS (by others)
Nellemann, Christina, “Small of Fame,” Country Living, February 2015. http://tinyhouseblog.com/uncategorized/country-living-small-fame/
Koehn, Josh, "San Jose's Green Manhole Project proves Art is Dead," San Jose Inside, 11 March 2015.
Kim, Tiffany, “Art, Tech, and Urban Planning intersect at Open City/Art City” The Daily Californian. 9 October 2014.
http://www.dailycal.org/2014/10/09/open-city-art/
Walker, Alissa. “Tour Three Sites that Almost Gave us a Very Different Los Angeles” Gizmodo. 15 October 2013.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/10/tour-three-sites-that-almost-gave-us-a...
Pilaar, Dylan. “New History App Lets You Visit Places That Never Were” Curbed San Francisco. 26 September 2013,
http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/26/new_history_app_lets_you_visit_...
Garg, Ritu. “A New App for Discovering the City That Might Have Been.” SPUR Blog. 17 September 2013.
http://www.spur.org/blog/2013-09-17/new-app-discovering-city-might-have-...
Miller, Michael. "New York's phone boxes get new lease of life." BBC News, Business. BBC News, 21 Mar 2013. Web. 22 Mar 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21879392
Chafin, Christian. "Phone it in: Parsons groups win several categories in NYC contest to redesign public phones." NEW_S. The New School, 14 Mar 2013. Web. 14 Mar 2013.
http://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2013/03/parsons-groups-win-several-categ...
Emmino, Nicolette. "New York's phone boxes get new lease of life." Electronic Products Magazine, Hearst Business Communications, Inc., 13 Mar 2013. Web. 1 Apr 2013.
http://www.electronicproducts.com/Computer_Peripherals/Communication_Per...
W. David, Dunlap. "Up for a Vote, the Pay Phone of the Future." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 13 Mar 2013. Web. 14 Mar 2013. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/up-for-a-vote-the-pay-phone...
Steinhauer, Jillian. "New York pay phones’ new calling." Salon. Salon Media Group, Inc, 13 Mar 2013. Web. 14 Mar 2013. http://www.salon.com/2013/03/13/say_goodbye_to_new_york_payphones_partner/
"The Brian Lehrer Show: Payphones Repurposed." Perf. Rachel Haot. The Brian Lehrer Show. National Public Radio: WNYC, New York, 12 Mar 2013. Radio. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2013/mar/12/
"Reinventing the Payphone." Parsons News. Parsons the New School for Design, 12 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=23538dfdd815f8c7e12b75752&id=21c60cd...
"NYC Chooses Six Finalists in Reinvent Payphones Challenge." Designer Pages. Designer Pages Online LLC, 11 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://media.designerpages.com/otto/2013/03/nyc-chooses-six-finalists-in...
McHugh, Sharon. "Cast your vote." World Architecture News. World Architecture News Brighton Media Centre, 11 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.proje...
Szondy, David. "NYC Mayor announces finalists in Reinvent Payphones competition." Gizmag, 11 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.gizmag.com/nyc-reinvent-payphone/26560/
Walter, Alexander. "Six Finalists of NYC’s Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge." Architect News. Architect , 11 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://archinect.com/news/article/69277730/nyc-reinvent-payphones-design...
News Staff, "Six Finalists of NYC’s Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge." Bustler. Bustler, 11 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/six_finalists_of_nycs_reinvent_...
Tan, Tamara Kisha. "New York City Payphones Get Reinvented." Design Taxi. Hills Creative Arts Pte Ltd. , 10 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://designtaxi.com/news/356427/New-York-City-Payphones-Get-Reinvented/
A., Christian. "NYC to Redesign Payphones, Asks Facebook to Help Select Winner." Long Island. LongIsland.com & Long Island Media, Inc., 10 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://www.longisland.com/news/03-10-13/nyc-to-redesign-payphones-asks-f...
"Calling Up the NYC Payphone of the Future." WSJLive: Digits. Wall Street Journal Digital Network Live: 8 Mar 2013. Video. http://live.wsj.com/video/calling-up-the-nyc-payphone-of-the-future/2A07...
Palermo, Elizabeth. "NYC Design Contest Reinvents the Payphone." SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. TechNewsDaily, a TechMediaNetwork company, 9 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nyc-design-contest-payp...
"Roundup — Payphones,...." Urban Omnibus. Architectural League, 8 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://urbanomnibus.net/2013/03/the-omnibus-roundup-192/
"A Global Report." Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Columbia University, 8 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://ccgsapp.org/notes/2013/03/vote-now-and-often-smart-sidewalks-bret...
Queens Courier Staff. "City chooses payphone reinvention finalists." Queens Courier. Schneps Publications, Inc., 8 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://queenscourier.com/2013/city-chooses-payphone-reinvention-finalists/
Macguire, Eoghan. "Who you gonna call? New York reinvents the pay phone." CNN Tech. Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc, 8 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/08/tech/pay-phones-new-york
Mathias, Christopher. "'Reinvent Payphones' Design Challenge Winners Announced In NYC (IMAGES)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc., 07 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/redesign-payphones-design-chall...
News Staff. "NYC Announces 'Reinvent Payphones' Design Challenge Winners." GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY. e.Republic, Inc., 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.govtech.com/e-government/NYC-Announces-Reinvent-Payphones-Des...
Anderson, Lamar. "Can New York Turn Its 11,000 Payphones Into Public Smartphones?." Architezer News. Architizer LLC. , 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/78631/nyc-reinvent-payphones-de...
Daniel, Ionescu. "Reinventing payphones for the 21st century." Tech Hive. IDG Consumer & SMB, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.techhive.com/article/2030191/reinventing-payphones-for-the-21...
Hutchings, Emma. "Designers Challenged to Reinvent NYC Payphones." PSFK. PSFK, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.psfk.com/2013/03/nyc-payphone-design.html
Toor, Amar. "New York City announces six ambitious finalists in payphone design challenge." The Verge. Vox Media, Inc., 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/7/4074190/nyc-reinvent-payphones-challeng...
Haynes, David. "Video/Pix: NYC’s Reinvent Payphone Finalists." SIXTEEN:NINE. Vertical Media Consulting Group Inc. , 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.sixteen-nine.net/2013/03/07/videopix-nycs-reinvent-payphone-f...
"Can New York Turn Its 11,000 Payphones Into Public Smartphones?." Socializarq. Socializarq: Hablamos de Arquitectura, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://socializarq.com/arq/urbanism
Clark, Matt. "Designers Reinvent the Pay Phone with 6 New Concepts." IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. , 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/07/designers-reinvent-the-pay-phone-...
"NYC Announces 'Reinvent Payphones' Design Challenge Winners." Benton Foundation. Benton Foundation, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://benton.org/node/147375
Dorsey, Sherrell. "NYC Announces Winners of Design Challenge to Reinvent Payphones for the Future Read more: NYC Announces Winners of Design Challenge to Reinvent Payphones for the Future | Inhabitat New York City ." Inhabit. Inhabit, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://inhabitat.com/nyc/nyc-announces-winners-of-design-challenge-to-re...
Dickey, Megan Rose. "New York City Thinks Payphones Will Exist In The Future And This Is What They Could Look Like." Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc., 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-citys-payphones-of-the-future-20...
Dickey, Megan Rose. "New York City Thinks Payphones Will Exist In The Future And This Is What They Could Look Like." SFGate. The San Francisco Chronicle: Hearst Communications Inc. , 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/New-York-City-T...
Mandell, Nina. "THE PAY PHONES OF THE FUTURE." Fast Company. Mansueto Ventures, LLC, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.fastcompany.com/3006766/tech-forecast/pay-phones-future
Alberts, Hana. "5 Fantastical Designs for the Phone Booth of the Future." Curbed. Curbed Network, 7 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/07/5_fantastical_designs_for_the_p...
News Staff,."Winning Prototypes from Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge." Mike BLOOMBERG. MikeBloomberg.com, 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=41961C6D-C29C-7CA2-F2496...
"Mayor Bloomberg, Chief Information Officer Merchant and Chief Technology Officer Haot Announce Prototypes from Reinevent Payphones Design Challenge. " NYC.gov. The City of New York, 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c70...
Hillen, Brittany. "New York’s Reinvent Payphones project top six finalists announced." SlashGear. SlashGear, 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. http://www.slashgear.com/new-yorks-reinvent-payphones-project-top-six-fi...
Beekman, Daniel. "Thousands of city pay phones to get technological makeover after reinvention competition." New York Daily News. NYDailyNews, 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-payphones-futuristic-downright-o...
"New York City Asks Residents To Vote On Innovative Pay Phone Design." CBS New York. CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc., 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
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Hardawar, Devindra. "Smart Sidewalks: NYC’s Reinvent Payphones best functionality award winner" Venture Beat: VB. Venture Beat. 6 Mar 2013. Web. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
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COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Judge for SXSW Eco Places Awards, Austin, Texas, 2015.
Department of Energy sponsored Solar Decathlon, (co-PI) University of California, Davis. 2014-ongoing.
Peer reviewer for New Media & Society, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2014
Global Montessori International School, Berkeley. Voluntary consultant for playground renovation. Oversaw concept through implementation including soliciting and implementing community feedback, 2013-2014.
Arts and Environment Initiative: A Dialogue on the Theme of Water, California Lawyers for the Arts invited participant, 2013.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, voluntary consultant to selection committee 2012-2013.
Cruess Courtyard Planning, ad-hoc planning and design committee 2012-ongoing.
Youth Climate Impact Meeting, University of California, Davis, participant 2012.
DESIGN JURIES
Academy of Art, 2015
UC Davis Landscape Architecture, 2013
California College of the Arts, 2013
Academy of Art, San Francisco, 2012
City College of New York. 2005, 2008, 2011
Columbia University, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Cornell University, 2011, 2012
Parsons School of Design, 2006, 2007
Pratt Institute, 2004, 2007, 2009
Princeton University, 2009
University of Pennsylvania, 2007, 2008, 2009. 2010
Temple University, 2010
The University of the Arts 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Syracuse University School of Architecture 2010, 2011, 2012
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2010, 2011, 2012
Yale University, 2007
Collaborators
We wish to thank the following collaborators:
Kadambari Baxi, Ray Cha, Rama Chorpash, Jesse Ganes, Noah Keating, Jolie Kerns, Whit MacLaughlin, Claire Napawan, Liz Shearer, Brian Schulman, Deborah Tchoudjinoff, Guy Zucker