Project Description
In 1998, Parsons The New School for Design developed The Design Workshop — a pro bono program that connects graduate architecture students with not for profit organizations. The Design Workshop offers an opportunity — by invitation only — for students to work on a “live” design build project under faculty supervision — seeing it from conception to construction — in 90 days. (read more…)
The Highbridge Project was an adaptive reuse design and build that updated the WPA era facilities and made them accessible year round. The architectural interventions were made possible by a multi-year collaboration between the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and the Parsons Design Workshop. Parsons has since completed its third project with the City’s Parks & Recreation Department.Allen R. Phillips was honored to participate on the inaugural team (2011-2013) of this graduate level program as an undergraduate. His extensive marketing and communications background garnered him the additional honor of client liaison to the project’s stakeholders and benefactors: the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Douglass Durst of the Durst Foundation, and John Tishman who was selected to build the new University Center.
Design Workshop was discussed in the following publications:
Architizer
Dwell Magazine, May 2014
Domus, May 2014
Inhabitat
Dexigner, May 2012
Treehugger, May 2014