A collaboration with the Peruvian National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation to improve the social and environmental outcomes of the wood products sector in Pucallpa.

Status
Timeframe: 2022
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Strategic consulting with Government agency

One of our main contributions to our Cities4Forests network is the co-creation of opportunities for cities to “partner” with faraway forests in the tropics.

Status
Timeframe: 2018 - 2022
Budget: $1M
Process: Working with cities to fight climate change through conservation partnerships

This event brought prominent and diverse voices who are leading biodiversity conservation into a common space, and to connect these voices to leaders in business, finance, government and plural sector organizations

Status
Timeframe: 2022
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Pilot Projects designed and funded this side event to the pivotal COP15 in Montreal

Preserve a landmark, protect a rainforest, cultivate a global partnership. The Brooklyn Bridge Forest initiative will allow for one of New York City’s most important landmarks to be maintained sustainably in perpetuity—and pioneer an innovative model for other cities to follow.

Status
Timeframe: 2008-2020
Budget: $15M-$30M
Process: Collaborating with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Cities4Forests, Grimshaw Architects, Silman, The Municipal Art Society of New York, Natural Areas Conservancy, The Hudson Company, and others.

How can we bridge urban policy goals and forest conservation in tropical cities? Cities4Forests partnered with local municipal representatives, indigenous communities, architects and carpenters to exhibit the potential of eucalyptus wood to help cities like Quito restore their inner and nearby forests as trees are removed and native species reintroduced.

Status
Timeframe: 2019
Budget: NA
Process: Exhibited at the Jardin Botanico's International Orchid Exhibition in Quito, Ecuador from October 3-6, 2019.

This iconic street needed infrastructure upgrades, but it was critical that these be guided by a shared vision. Partnering with the Lower East Side Business Improvement District, we brought community groups together to create a plan for bicycle parking, street furniture, pedestrian plazas and tree plantings.

Status
Timeframe: Fall 2013 - Fall 2014
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Tree planting complete and construction underway

Leading cities partner with forests to combat climate change, protect watersheds and biodiversity, and improve human well-being

Status
Timeframe: Project initiated 2016
Budget: .
Process: Launch at Global Climate Action Summit, September 13, 2018

The world needs its forests. Local communities are on the front lines of conserving them. Youth are the future of these communities. What kind of exciting, innovative and rewarding work would incentivize young people to stay in, or return to, the places where this work is done?

Status
Timeframe: 2015 - present
Budget: $100,000
Process: Ongoing: Youth Visioning Workshops have been completed in countries around the world

A global community of practice exploring the use of sustainably-sourced wood to build city infrastructure, promote forest conservation, and enact climate change mitigation.

Status
Timeframe: 2015 - present
Budget: NA
Process: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 conferences completed. Publications, follow-up events, and 2019 conference planning underway.

Using participatory design and culture building processes, we achieved top-to-bottom green, lean, and people-first office solutions for this large and diverse nonprofit.

Status
Timeframe: Completed Summer 2015
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Sandbox strategy and planning with new office space design and custom furniture

Collaborative Workplace Design Strategy for Hearst Technology Team

Status
Timeframe: March, 2015
Budget: NA
Process: Balancing efficiency,culture and service for an improved technology workplace experience.

Parking garages that do nothing but store cars need to step up. We propose adding secure, staffed bike parking; solar-electric stations; a community roof garden; coffee; and more.

Status
Timeframe: Winter 2012 - Present: Currently seeking public funding
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Created a coalition of local organizations for co-design and strategic plan

Lose the “DMV-ness,” gain personality for a small mid-town theater company.

Status
Timeframe: Completed Summer 2014
Budget: $50K
Process: SANDBOX strategy and planning resulting in custom workplace redesign and buildout

This public plaza upgrades a space at the speedy and disorderly entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, building on the Essex Crossing development. A market will feature on weekends while the permanent implementation of street seats will create a resting area on off days.

Status
Timeframe: Summer 2013 - Present: Weekend Market debuts Spring 2015
Budget: $50K
Process: Worked with DOT guidelines and BID to diversify program

With an emphasis on drawing people together and encouraging interaction the ABS Collaboration Center was an exercise in co-design for co-work

Status
Timeframe: Completed Summer 2013
Budget: 100k
Process: SANDBOX design resulting in custom kitchen and meeting space

The bio-industrial armature we proposed for Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal used 40 shipping containers holding bio-remediation wetland plants and soil to clean sewer overflow waste water.

Status
Timeframe: Winter 2012
Budget: Undisclosed
Process: Awarded Honorable Mention for Urban Ecology

These park chairs were designed to smooth the Battery Park Lawn as people moved them around.

Status
Timeframe: Fall 2012
Budget: NA
Process: Submitted to "Draw up a Chair" Design Competition

On the streets of NYC our great drinking water goes largely untapped. We aim to change that with drinking fountains that part of daily life.

Status
Timeframe: Spring 2016
Budget: $9M
Process: Presented at @MASNYC Summit for New York City 2013

Our proposal for the LES BID explores ways to help very small businesses exploit an under-used site along an increasingly busy stretch off Rivington Street.

Status
Timeframe: Submitted Summer 2013
Budget: $1M
Process: Co-design and programming with Lower East Side BID

Students at the Interlochen Arts Academy learn to design with forests while conserving their future.

Status
Timeframe: 2019-2020
Budget: N/A
Process: Students at the Interlochen Arts Academy learn to design with forests while conserving their future.

A Gathering at the Exquisite Trough

Status
Timeframe: Oct. 2013
Budget: Budget
Process: Ideation, project management, construction and set-up

The nonprofit, charity: water, needed a complete overhaul to fit 30 more staff in their SoHo loft space. Our co-design process helped leadership explore solutions and negotiate shared and common space priorities. The result: an office that was able to increase density without sacrificing a thriving workplace culture.

Status
Timeframe: Completed Winter 2013
Budget: $50K
Process: SANDBOX strategy and planning with custom furniture design

Bowery Mission expands to serve Spanish Harlem. Pilot Projects hired to design ground floor community co-working space, help desk, and a professional services clinic.

Status
Timeframe: Completed Spring 2013
Budget: $200K
Process: Co-design of services and spaces

What if you could do more at an interstate rest stop than just rest? The Power Playground is a kinetic sculpture that uses your workout to power an air compressor.

Status
Timeframe: 2010
Budget: Estimated unit cost $20 - $50K
Process: In design development phase. Seeking funding partner

What a waste, what an opportunity! A project to identify, reclaim, recycle and restore New York City’s abandoned bicycles.

Status
Timeframe: Spring 2012
Budget: 100k
Process: In discussion with City officials, LES BID and cycling organizations.

Can a feral cat shelter in Central Park provide an opportunity for hands-on learning? Here is Pilot Projects’ contribution to the Architects for Animals annual charity event, hosted by Steelcase.

Status
Timeframe: 2013
Budget: $2
Process: Research based on extensive fort-building and wilderness survival training. Not seeking city approvals, but rather adventurous kids ready to build forts for cats in the park.