Next New York reflects, comments, and speculates on New York City’s capacity to bring about new conceptions of city-making and collective cohabitation through architecture.
Mona El Khafif is an associate professor at UVA School of Architecture and Principal of SCALESHIFT a design research-based practice located in Toronto and Virginia. Her research operates at multiple scales, examining the interdisciplinary aspects of urban design, creative placemaking, urban prototyping, and strategies for the smart city.Seth McDowell is an associate professor at UVA School of Architecture and is a co-founding Partner of mcdowellespinosa architects located in Virginia and New York. His work, which explores architecture, art, and urban design as an artefact of material and construction experimentation. Other contributors Sharon Haar Matthew Jull Edward Mitchell Carrie Moore SHoP Architects Kathy Velikov and Geoffrey Thün Thomas Woltz
