Learn more about the League's effort to confront the root causes of climate change through a national design study that puts people at the center of a prosperous future.

The team developed data-driven mapping and zoning tools for informed decision-making that align library needs with other policy priorities, including affordable housing and disaster resiliency.

A kit-of-parts strategy deploys modular furniture and infrastructure for innovative programming in existing libraries and new, non-traditional sites, aligning library design with contemporary needs.

A portfolio of strategies uses branding and communication, innovative programs, and bold architecture to build a constituency of library advocates who leverage private and public investment.

Identifying spatial opportunities in underutilized branch library spaces, the team proposes six design interventions that can enhance each library's operations and efficacy.

A strategy of specialization fosters social cohesion by tailoring library programming to the unique cultural qualities of the neighborhood, solidifying the library’s role as community anchor.

A brief overview and images of the design solutions proposed by each of the five Re-envisioning Branch Libraries teams, coinciding with a design and policy symposium on December 4th.

A design study assesses the distribution of micro-units in residential high-rises to provide more rentable space.

For the Making Room design study, Team 8 designed housing for underused sites along the Grand Concourse.

For the Making Room design study, Gans Studio designed housing for the individual resident and the larger urban context simultaneously.

The micro-loft typology is designed to provide affordable housing for a growing and changing population in New York City.

For the Making Room design study, Stan Allen & Rafi Segal propose transforming commercial office space constructed in the 1960s and '70s into housing.