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Distinguished professors present a panel exploring the intersection of architecture, design, and pedagogy.

Brad Samuels presents at "Branching the Civic: The Architectural Agency of the Neighborhood Library" symposium to discuss SITU's work with the Brooklyn Public Library.

SITU discusses strategies for expanding arts access at Center for Architecture panel, "Turnout NYC: Building New Public Spaces for New York Artists," with the Design Trust for Public Space and Turnout Collaborators.

Turnout NYC Launches at Osborn Plaza in Brooklyn and The Alice Austen House in Staten Island for Turnout NYC’s inaugural season.

Presenting along with our design collaborators at HHL, SITU Partner Basar Girit shares a vision for redeveloping the visitor experience of this historic estate.

SITU presents to students in Rutgers University’s Department of Landscape Architecture, sharing current work and processes in each of our divisions, and speaking to how our multidisciplinary approach reinforces the creative and social impact of our work.

Andrew Emmet and Bora Erden introduce landscape architecture students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design to our Studio, Research and Fabrication divisions.

SITU’s Director of Design Katie Shima speaks with students from Sheridan College’s Interior Design Collective program, focusing on our craft and material processes, and the synergies between our Studio and Fabrication work.

As part of WORKTECH’s SMARTBUILDINGS Conference, SITU has convened a panel of experts to focus on how the hybrid workplace model is affecting the commercial districts, civic spaces and the place-based ecosystems of cities. The discussion explores how companies, developers and even city agencies can find opportunities for innovation, collaboration and social impact as workplace patterns evolve.

As part of the Architectural League of New York’s First Friday series, we are hosting a virtual tour of our practice and latest projects in studio, research and fabrication.

Director of Design Katie Shima, AIA, joins WORKTECH’20 to discuss the values shaping the post-pandemic workplace, and how they can serve as a framework for building a more resilient team and real estate strategy.

In a discussion organized by global engineering firm Arup, SITU shares strategies for wellness in architecture and how prototyping and experimentation enable rapid design development to support broader recovery efforts.

Alongside the Van Alen Institute and Bjarke Ingels Group, SITU explores how architecture and urban design can help NYC strengthen public health in the post-COVID era, and in the process, deepen the city’s resiliency for decades to come.

NYC Builds BIO+ hosts a virtual roundtable on how professionals across the life science, construction and real estate industries have shifted their businesses to crisis relief. As part of the discussion, SITU presents strategies for improving COVID testing centers and distributing them more broadly across the five boroughs.

Presenting at Center for Architecture alongside Rafael Viñoly Architects, SITU discusses how a prefabricated design approach facilitates flexible and innovative projects.

Our team won the People’s Pumpkin for our crank-powered zoetrope pumpkin at the Center for Architecture’s annual Pumpkitecture! competition.

SITU participates in a panel discussion about how architecture is amplifying the incredible work of Brooklyn Public Library, organized as part of the Center for Architecture’s Archtober event series.

Founding Partner Brad Samuels spends a week in Alaska, giving lectures about SITU’s interdisciplinary business model at cities across the state.

Director of Business Development Amy Parker joins a panel at NYC Builds Bio+ Real Estate Development to explore the shifting needs of workplace design for the life sciences industry.

This weekend, our custom benches designed for our Brooklyn Museum Visitor Experience are featured in BROOKLYN DESIGNS—a design fair spotlighting Brooklyn’s creative economy.

This April, partner Brad Samuels joins the Libraries as Places symposium at New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge to share our work with the Brooklyn Public Library to transform community spaces across the borough.

SITU cohosts the Cooper Union's Spring Trustees and Alumni Reception alongside fellow Cooper alumni and Brooklyn Navy Yard neighbor Crye Precision.

As part of the Spring 2019 Lecture Series at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture, Director of Research Brad Samuels presents the interdisciplinary work of SITU Research reflecting on the expanded agency of the architect and the implications of technology across different disciplines.

Partner Brad Samuels joins Harvard Graduate School of Design for a second year to unpack SITU's interdisciplinary approach to architecture.

Partner Brad Samuels discusses smarter placemaking within commercial real estate at WORKTECH18 San Francisco, a conference exploring the future of work and the workplace.

As technology is increasingly shaping our experience of the built environment, Partner Brad Samuels presents how SITU's interdisciplinary practice leverages digital and physical design methods to shape the built environment.

As part of their School of Architecture Lecture Series on ETHOS, SITU discusses the role of user empowerment in architecture projects.

We host a Workplace Wednesday tour of our fabrication shop and design studio as part of Center for Architecture's Archtober event series.

SITU joins the MIT Design Club for an overview of SITU’s interdisciplinary practice and a broader discussion on design-thinking as an opportunity for entrepreneurship and problem-solving across a wide range of industries.

Partner Brad Samuels presents SITU’s architecture practice at this Brooklyn-focused real estate conference.

Senior Project Manager Katie Shima presents at STEM Night on engineering within the architectural profession.

SITU’s Brad Samuels will give a lecture on SITU’s interdisciplinary approach to architecture at Harvard on Monday, November 27th. Sharing SITU’s story as an alternative firm model, Brad will explore how this nontraditional perspective has informed the firm’s output, staff and vision.

SITU’s Director of Design, Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny shares new approaches to updating and activating spaces within commercial buildings.

Forbes discusses the Museum of Craft and Design's exhibition on architectural pavilions, featuring some of our most experimental projects at SITU. 

Wes joins curator Mariah Neilson, Carmody Groarke, Do/Su Studio Architecture, IwamotoScott, Jay Nelson, and Warren Techentin Architecture for a panel on the Museum of Craft and Design's exhibition Architectural Pavilions: Experiments and Artifacts.

SITU's short documentary about artist Duke Riley's project, Fly By Night, will be premiering at Los Angeles' Architecture and Design Film Festival.

SITU Partner Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny participates in Crafting Technology: Handmade and Machine-made in Design Today, a panel organized by WantedDesign as part of NYCxDESIGN. 

This event invites leading architects, designers, engineers, scientists, teachers and more to speak about common sense—whether learning valuable lessons, investigating new technologies, or totally failing.

SITU joins a panel with R/GA to discuss design's role in shaping and responding to the future of work.

We were selected by the New York chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to design and fabricate their Awards for Excellence in Development.

Our L+ project to re-envision NYC libraries competes in SXSWedu's Learn by Design competition. 

Our "concrete pumpkin void" earned a "Pritzker Pumpkin" from the AIANY.