Testbeds

Testbeds initiative looks to reuse architectural mockups as public infrastructure.

Building off the legacy of community garden structures at large, and casitas in particular, the structure sits somewhere between a large tent, a small home or an outhouse and an open-ended piece of infrastructure which the gardeners can shape over time. Like many casitas, it is made of a variety of materials

Selected Press

Dining Sheds, Repotted, the New Yorker, July 2025.

US Building of the Week: Testbeds Pilot at The Garden by the Bay, World Architects, March 2023.

New York designers create garden structure from repurposed architectural mockup, Dezeen, March 2023.

New York, new architecture: how is the city changing with the times? the Guardian, February 2023.  

Testbeds recycles mock-ups once treated as construction waste into investments in public space, Architect’s Newspaper, May 2023.

Destined for the Dump, Construction Waste Gets New Life in the Garden, the New York Times, November 2022.