Testbeds

Testbeds initiative looks to reuse architectural mockups as public infrastructure.

This research and design project, begun in 2019 in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, looks at how to redirect materials across the city, using the byproducts of private development to bolster the public realm.

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.