Before graduating, every planning student must participate in a two-semester studio course intended to apply skills learned in the classroom to the real world. Under the guidance of a project coordinator, student teams undertake a community-based project employing all of the same policy-driven research and development methods they will soon be expected to perform as professionals. It is the culmination of everything they have learned at Hunter. Read a brief summary of the 2014-2015 Studios.
STUDIO | 2022-2023
This plan seeks to redefine sanitation infrastructure in the public eye with its dual role as a state-of-the-art critical municipal facility and a beacon of the benefits NYC can provide its residents and the environment.
STUDIO | 2022-2023
In the face of a changed world, the studio identified these challenges and recommendations as a path forward for two of Westchester’s most important communities: the Cities of Mount Vernon and New Rochelle.
STUDIO | 2021-2022
This studio provides a framework to leverage the Bradhurst neighborhood's communal, cultural, public space, and environmental assets to begin to correct for racial inequities, public health issues, and climate threats faced by the community.
STUDIO | 2021-2022
PX Connects provides an assessment of existing conditions on the Prospect Expressway and proposes recommendations and implementation strategies to addressing local and regional needs for sustainable and equitable transportation, housing, and economic development.
STUDIO | 2021-2022
This project highlighted policies that would protect and expand a green industrial economy in New York City.
STUDIO | 2021-2022
This studio aimed to further existing plans to encourage sustainable infrastructure around Newtown Creek.
STUDIO | 2020-2021
Working on behalf of East River Park Action, this Studio sought to understand the shortcomings of the ESCR Plan as it relates to community engagement efforts, climate change, and COVID-19.
STUDIO | 2020-2021
This studio worked with Bricks & Mortals to examine how to help FBOs thrive in the NYC real estate environment.
STUDIO | 2020-2021
This studio developed a comprehensive planning report for integrating affordable housing and mass transit into selected Westchester County office parks.
STUDIO | 2019-2020
This studio worked with the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition to shine a light on the experiences of tenants in the housing court system.
STUDIO | 2019-2020
With a long history of helping marginalized people gain collective control of land, community land trusts are experiencing a wave of growth across NYC.
STUDIO | 2019-2020
The Vision for Complete Streets makes suggestions to NYC DOT for bike and pedestrian infrastructure interventions in Northeastern Queens (QCD-11) that will promote livability in the community.
STUDIO | 2018-2019
This studio focused on financial solutions that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was pursuing to reduce its capital budget shortfall.
STUDIO | 2018-2019
Using the NYC DOT carshare pilot program as a baseline, the studio developed recommendations for the future potential of carsharing in New York City.
STUDIO | 2018-2019
A revenue positive, 100-year vision of a waterfront redevelopment site.
STUDIO | 2017-2018
Assessing the potential of Stamford's Transportation Center serving as a multi-modal gateway and strengthening the City's role as a regional economic engine.
STUDIO | 2017-2018
NYC's severe lack of affordable artist housing creates a variety of impacts on the arts, culture and economy of our city. Our studio assessed ways the shortage is addressed, both in NYC & around the country.
STUDIO | 2017-2018
Our task: measure and quantify best practices in promoting social equality in real estate development. Read on to see how we did!
STUDIO | 2017-2018
A Proposal of Recommendations for the East Harlem Waterfront to encourage the development of Health,Culture,Resiliency, Ecology and Wayfinding in the East Harlem Community
STUDIO | 2016-2017
Currently experiencing a rebirth after many years of neglect, the North Shore of Staten Island is once again at a historic crossroad.
STUDIO | 2016-2017
Across the Yards offers solutions to reconcile the conflicting needs of students, office workers, and industrial businesses in East Long Island City.
STUDIO | 2016-2017
How can we - emergency preparedness experts, community organizers, public health professionals, housing advocates, urban planners, and concerned citizens - work together to bolster community resiliency as threats to community stability, health, prosperity increase?
STUDIO | 2015-2016
Working to elevate LGBTQ safety in public spaces through formal and informal actions, engaging all levels of government, facilitating coalition building, launching advocacy campaigns, and proposing design interventions.
STUDIO | 2015-2016
A suite of strategies that builds on Brownsville’s existing assets to improve public health outcomes in the short, medium and long-term for all residents
STUDIO | 2015-2016
Our proposal for an Eco-District tailored specifically to East Harlem that considers the neighborhood’s complex social and economic conditions.
STUDIO | 2014-2015
What would a regional network of hiking and biking trails in the New York metro are look like? Working with the Regional Plan Association, we explored the possibilities.
STUDIO | 2014-2015
Connecting the Point(s) — a community driven plan for the Hunts Point neighborhood — is the final outcome of a year-long planning process that has resulted in actionable recommendations to positively impact the community in the near future.
STUDIO | 2014-2015
Queens Boulevard has been a thoroughfare long enough. We think it’s time it became a destination. The measures we propose to design a better street are also ways to design more inviting neighborhoods.
STUDIO | 2013-2014
At Home in Brownsville re-envisions public housing as an asset for residents and the surrounding communities in one of the city's most disadvantaged communities
STUDIO | 2013-2014
Queens Tech Studio has created a comprehensive plan to foster tech growth in western Queens. They examined existing conditions and consulted key stakeholders to develop their recommendations.
STUDIO | 2013-2014
Working with the idea that documentary media can act as a powerful planning tool, the Living Rockaways studio partnered with the Integrated Media Arts Program to produce three short films that local activists can use to inspire discussion and action in the Rockaways.
STUDIO | 2012-2013
Working with a local environmental nonprofit, a community-based green infrastructure and waterfront access plan was created for East Harlem.
STUDIO | 2012-2013
This studio created a comprehensive vision for Port Richmond, Staten Island, which lays out a set of goals and recommendations for short- and long-term improvements in the community.
STUDIO | 2012-2013
Bridging Jersey City & Hoboken through the Revitalization of the Lackawanna Center. The studio’s client seeks to increase occupancy in the Lackawanna Center by repositioning the building as the focal point of the surrounding community.
STUDIO | 2012-2013
Blue Gowanus researched the potential for private residential lots to capture stormwater and reduce Combined Sewer Overflow events in the toxic Gowanus Canal.
STUDIO | 2011-2012
With an additional one million residents projected by 2030, this studio tackles housing policy and makes innovative recommendations at how NYC might attack the issue.