Design Your City: A Case Study on Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground in Van Cortlandt Park

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The Design Your City case study will introduce students to research tools and methods used in architecture, urban planning, and design and give them a real-world design problem to analyze and solve.


This case study is part of the large New York: City Designed program run jointly by the Macaulay Honors College and the Design Trust for Public Space. Every spring, based on Design Trust’s real-world projects, a real-world design problem will be identified in New York City. This could include subjects like neurodiversity, public housing, green infrastructure, or historic preservation. Students will be asked to
research, understand, and propose solutions to these problems. The final case study will review proposals by students of how New York City’s environment might change for the better. City leaders will be present to comment and provide context on these solutions

All meetings will be held via Zoom on Thursday evenings and run for 90 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

4/24 - Introduction to Case Study

5/1 (3 hours; in-person) - Site Visit to Enslaved African Burial Ground at VCP

5/8 - Working Session #1

5/15 - Working Session #2

5/29 (3 hours; in-person) - Final Presentations

Please note that we are flexible with timing in the evenings if something is better or worse for students participating in the case study.

Free transit vouchers will be provided to students participating in the case study.

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