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Oculus magazine, AIA New York’s quarterly print publication, is an important means of asserting the identity and advocacy of architects in New York.
Oculus Winter 2024 cover
Winter 2024: Urban Ecologies

A publication of AIA New York, Volume 86, Issue 1.

On the Cover: Arverne East Nature Preserve by landscape architects Starr Whitehouse is a 35-acre site on the Far Rockaway peninsula in Queens. A multipurpose community center and gender-neutral public restroom, designed by WXY Architecture and Urban Design, can be seen to the right. Photo: Albert Vecerka/ESTO.

Table of Contents
New & Articles
2023 AIANY President Matthew Bremer, AIA and 2024 AIANY President Gregory T. Switzer, AIA, NOMA, NCARB
Letter from the Presidents
Looking Back, Looking Beyond
by 2023 AIANY President Matthew Bremer, AIA, and 2024 AIANY President Greg Switzer, AIA, NOMA, NCARB
Headshot of Oculus Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Krichels
Letter from the Editor
Ensuring Protected and Protective Urban Ecosystems
by Oculus Editor-In-Chief Jennifer Krichels
Contributors to This Issue
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At the Center
CFA Lab: Seeking Refuge and Making Home in NYC
Beyond the Center: The Bev
The preserve o  ers space to walk, meditate, and experience native ecologies just minutes from a dense urban community.
Street Level
Arverne East Nature Preserve
by Beth Broome
Lit Review
by AJ Kushner
Op-Ed: On Impactful Collaboration
Lee Altman, AIA, is the director of design management at SCAPE Landscape...
by Lee Altman, AIA
Op-Ed: As the City Adapts, Will Nature Guide Design?
Claire Weisz, FAIA, is an architect, urbanist, and educator. She is a...
by Claire Weisz, FAIA
Jesse Lazar headshot
New Year, New Action
As we welcome 2024, many in our communities are justifiably anxious about...
by Jesse Lazar, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIANY/Center For Architecture
Features
The design for Selldorf Architects’s CSO headhouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
The Gowanus Canal: Booming Test Bed for Climate-Change Adaptation
Yet it is also one of the most challenging places in the...
by James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus
At Triangle Park, Stoss introduced 400 individual new canopy trees on a one-acre tra  c island lot, former site of a petroleum and storage facility.
The Pathfinders
Urban ecology is, as of late, no longer a contradiction in terms....
by Anthony Paletta
An image of citizens hiking in a section of Brooklyn forest.
Cultivating the Urban Forest
New York City has roughly one tree for every resident. That’s a...
by Zach Mortice
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