Parsons’ Street Seats, the Sustainably Designed Pop-Up Seating Space, Returns to Greenwich Village
Parsons School of Design’s Street Seats returns to Greenwich Village, providing a sustainably designed temporary public space on the northeast corner of 13th Street and 5th Avenue. Launched in 2015, the project is an opportunity for students from the School of Constructed Environments to design and build an outdoor space for our neighbors to sit, eat, people-watch, and socialize.
In creating this year’s Street Seats, the design team worked to address the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—and used feedback from the community to inform the design and provide a welcoming space for all our neighbors.
The seating area is crafted primarily from wood and a wood-engineered product called oriented strand board (OSB), which is manufactured using smaller, faster-growing, regionally located trees to limit carbon footprint. Taffeta material was upcycled to create the fabric canopy, and the stool toppers were created using cork.
We hope you will grab a seat and enjoy your morning coffee, read a book, or enjoy some people-watching at this unique space.
