Join us at the Museum of the City of New York for a fascinating conversation about the innovative micro-unit project in NYC that has captured the attention of the world.

Thursday April 18
6.30pm
Museum of the City of New York

In the words of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, “New York’s ability to adapt with changing times is what made us the world’s greatest city – and it’s going to be what keeps us strong in the 21st century.” To encourage that adaptation, in July 2012 the City of New York launched the adAPT design competition for New York City’s first building of “micro-apartments,” ranging from 250 to 370 square feet. The winner was “My Micro NY,” an innovative structure of 55 micro-units to be built on E. 27th Street in Manhattan.

Fred A. Bernstein, architectural critic and frequent New York Times contributor, will bring together: Housing Commissioner, Mathew Wambua; City Planning’s Urban Designer, Alex Washburn; architect Mimi Hoang, Principal and co-founder of nARCHITECTS, who created the winning design; and Nick Lembo, the winning design’s lead developer.

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What: Small + Shared = Green

When: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 from 6:30-8 pm

Where: The Museum of the City of New York – 1220 Fifth Avenue

Join us for a lively conversation with leaders who are spearheading a new approach to sustainability: Graham Hill, founder of treehugger.com and lifeedited.com will discuss his ultra-compact, elegant and green approach to urban living – based on his equation that less stuff equals more happiness. Paul Freitag of Jonathan Rose Companies, a leader in developing high-density, mixed-use, and affordable green housing in NYC, will present the details of their submission to the adAPT micro-unit pilot. They will then be joined by Michael Colgrove, Director of the NYC office of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for a lively conversation about this latest approach to sustainability.

Free accompanying wine reception.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers.

$6 Museum members; $8 seniors and students; $12 general public

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We are so excited to announce the launch of a raffle competition to win an exclusive, private dinner for four – served in the LaunchPad micro-studio at the Museum of the City of New York exhibit Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers!

Chris Bradley, Executive Chef of Danny Meyer’s Untitled will prepare a three-course dinner for the winner and three lucky friends.

The ‘MAKING ROOM…For Dinner’ will be held on
April 25 @ 7:00pm
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10029

Here is Chris Bradley talking about this amazing prize!

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Many millions of thanks to Chris Bradley and the staff  at Union Square Hospitality Group for this incredible donation. And squillions of thanks to Resource Furniture for organizing.

Tuesday January 22nd was an eventful day for CHPC! Not only did we celebrate the opening of our Making Room museum exhibition, in partnership with the Museum of the City of New York, with an unprecedented 1000 guests, Mayor Bloomberg also announced the winner of the City’s micro-studio pilot project at the exhibit and took a tour for himself! The press response was also overwhelming.

We are absolutely delighted that the Making Room exhibit is now open and will run until September 2013. We overheard hundreds of debates around the future of housing, regulatory reform, design and demographics at the opening party which made us very happy and invigorated for the year ahead.

Congratulations to Monadnock Construction, the Actor’s Fund and nArchitects for being selected to build the City’s adAPT pilot. A selection of submissions and the winning renderings will be on display at the Making Room exhibition.

We’re now launching a series of accompanying public programs at the museum, which begins on Thursday night, January 24th with ‘Living Small at Home and Abroad’. A panel of leading architects and designers from around the world to discuss the latest innovations in small home design.