Walking past New York City construction sites may soon be a much more pleasant visual experience.
Unhappy with the current appearance of sidewalk sheds – the uninviting scaffolds that surround the city’s construction sites to provide protection from falling debris – New York’s Department of Buildings partnered with the AIA, Alliance for Downtown New York, New York Building Congress, Illuminating Engineering Society New York Chapter, Association for a Better New York, and other related organizations to host urbanSHED, an international competition for a better design.