thread collective | the resiliency problem-solver

by Mallory Budy | February 8th, 2016

Above Image: thread collective principals Gita Nandan, Elliott Maltby and Mark Mancuso. Photography: courtesy of thread collective and NYC Housing Authority As we move into February, perhaps the bleakest of all months, many of us are already beginning to fall off the wagons of new year’s resolutions we pinned ourselves to so religiously on January 1st. We might be battling winter blues, but that doesn’t mean we can’t daydream about ideal worlds of interior design and architecture. In 2016, an ideal world in architecture and design points to all things resilient – buildings and their interiors, public spaces, coastlines, transportation modes, and many other forms of urban planning. With more mega-storms and hurricanes forecast for coming years, and increasingly alarming reports from the scientific community warning about climate change, it’s now more important than ever that architecture and design communities infuse their work with resilient, sustainable elements that can help …