Design Brigade is a program based in New Haven CT that connects design students to spatial problems in our city; rooted in values of equity, inclusivity, and transparency, we are creating collaborative solutions in our communities. 

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New Haven

In 2023, Design Brigade relaunched as a seminar at the Yale School of Architecture, co-taught by Dana Karwas, Elihu Rubin, and Ming Thompson.

Founded as a collaboration between Atelier Cho Thompson and Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Design Brigade launched in New Haven, Connecticut in 2020.

Multi-disciplinary teams made up of Yale undergraduates and graduate students research key conceptual questions surrounding changing social and cultural rituals facing the world. Guided by practicing designers and academics, the teams work towards built solutions. By serving and working with community clients, students develop design skills through real-world problem solving and will deliver plans that can be implemented.

 

Reach out if you’d like to learn more about the project.

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