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New York-based designers New Affiliates, in collaboration with architect and historian Samuel Stewart-Halevy, have launched Testbeds, an initiative to repurpose architectural mockups from large-scale development projects as shade structures, classrooms, and sheds for community gardens. The team is currently working alongside NYC Parks GreenThumb division on a pilot project at the Edgemere Coalition Community Garden in Queens.
With the site partner in place, Testbeds is seeking support, in the form of monetary and in-kind donations, to construct and maintain the pilot project at Edgemere Coalition Community Garden. Testbeds is also looking for partners and collaborators to assist in scavenging, researching, and constructing this and future projects.