Grain Collective is a landscape architecture and urban planning practice dedicated to a rich design and planning process that incorporates research and collaboration from varied professionals and stakeholders to create successful, aesthetically pleasing and experientially diverse environments.
Through a robust commitment to empower, engage, and activate local communities in shaping their social and ecological environments, we actively seek out opportunities for participatory planning and design. With broad experience working in New York City and with a number of NYC agencies and local community groups, we have a clear sense of the many complexities that must be unraveled and decoded for any project. We believe in the value of collaborative work both within our team and with clients. We cultivate robust relationships with our partners and clients, developing their ideas into tangible, successful projects. Grain Collective is certified by New York State and New York City as a minority business enterprise.
How We Work
Our Services
Landscape Architecture
- Master planning for urban and suburban parks, streetscapes, public spaces and cultural developments
- Master planning, design documentation and construction administration support for large scale waterfronts and mixed-use developments
- Design and contract documentation a variety of project typologies including plazas, courtyards, green roofs, and recreational areas
- User needs and brief development studies
- Liaison and collaboration with government agencies
- Expertise LEED ratings and USGBC guidelines
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Urban Planning
- Stakeholder engagement and outreach
- Communications/education campaigns, including targeted graphics
- Master plan visioning
- Strategy development, programming, and phasing studies
- Urban typology and density studies
- Streetscape and public realm design
- Consensus-building, inter-agency coordination and public review processes
- Collaboration with government agencies, CBOs and institutions
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Our Team
Studio Staff
Dia Ager
Graphic Designer
Shweta Advani
Graphic Designer
Ziqing Chen
Landscape Designer
Shruti Deore
Urban Designer
Gea Ferrone
Urban Designer
Xue Gao
Landscape Designer
Andrew Henry
Landscape Architect
Aubrey Olson
Landscape Designer
Xiang Zhao
Landscape Designer
Our Clients
City and State Agencies
- DASNY, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York
- NYCDDC, New York City Department of Design and Construction
- NYCDPR, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- NYCEDC, New York City Economic Development Corporation
- NYCHA, New York City Housing Authority
- NYC OER / EPIC, New York City Office of Environmental Remediation’s Environmental Project Information Center
- NYSCA, New York State Council on the Arts
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Other
- Ahuja Partnership Architects
- All State Ventures
- Alpine
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Charney Companies
- CUNY, The City University of New York
- Dewberry
- Fogarty Finger
- FX Collaborative
- Gemini Rosement
- GRT Architects
- Hazen
- Hester Street
- Hudson River Park Trust
- Ismael Levy Architects
- NV5
- Plan A
- Prospect Park Alliance
- Red Hook Coalition
- Rochester Public Library
- Sam Schwartz
- SoBro
- Tonab
- Travos
- Trust for Governors Island
- Two Trees
- WXY