Yale Urban Design Workshop

The Yale Urban Design Workshop (YUDW) is an American community design center and clinical practice based at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut .[1][2][3][4] Founded in 1992, the YUDW provides a formal structure for faculty and students at Yale to engage in collaborative urban design, planning, and community development projects. The YUDW works with community-based clients in across the state to plan and design projects that respond to their needs.[5] YUDW also coordinate's Yale's Housing Connecticut clinic, working with regional non-profit housing developers to advance affordable housing proposals.[6]

Leadership

The workshop is currently led by Andrei Harwell, who serves as the executive director and is a Senior Critic at the Yale School of Architecture.[7][8] Harwell is the 2026 recipient of the Seton Ivy Award, for recognition of his community based work in New Haven.[9][10] The YUDW was founded by Professor Alan Plattus when he was Associate Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. Plattus continues to serve as the Founding Director and advisor.[3] He was inducted into the Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture's College of Distinguished Professors in 2026 partly in recognition of his work at the YUDW and Yale.[11][12] Previous faculty directors include architect Michael Haverland.

Notable projects

  • 2026 Greater Dwight Neighborhood Plan, New Haven, CT[13]
  • Hazel Street Houses
  • Resilient Bridgeport[14][15][16]
  • Thames River Heritage Park[17]
  • Jubilee Park, Norwich, CT[18]
  • Fort Trumbull Vision, New London, CT[19]

Awards and recognition

  • 2024 AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Award[20]
  • 2024 American Planning Association Special Chapter Award[21]
  • 2021 American Planning Association Connecticut Chapter Adaptation Planning Award, Resilient Bridgeport[22]
  • 2020 AIA Connecticut Excellence Award in Urban Design And Planning, Resilient Bridgeport
  • 2017 American Planning Association Connecticut Chapter Implementation Award, Thames River Heritage Park
  • 2017 AIA Architecture: The Encompassing Art award, Sustaining Fishers Island[23]

Publications

  • Harwell, Andrei and Alan Plattus.  “On the Waterfront: Piloting and Ways to Begin,” in Small Cities Co-Lab Booklet Series, Book 3: Waterfronts. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Small Cities Lab, 2026.     
  • Saket Malhotra, Alixandra P Rachman, Carmen Muniz-Almaguer, Annie Harper, Andrei Simon Harwell and Robert Dubrow. “Beating the heat in a low-income urban community of color: a qualitative study of coping strategies, barriers, and solutions.”  Environmental Research: Health, 1 October 2025. (link to article)
  • Harwell, Andrei and Alan Plattus.  “Performative and Representational Infrastructure: Its Role in Community Engagement and Empowerment for Resilience,” chapter in Resilient Urbanism.  Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2025. (link to chapter)

References

  1. ↑ "Yale Urban Design Workshop". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  2. ↑ "The Yale Urban Design Workshop | Yale Urban". urban.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  3. 1 2 zach (2023-11-28). "Yale Urban Design Workshop". Community Development Archive. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Yale Urban Design Workshop < Yale University". catalog.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Yale Bulletin and Calendar". archives.news.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Housing Connecticut: Designing Health and Sustainable Neighborhoods | Yale Urban". urban.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  7. ↑ "Andrei Harwell". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  8. ↑ "ANDREI — YUDW". udw.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  9. ↑ "Awards celebrate those strengthening the bond between Yale and New Haven | Yale News". news.yale.edu. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  10. ↑ "Ivy Awardee Andrei Harwell | Office of New Haven Affairs". onha.yale.edu. 2026-04-08. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  11. ↑ "DPACSA". Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  12. ↑ "2026 Architectural Education Award Winners". Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  13. ↑ Biao, Abiba (2026-04-29). "Dwight Looks To The Present, Plans For The Future". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
  14. ↑ "Team". Resilient Bridgeport. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  15. ↑ "Storm front: Yale center helps Bridgeport plan for climate threats | Yale News". news.yale.edu. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  16. ↑ Max (2023-04-09). "RESILIENT BRIDGEPORT". Rebuild by Design. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  17. ↑ "Yale Urban Design Workshop". www.thamesriverheritagepark.org. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  18. ↑ Grahn, Matt. "Feedback sought in developing Jubilee Park - the city's only downtown green space". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  19. ↑ Langeveld, Dirk; Staff, Patch (2011-10-02). "Yale Urban Design Workshop Issues Fort Trumbull Report". New London, CT Patch. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  20. ↑ "Interdisciplinary Course Addressing Affordable Housing in Connecticut Wins Architectural Education Award | Yale School of Management". som.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  21. ↑ "CCAPA Announces 2024 Planning Awards" (PDF). Connecticut Planning: 13. Summer 2024.
  22. ↑ "CCAPA Announces 2020 Planning Awards" (PDF). Connecticut Planning: 10. Spring 2021.
  23. ↑ "American Institute of Architects honors Yale Urban Design Workshop | Yale News". news.yale.edu. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2026-04-30.

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