Sreoshy Banerjea appointed new Executive Director of NYC Public Design Commission
Sreoshy Banerjea, who graduated in 2010 from SoA-RPI, was recently appointed the new Executive Director of the NYC Public Design Commission by NYC Mayor Adams.
Sreoshy Banerjea is a former vice president of urban design for NYCEDC, where she has — for more than six years — been responsible for establishing and leading the Urban Design Unit housed within the Planning Division. She conducted urban design analysis, architectural and public realm studies, as well as advised internal staff and consultant teams on a variety of projects. She has helped shape consultants’ visions for renovation of EDC assets and large-scale master plans and vision plans, including Sunnyside Yard, Broadway Junction, Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, Downtown Far Rockaway, Inwood, and Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Masterplan.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Banerjea founded Design Corps, and formulated partnerships with AIA and NYCxDesign to create a network of 100 volunteer architects that assisted over 70 restaurants in design related to needs that had arisen during COVID-19.
Banerjea is a former Forefront fellow of the Urban Design Forum, as well as the 2021 winner of the AIANY chapter’s ‘Service to the City’ award, which recognizes those who have made tangible design contributions or participated in impactful collaborations with designers to make New York City a better place to live.
Prior to her public sector experience, Banerjea worked as an architectural associate with Rafael Vinoly and Dattner Architects on multiple award-winning civic and institutional projects.
Banerjea received a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s degree in urban design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also the founder of the Creative RFP Toolkit, a course that guides emerging and diverse architects to tell powerful stories in their proposals. Banerjea also serves as a board member for Architexx.
Banerjea will report to Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development Maria Torres-Springer.