Our Project is You

Ennead Lab (e-Lab) is a research, development, and advocacy initiative of Ennead.

Our mission is to advance critical narratives, ideas, and processes in support of a just and lasting world.

We develop theories, tools, and objects that contribute to a larger discourse around architectural and urban spaces and inform our own practice.

We support multidisciplinary collaborations working to solve relevant and transcending issues.

We do it for our collective future.

Projects

The Starter Home

Can 3D-printing technology play a role in addressing the housing crisis?

The Soundview Economic Hub

Can space under an expressway be activated to improve the community it runs through?

Community Engagement, Alta Community Center

How do you design a process for building community?

Fostering Resilient Ecological Development, Hastings-on-Hudson Waterfront Vision Study

Can we build smarter at the water’s edge?

Rethinking Refugee Communities

Can refugees improve existing cities?

Self-Shading IGU

Can glass shade itself?

Fostering Resilient Ecological Development, Far Rockaway Queens

Can we build smarter at the water’s edge?

The Water Alert and Testing Resource (WALTER)

What if our water infrastructure could talk?

Decarbonized Reef Cities

What if we reimagine a world through architecture that lives symbiotically with its surroundings?

Lewan Lamp

How is 3-D printing impacting form making?

The Park Avenue Creative Workspace Pavilions

How do we revitalize a storied New York City boulevard through the pairing of culture and commerce?

The Waterline: Reactivating Public Assets

Can we reactivate historic infrastructures?

Electric Car Charging Tower

What is the “gas station” of the future?

Indoor Sports Terrace

How can the digital world improve community interaction?

Liberty City Workforce Housing Prototypes

How do we design affordable homes that foster community?

Startup Box: South Bronx

Can tech incubators become educational hubs?

The Green Shed Composting and Trash Management in NYC

How can we use design to educate people about composting and cultivate a sense of civic responsibility?

Research Laboratory Optimization Study

Can research buildings be optimized for value?

Heroic Food Farm

Is farming the next mission for veterans?

Bird-Friendly Glass Lab

Can we save 1 billion avian lives per year?

Smart Grid Athletic Light

How can dense cities increase access to sports?

Clinton Foundation PV Array

How much energy can a parking lot generate?

NJ Audubon Photovoltaic Array

Can a photovoltaic field become an artwork?

Harnessing the Waterfront

Can we re-think the “working” waterfront?