In New York City, October has become Archtober, the annual, month-long festival of architecture activities, programs, and exhibitions that focus on the importance of architecture and design in everyday life.

On the evening of October 16, join the Waterfront Alliance at Archtober Hall in the Seaport neighborhood for the “WEDG Case Study: Deep Dive into the Hunters Point South Project,” a discussion about the transformation of a stretch of the Queens waterfront.

Hunters Point South is a WEDG-certified project, balancing the principles of access, resiliency, and ecology, and providing a new, activated edge and mixed-use development that will eventually include up to 5,000 apartments and retail space on the Long Island City waterfront. WEDG, or Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines, is a tool created by the Waterfront Alliance, with input from waterfront communities, design experts, and government agencies, for promoting better waterfront projects through resilient, accessible, and ecologically beneficial design—a “LEED for the waterfront.”

The moderated discussion will include members of the Hunters Point South project team, including representatives from the New York City Economic Development Corporation and ARUP.

RSVP for the free event, which takes place at Archtober Hall, 159 John Street, starting at 5:30pm. The program runs from 6pm to 7:30pm, and the doors will close at 8pm after a half hour of networking.