Judy Huynh
Empowering Change through Data
Transforming data into clear, meaningful experiences that connect users to their environments
New York City, NY
Huynh /win/ Vietnamese
Featured project
Selling Flood Risk NYC
A block in Kissena Park, Queens, where lives were lost during Hurricane Ida, had four homes listed for sale in 2024, with no mention of flood risk. How many homes are being sold in flood-prone areas, and are buyers being told?
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Rainproof NYC Flood Map
What does a city flood map miss that the people living there already know?
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New Jersey Underwater
What happens to a town’s schools when the homes that pay for them keep flooding?
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NYC Parks as Climate Infrastructure
If a park soaks up the rain and cools the block, why do we budget it like decoration?
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Atlas of Accountability
When disaster money arrives, whose name is on the map?
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Atlas of Disaster
Why do states keep paying to recover from the same disasters instead of preparing for the next one?
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Selling Flood Risk NYC
Would you still buy the house if the listing told you it floods?
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Climate Gentrification NYC
Can protecting a neighbourhood from floods price out the people it was meant to protect?
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SecondChanceNYC: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy
Who gets to decide what a neighbourhood’s comeback looks like?
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Curb Forward in Upper West Side
Who is the curb really for: the parked car, the delivery or the person walking?
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Autonomous Vehicles at Port Authority
If cars drive themselves, what should an airport’s front door look like?
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The Flow: Mixed-Use Development Proposal for North Charleston, SC
Can a former naval base become a neighbourhood that remembers the land it sits on?
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E 14th Street Revitalization (Post-COVID)
What does a main street need when the office crowds stop coming back?
Work
12 projects, 2022 to 2026
Data tells us a lot. The people who live there tell us the rest. My work puts both on the same map.
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Manhattan Bridge, doors off
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Manhattanhenge
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Chinatown, through a fire escape
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Zurich
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Grand Central, track 29
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Long Island City at dusk
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Jersey City from above
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Bed-Stuy, marching band
Photographs
8 frames
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River to River
A parcel-level reading of a Manhattan crosstown street, river to river. 42nd Street is the first one.
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Numerology on a Tidbyt
Universal Day and Calendar Day numerology on a Tidbyt LED clock, for community use.
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The Basket
Who can find out what food costs in New York?
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Manifest Station
A departures board that clacks over to one line worth reading. Web prototype for a real machine that prints them.
Builds
4 builds
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Multi-hazard planning is adaptation
A wildfire can make the next rainstorm far more dangerous, and the batteries powering the clean energy shift bring fire risks of their own. Our maps, insurance and codes still…
I’m optimistic about learning different ways urban planning can take me.