Andrea Johnson

Andrea Johnson, AICP is a designer, planner, researcher, and educator. She works at the intersection of climate adaptation and urban landscape infrastructure, with a commitment to collaborating with communities to address complex socio-environmental challenges.

Andrea’s current research explores the role of design in distributive energy systems as a catalyst for social and environmental justice. She received the 2026 Center for Architecture Lab Residency, where she is developing a collaborative exhibit and symposium on New York’s energy transition and community-led decarbonization efforts. As a member of the Public Power NY Coalition, she developed the Atlas of Public Power, an educational and advocacy tool supporting the state’s renewable energy build-out under the Build Public Renewables Act. She also collaborated with the Renewable Rikers Coalition, as the Regional Plan Association Kaplan Chair for Urban Design, to envision a jail-free island repurposed as a green-infrastructure hub.

Previously, as Research Director at Terreform Center for Advanced Urban Research, Andrea worked alongside neighborhood activists to develop alternative development studies and counter-plans. She was the lead designer of Home Grown, the first volume of Terreform’s NYC [Steady] State series—a speculative proposal for the city’s food systems outlining strategies from adaptive urban agriculture to local waste processing.

She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from The City College of New York and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.