Wendell Joseph
Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design
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Wendell T. Joseph is an urban strategist and design practitioner with a decade of experience in local government, private and non-profit sectors, and higher education.
His portfolio of work includes planning at the neighborhood, district, and citywide scales, community needs and benefits, retail real estate strategy, place-based research and policy development, and design education at the Boston Architectural College and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
He has a passion for creating compelling narratives and intentional frameworks for the growth and wellbeing of cities and communities through imagination, collaboration, and facilitation. As a visionary and systems thinker, he provides thoughtful and practical solutions to complex spatial and social issues by understanding local and historical contexts, centering mutual learning and collective decision-making, and nurturing spaces where people can honestly discuss their past, present, and future.
He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Andrews University (‘11) and a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (‘15).
He is currently the Design Studio Manager at Envision Resilience – a philanthropic organization that works to advance innovative planning and design in the face of climate change through student and community partnerships – where he manages and curates the annual Envision Resilience Challenge, a multi-university, interdisciplinary, place-based design studio in partnership with academic institutions, municipal and regional leaders, community stakeholders, and creative partners.