Jesse Keenan leads research, development for new section of U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit gains a significant new capacity this week—a dedicated section…
Topic Climate Change
Matter Adaptation: Martina Decker
Nanotechnology has a crucial role in the development of emergent materials and technologies and has…
Peter Calthorpe: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: China Grows, USA Refills
Peter Calthorpe, Principal Calthorpe Associates Response by Alan Mountjoy, Principal NBBJ Discussion Moderate by Alex Krieger, Professor…
Climate Week: Kairos Shen, “Building and Planning For Climate Change”
Kairos Shen is the Director of Planning at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He has served…
Building Industries in African Water Cities
Kunlé Adeyemi
This studio will explore the city of Durban to examine the challenges and opportunities presented…
Un-Greening Golden Gate Park
by Josselyn Ivanov (MDes ’16) — Recipient of the 2016 Thesis Prize, awarded by the faculty of…
Miami Rise and Sink: Design for Urban Adaptation
Rosetta S. Elkin
This studio addresses contemporary conditions for ‘urban adaptation’ in an era of sea level rise,…
The Ocean State
Michael Van Valkenburgh, Rosetta S. Elkin, Gullivar Shepard
Collaboration is the future of design research. Sites are no longer fixed points, but emerge…
Meteorological Architecture
Philippe Rahm
The building industry is one of the main culprits in global warming because the…
carbonurbanism: projective futures
Chris Reed
Carbon C is ubiquitous—it is one of the primary elements supporting life on earth,…