Power and Justice in the Lone Grid State: Abby Spinak and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre on the crisis in Texas
Newspapers this week are swamped with headlines like, “What Went Wrong…
Topic Resilience
Fallowscapes: Territorial Reconfiguration Strategies for Arles
On a promontory on the left bank of the lower Rhone River, just before it…
Will urban life recover when the pandemic is finally over? Alex Krieger on the fate of the American city after Covid
Yes, the pandemic (somewhat understandably) and the protests for justice (sadly) are leading to a…
All Together: Alex Krieger on summoning ideals during a period of crisis
Optimism in America is in short supply. Could it be otherwise? A fearsome pandemic has…
A Guidebook to an Empty Land: When the Indonesian government relocates its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, will Indigenous life there be erased?
“When an area is empty, there’s a desire to fill it in—it’s the colonizing mindset,”…
How can design improve disease modeling and outbreak response? A simulation tool by GSD alum Michael de St. Aubin offers answers
The global COVID-19 pandemic has placed roughly one-third of the human population on some form…
Diane Davis on the GSD’s Risk and Resilience track: “As we face the global virus pandemic, our mission appears ever more important.”
In these tough times, when dystopian fears loom large and the design professions…
Bing Wang on COVID-19’s impact on the real estate sector: “Will the pandemic force us to recognize that our built environment is ill-prepared for emergencies?”
The crisis brought about by the coronavirus has utterly paralyzed the normal functioning of society…
Stephen F. Gray: “We have a name for the uneven distribution of exposure and risk along racial lines, and it’s not COVID-19. It’s structural racism.”
COVID-19 is a dangerous new reality, spreading indiscriminately and without regard for skin color or…
The Unstable Condition: What the pandemic can teach us about the need for more affordable rental housing
Photograph © Frederik Vercruysse America’s rental housing system is broken. For anyone living in high-cost,…