Creating Higher Ground in Boston’s Seaport
By Amelia Muller (MUP '20) In September 2018, the City of Boston published estimates…
Topic Resilience
How to mitigate the impact of an epidemic and prevent the spread of the next viral disease: A guide for designers
One hundred and fifty years ago, using a map of London and data of the…
Nourishing Captiva
by Naoko Asno, Anna Curtis-Heald, Jenjira Holmes, Phia Sennett (all MLA '19) On March 5,…
How Women’s Movements Can Get New Protocols?: A Kit for Future Revindications
by Danela Terán (MDE '20) and Carolina Sepúlveda (MDes '20) In 2018 there was a wave…
Land-Use Strategies for a Purple State: Studio considers ways of protecting Virginia’s Eastern Shore from devastating sea rise
A lone farmstead is perched on the edge of a creek on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design
The design field is at an inflection point. It must challenge its repertoire, rethink technology,…
STL Brick Bank
by Jakob Junghanss (ETH Zurich Exchange Program) In the last decades, St. Louis' built legacy…
Fight or Flight? Designers and planners grapple with whether to fight the effects of climate change, or accept the inevitability of mass migration
To quote Margaret Atwood, climate change isn’t just about the climate, it’s…
Living is Form
by John Wagner (MArch II '19) Among the extents of international human aid facilitated by…
Highlights from the 2019 “Black Futurism: Creating a More Equitable Future” Conference
Highlights from the 2019 Black in Design Conference,…