Ecological Urbanism
While climate change, sustainable architecture and green technologies have become increasingly topical issues, concerns regarding…
Topic Sustainability
Reclaiming Al Badia: Sustainable Soil Management in Rural Damascus
by Tiffany Wey (MArch ’11) and John Todd (MArch I) “De-rocking” is a long-standing land…
From Policy to Practice: Xeriscape Grant Program in Cathedral City, CA
by Aidan Acker (MLA ’11) How does a sustainable environmental practice transition from concept to…
UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya
by Iman M Ansari (MAUD ’10) and Marta Anna Nowak (MArch ’12) 2009 International Travel CSFP…
Animated Building Performance Simulation
Animated Building Performance Simulation (ABPS) is a new term that refers to the combination of…
Ecological Urbanism
The contemporary urban environment is facilitated by ecologies that exceed the city’s physical and political limits, reaching into hinterlands and beyond. Urbanism is also made up of many smaller pieces—a mosaic, as Richard T.T. Forman describes urban as well as rural landscapes—between which the boundaries…
Upper Parana Atlantic Forest
by Charlie Howe (MLA ’10) World Wildlife Fund lists the Upper Parana Atlantic Forest as…
TransUrban
The indiscriminate proliferation of the word sustainable has created a serious crisis for the concept…
Library Park
Currently under construction, Library Park will be a 1.75-acre landscape adjacent to the recently built…
urban revitalization ECOBOULEVARD
The Eco-boulevard in Vallecas can be defined as an urban recycling operation consisting of the…