Lecture

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Public Lecture Series

Lecture

Feb 9, 2023

06:30PM – 08:00PM

GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium

Lecture

Department of Urban Planning and Design

Free and open to the public

Studio Reports

Orange cover text on top of a faded skyline of Los Angeles with trees in the foreground.

By Chris Reed

August 2022

Features

A concrete floor patched by pieces of metal

Environmental Justice, Energy Infrastructure, Migration and War: What Role Does Design Play in Mitigating a Crisis?

At their speculative edge, the design professions flourish in envisioning future scenarios, and we usually…

Jul 12, 2022

Program

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Program

Nov 13, 2021

09:00AM – 12:00PM

GUND Gund 510

Program

Free and open to the public

Thesis

Drawing of a boulevard with grocery store, ice cream stall and people strolling around

Thesis

Stephen Gray, Faculty Advisor

Spring 2022

Thesis

Rendering split in two parts horizontally. The upper parts shows buildings in the city context and below part shows the underground part in black and white colors

Thesis

Mohsen Mostafavi, Faculty Advisor

Spring 2022

Student Work

Outdoor space with four palm trees, colorful advertisements and people sitting on benches

Student Work

Elizabeth Whittaker and Corey Zehngebot, Instructors

Fall 2021

Features

Redefining Wilderness: How Designers are Grappling with the Radical Interconnectedness of Nature and Culture

Two decades ago, the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity set a goal of designating 17…

May 19, 2022

Profiles

Dianne Lê (MLA ’22): A First-Generation Student Designs Spaces for Recovery, Resilience, and Community-Building

For Dianne Lê (MLA II ’22), design and research is deeply informed by her background.

May 13, 2022

Profiles

Sara Arman (MUP ’22): Promoting Health Equity through Community Organizing and Urban Planning

For Sara Arman (MUP ’22), community organizing is essential. When Arman graduated from Tufts with…

May 13, 2022

Topic Urbanism

Ana María Durán Calisto, “The Deep History of Amazonian Agroecological Urban Forests: Why Do They Matter Today?”

Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles

Environmental Justice, Energy Infrastructure, Migration and War: What Role Does Design Play in Mitigating a Crisis?

2021 Practice Plenary – Practice, Public Space, and the Crisis of COVID-19: Learning from NYC’s Open Restaurants and Open Streets Programs

2022 Urban Design Thesis Prize: Rogelio Cadena’s “How Are ‘We’ Living? Reevaluating the Chicago Boulevard System”

2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Qin Ye Chen’s “Fluid Permanence – A Shotengai-Archive in Tokyo”

2022 Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize, Third Prize: “Urban Health Catalyst”

Redefining Wilderness: How Designers are Grappling with the Radical Interconnectedness of Nature and Culture

Dianne Lê (MLA ’22): A First-Generation Student Designs Spaces for Recovery, Resilience, and Community-Building

Sara Arman (MUP ’22): Promoting Health Equity through Community Organizing and Urban Planning

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