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…
Topic Urbanism
2021 Practice Plenary – Practice, Public Space, and the Crisis of COVID-19: Learning from NYC’s Open Restaurants and Open Streets Programs
Event Description Beginning in late 2019 communities throughout the world began to enter lockdowns…
2022 Urban Design Thesis Prize: Rogelio Cadena’s “How Are ‘We’ Living? Reevaluating the Chicago Boulevard System”
by Rogelio Cadena (MAUD ’22) — Recipient of the Urban Design Thesis Prize. At its…
2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Qin Ye Chen’s “Fluid Permanence – A Shotengai-Archive in Tokyo”
by Qin Ye Chen (MArch I ’22) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize,…
2022 Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize, Third Prize: “Urban Health Catalyst”
by Vicky Chen (MAUD/ MDes REBE ’22) and Xudong Zhu (MAUD ’22) — Recipients of…
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…
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.
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…
Inventing Greenland by Bert De Jonghe Examines the Urban Transformation of an Arctic Nation
A new book by doctor of design candidate Bert De Jonghe (MDes ’21),…
A Call to Action: Just City Mayoral Fellows Discuss Design Interventions to Address Racial Injustice in America
“Everything we do at the GSD,” Dean Sarah Whiting said, “is affected by or affects…