Topics: Architecture
Winter 2014
The Future Is Cities
Cities are growing faster than you can say megalopolis, and thanks to social media and the Internet, global climate change and a bad economy, the American dream of ownership is changing, and we are finding ourselves living in inclusive cities, sharing our houses, cars, bikes, offices, and more.
Winter 2014
Shaping Vibrant Cities
Alumni from Toronto to Beijing meet to discuss urbanism.
Winter 2014
Urban Physics
Franz-Josef Ulm’s serendipitous observation leads to research linking physics and urban planning.
Winter 2014
Smart Components, Assembling Themselves
Skylar Tibbits transforms common materials into responsive and reconfigurable building elements.
Winter 2014
Where Economy Meets Ecology
John Fernández is at the forefront of urban sustainability, an emerging field that explores a city’s economy and ecology.
Winter 2014
Barriers to Opportunity
Xavier de Souza Briggs reveals that if people in high-poverty areas move to low-poverty areas, soon they may be no better off than before.
Winter 2014
A Soft House, To Last a Century
Sheila Kennedy creates a Soft House –– tough enough to withstand the harshest elements and to last a century.
Winter 2014
3-D Printed Buildings for A Developing World
Larry Sass’s vision is for new buildings to rise faster, use fewer resources, and cost less, thanks to digital fabrication.