We’ve seen projects like the $300 House and Wikihouse try to revolutionize the concept of affordable housing for the world’s poor, and architects design alternatives to outdated tents for post-disaster…
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Students often discover through our program how important it is to communicate with people on the ground–the beneficiaries of any given project. Our workshops with Ciutat Meridiana in Barcelona and…
“The slums of Tijuana can teach a lot to the sprawl of San Diego” Architect and urbanist Teddy Cruz looks for clues to the ‘city of the future’ in the…
We recently received an update from our students Monica and Diana who are wrapping up their internship with VPUU (Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading) in Cape Town, South Africa. They’ve…
Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design related to contemporary architecture and urbanism. One of their most well-known projects is the Caracas Metrocable…
If you weren’t able to attend our online information session last month, here’s another chance to find out more about our program. We’ll be hosting our second live information session via…
“Does the current architecture and organisational mix really help to eliminate the ‘silent’ disasters and the everyday risks that now form a major part of how we understand disaster impacts?”…
“In 2010, the UN estimated that 830 million people lived in slums worldwide, and predicted the number to rise to 900 million by 2020. In Latin America, almost 80% of…
This year’s field trip to Medellín made headlines in local media thanks to its collaboration between academia, government and local community and its efforts to stir a debate on the…
If you’re looking for an intensive course to build your knowledge and skills as a designer in promoting spatial justice, the DPU summerLab initiative might be for you. The series…