“Participation” is the buzz word when it comes to socially responsible design, but what does it take to achieve genuine community engagement in the production of spaces? And what does…
Our visiting faculty member Reena Tiwari was recently featured by cultural geographer Kevin S. Fox from Connecticut on his hour-long radio program Geographical Imaginations, “brief expeditions into the geographies of…
We recently caught up with former student David Kostenwein, a graduate of our 2012-13 class, who is now based in Bogotá implementing Inter-American Development Bank’s Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative,…
Listen to Camillo Boano talk about his recent workshop with our students, in which he emphasized the importance of understanding critical theory in transforming and improving the development practice. Throughout…
This year, once again, our students spanned the globe to complete their internships with diverse organizations in the field of design and development. These ranged from large institutions like UN…
“What we regularly see in developmental efforts around the world is that the economic ambitions of a few are predatory of the environment and detrimental to equity.” Clara Irazabal is…
Through this series of short interviews with former students of our masters course, we aim to trace their career paths since graduating and offer a glimpse of their current experiences…
This is the first in a series of short interviews with former students of our masters course, through which we aim to trace their career paths since graduating and offer…
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…
This year’s workshop with the Ciutat Meridiana neighborhood, which focused on improving the living conditions of this “Eviction City” through urban upgrading strategies and community participation, was featured in a…