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Simulating invisible light Work Simulating invisible light: a model for exploring radiant cooling’s impact on the human body using ray tracing
Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places - Panel Discussion Story Panel Discussion: Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places with Kelly Kennedy, Joshua Mosley, and Simon Richter moderated by Genie Birch September 1, 2023
Lattice tower stands over a desert cityscape Story Weitzman Launches Online Design for Sustainability Certificate for Professionals July 26, 2023
Megaregions Studio Book Cover Work Power/Practice/Place: Responding to Vulnerability, Philly to Baltimore Studio Book
Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design leads a multidisciplinary group of architectural designers, structural engineers, computer scientists, and more in his Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. He explores ways in which polyhedral geometries that frequently occur in nature can be used to make stronger and lighter structures, all while using fewer materials. Akbarzadeh discusses a recent study drawing inspiration from dragonfly wings. (Image: iStock / yanikap) Story Natural structures can give rise to stronger, lighter systems July 18, 2023
Photo of the US delegation – five representatives from US Department of State and US Department of Housing and Urban Development and 14 non-governmental representatives drawn from the design professions, philanthropy, academia, and local government. Story Weitzman Faculty, Staff and Alums at United Nations Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya June 23, 2023
CSAP 3.0 waterfall diagram Work Carbon and Sustainability Action Plan (CSAP) 3.0
A Sankey plot to depict the number of correct and incorrect predictions classified by the BNN model. Work Adaptive behavior and different thermal experiences of real people: A Bayesian neural network approach to thermal preference prediction and classification
Diagram of ozone and building envelope Work Impacts of building envelope design on indoor ozone exposures and health risks in urban environments
Schematic overview of the IEQ and energy monitoring system. Work Blockchain + IoT sensor network to measure, evaluate and incentivize personal environmental accounting and efficient energy use in indoor spaces
Test Ger Work Cooking, Heating, Insulating Products and Services (CHIPS) for Mongolian ger
EMA ImageoftheYear of multinucleate spores of a soil fungus Story DumoLab's recent award featured on PennToday's "Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet" May 1, 2023
Panorama 2023 Cover. Issue Number 31, Spring 2023. Work Panorama 2023
St. Croix Resilience Plan studio report cover Work St. Croix Resilience Plan
Black book with title Story 'The Landscape Project' Explores Design Agency in the 21st Century November 18, 2022
Modernist brick building on college campus Story Design Professionals and Modernism Enthusiasts Converge at Weitzman for Docomomo 2022 August 5, 2022
Extruded material in donut shape / diagram showing heat transfer from lattice floor plate Story Penn Set to Receive $2.4M in Funding to Research Turning Buildings into Carbon Storage Structures June 17, 2022
Vincent Reina Story Reina Joins White House as Senior Policy Advisor on Housing June 14, 2022
DumoLabResearch_website_terrene1-main Work Terrene 2.0 Earth Structures
Spread from the LA+ interview Story Excerpt: “In Conversation with Chomsky” in ‘LA+’ April 5, 2022
Two people working on a complex architectural model Story A Sampling of Recent Architectural Research and Innovation at Weitzman March 25, 2022
3-d rendering of African landscape with pyramid-shaped buildings Story Spring Architecture Courses Take on Climate Change January 27, 2022
View across park from table tennis stadium to field hockey stadium Story Winka Dubbeldam on Designing the 2022 Asian Games Park January 23, 2022
A group of people pose in a line in lush tropical scenery Story Planning for Climate Change January 7, 2022
Story PhD Candidate Wins 'Building and Environment' 2021 Best Paper Award December 15, 2021
Table of diagrams of housing types Work Land Development in an Urban Megalopolis
Cover image for Positive Energy podcase Work Energy with Memory
Award for best paper Work Adaptive behavior and different thermal experiences of real people
Rendering and section for a sloped building with palm trees under an atrium Story Public Schools, COVID-19, and Addressing Education’s Aging Infrastructure December 1, 2021
Bloomberg Interview - Mongolian Ger Work Design Recommendations for Mongolian Ger - Bloomberg TV Interview