Three teams from the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Department of Architecture have been recognized by The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) with 2021 student honor awards. Their design proposals address water scarcity at a major port city in China, the relationship between rural locales and bird habitat in Canada, and social inequity in the capital of Ecuador.
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“Climate change is teaching designers to expand their horizons—or at least it should”
The new book from Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director of The McHarg Center, and Penn colleagues stands to make the built environment more equitable for those caught on the front lines of certain climate change cataclysm.
“Philadelphia is one of the most racially segregated countries in America.”
Fair housing laws passed at the end of the 20th century that once helped may now be slowing progress, says John Landis, professor emeritus of city and regional planning.
“Who Deserves a Statue — And Who Never Did? Philly’s Monument Lab May Have Answers”
Philadelphia magazine traces the growth of Monument Lab, which has its roots in a course taught by co-founder Paul Farber, senior research scholar at the Center for Public Art and Space.
“The Dreams We Live Inside: Dreams in the Earth”
Richard Weller, professor and chair of landscape architecture and co-executive director of The McHarg Center at Weitzman, talks about Ian McHarg’s vision for aligning human development and the landscape.
“Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births”
Led, in part, by Associate Professor of FIne Arts Orkan Telhan, a new project bridges art and science for a more comprehensive and empowered approach to sexuality, procreation, and rearing.
“Can Biden Deliver on His Promise to Expand Housing Vouchers?”
A new report from Weitzman’s Claudia Aiken and Vincent Reina shows the gulf between the number of households that have vouchers and the number of households that need them.
