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.
Weitzman School in the Media
“De Blasio Vowed to Make City Streets Safer. They’ve Turned More Deadly.”
Erick Guerra, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, calls De Blasio's signature initative to reduce traffic fatalities, Vision Zero, “aspirational.”
“«We cannot live without biodiversity»: professor Richard Weller at the International Architecture Venice Biennale”
The professor and chair of landscape architecture talks about his three-part contribution to the Biennale, which revisits NASA’s historic Apollo 17 mission.
“A New Transit Map for Philadelphia Aims to Draw More Riders”
Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation and associate dean for research, led the team studying the navigational challenges for riders.
“Talking Headways Podcast: The Rules Require Death”
Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation and associate dean for research at Weitzman, talks about her research on cognitive workload, measuring the stress of cyclists at intersections, and more.
“Remembering Ken Steif, an urban planner who used data to make cities more just”
The late associate profesor of practice and director of the MUSA Program is remembered by friends and associates for being “well-loved by many communities.”
“In the wake of Ida’s destruction, Philly needs lifesaving water resilience”
Jonah Garnick, a second-year student in the Master of City Planning program, reminds us of the essential role of water in sustaning cities, and the actions cities can take to mitigate climate change.
