The Weitzman Fall 2022 Lecture Series brings together distinguished architects, landscape architects, artists, historians, preservationists, planners, energy policy makers, mobility experts, and data scientists from the US and abroad to discuss recent work and emerging trends in the built environment and visual culture.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Our public school infrastructure is set up to continue to fail”
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Akira Drake Rodriguez suggests how the School District of Philadelphia could assume a proactive stance in dealing with chronic facilities issues.
“How Philadelphia Plans to Beat the Looming Eviction Cliff”
Vincent Reina, associate professor of city and regional planning, offers perspective based on research done by the Housing Initiative at Penn.
“The American Jobs Plan Should Help Us Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Not Build a Carbon Bomb”
Billy Fleming, of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, looks at President Biden’s infrastructure proposal and its implications for designers.
“2021’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States – WalletHub Study”
Mark Alan Hughes, faculty director at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, helps decipher Americans’ energy costs relative to their location and consumption habits.
“Yorktown was supposed to be Philly’s Black suburb. Now development is converging on the neighborhood.”
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Vincent Reina illuminates the unintended consequences of a new zoning bill from the City Council.
“Morphosis’ Shenzhen skyscraper sets world record with detached core”
Thom Mayne, Cret Chair Professor of Practice in Architecture at Weitzman, describes the design strategy behind the Hanking Center, a mixed-use complex with a commercial office tower and retail center.