Field Notes Toward an Internationalist Green New Deal, from The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, is “intended to open new terrains for scholarship, organizing, contestation, and struggle in the fight for a globally just Green New Deal.” The site hosts data and visualizations on topics including deforestation, mass extinction, oil and gas reserves, international development, and global carceral infrastructure.
Weitzman School in the Media
“In Lockdown, a Neighborhood Opens Up”
Weitzman's Francesca Russello Ammon comments on the ways in which residents of one San Francisco neighborhood are staying connected.
“How Architects Are Already Planning the Future of Offices”
Our perceptions of space are changing and designers are responding, says Marion Weiss, Graham Professor of Practice in Architecture.
“Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming”
The Wilks Family Director at The McHarg Center talks about the kinds of policies that should anchor a Green New Deal and how to win approval in 2021.
“How UPenn architecture students are using robots to remotely design and build a pavilion”
A graduate architecture seminar led by Ezio Blasetti pushes the boundaries of carbon-fiber structures and raises the bar for remote collaboration.
“What would sports look like with smaller or no crowds?”
As sports organizations consider how to bring fans and players together again, Weitzman's Winka Dubbeldam and Brian Philiips speculate on the changes ahead for stadiums and other venues.
“Will America be cut off to the world once the lockdown ends?”
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Domenic Vitiello on the challenges facing travellers to and from the US.
