In conjunction with the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, CityX Venice, a virtual exhibition of new and recent work by leading architects and designers from around the world, opened online in May. Winka Dubbeldam, who is Miller Professor and chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI) Lab, served as one of the creative directors, inviting faculty members to present examples of the design-research under way at Weitzman.
Weitzman School in the Media
“‘What we can’t live without’: Richard Weller at the Venice Biennale”
A trio of installations by Richard Weller, Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, professor and chair of landscape architecture at Weitzman, consider biodiversity at a planetary scale.
“Tech Helps Planners Weigh Development, Historic Preservation”
Weitzman’s Ken Steif and Akira Drake Rodriguez talk about the app they developed with MUSA students for planners to gauge resident preference for preserving historic homes against need for higher-density housing.
“Philly grapples with statues of Frank Rizzo, Christopher Columbus, and more a year after protests”
Public participation will be key to how the City’s new Landmarks and Monuments Review Commission is evaluated, says Weitzman’s Ken Lum.
“A New Book Explores The Lost Political Power Of Atlanta’s Public Housing Tenants”
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Akira Drake Rodriguez talks about the history of public housing in Atlanta, the subject of her forthcoming book.
“They Are Their Own Monuments”
Tess Thackara interviews north Philadelphia residents and artists involved in Staying Power, the latest project from Monument Lab and Weitzman’s Center for Public Art and Space.
“Reimagining What Monuments Can Be”
In the latest project from Monument Lab and Weitzman's Center for Public Art and Space, artists and residents of the historically Black Fairhill-Hartranft neighborhood of North Philly respond to systemic racism, inequity, disinvestment, and police brutality.
