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
“It is possible to heat a ger with electricity at a lower cost than using coal and firewood”
Professor of Architecture Bill Braham shares the findings of his research at the Center for Environmental Building and Design to reduce air pollution in the Mongolian capital.
“Do Prisons Deserve a Second Chance?”
For a studio led Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director of The McHarg Center, Weitzman students examined carceral sites in Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta with an eye toward transitioning them into spaces of healing and solidarity.
“Architects Create New Model Designed to Better Serve Communities”
CBS profiles MASS Design Group, the 2021 recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Medal in Architecture, for providing beautiful design to groups typically unable to afford great architecture.
“Generation Change Philly: The Innovation Coach”
Sarah Rottenberg, executive director of the Integrated Product Design master's program and co-founder of the Design for Social Innovation executive program, is profiled.
“Climate change is teaching designers to expand their horizons—or at least it should”
In a new book, Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director of The McHarg Center, and Penn colleagues call on designers to make the built environment more equitable and not just resilient.
“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.
