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.
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“Reassessing Iconography on Campus”
Dean Steiner talks about the work of the Campus Iconography Group to ensure that statues and other prominent iconography on campus better reflect the University’s “achievements and aspirations to increase the diversity of the Penn community.”
“Landlords are waiting for rent payments—and some can’t hold on much longer”
A survey conducted by Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Vincent Reina found that property owners are dealing with late rent payments and trouble filling vacancies amid the pandemic.
“Testing how navigable SEPTA is, with glasses that see what riders see”
Megan Ryerson, associate professor of city and regional planning and electrical and systems engineering and associate dean for research, is helping the agency improve riders' experience.
“The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week”
T Magazine highlights OverTime, a new augmented reality app from Monument Lab, the public art and history studio led by Weitzman’s Paul Farber and Ken Lum.
“Next Progressives: PORT”
Christopher Marcinkoski, associate professor of landscape architecture, talks to Architect magazine about his firm’s ‘hyperbolic pragmatism’ and work enhancing civic life in urban realms.
“How Will We Remember This?”
Paul Farber, a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts and senior research scholar at the Center for Public Art and Space, talks to Justin Davidson about a COVID memorial that expresses shame and failure as well as grief and bravery.
