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
“Without commuters, what will happen to SEPTA Regional Rail?”
The way forward is to blur the line between Regional Rail and buses, trolleys, and subways, says Megan Ryerson, Weitzman's associate dean for research and UPS Chair of Transporation.
“Philly transportation needs a universal way to measure racial equity”
In an Op-Ed, Master of City Planning students Seunglee David Park and Emily Kennedy suggest how SEPTA could be a nationwide model.
“Report: West Philadelphia renters face a growing risk of displacement”
PlanPhilly covers a new housing market report co-authored by Ken Steif, director of the MUSA program at Weitzman, and commissioned by City Council member Jamie Gauthier (MCP'04).
“Preserving Brutal Histories, One Garment at a Time”
Textile conservationist Julia Brennan is working with Assoicate Professor Randall Mason at Nyamata, one of the national genocide memorials in Rwanda, to ensure the past is not forgotten.
“Philly project expands nationally to ask: Who deserves a monument?”
Monument Lab, the renowned public art and history project that began in a course taught by Weitzman's Paul Farber, will expand its reach dramatically in 2021, thanks to support from the Mellon Foundation.
“The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020”
An exhbition by artist and alum Jacolby Satterwhite (MFA'10) is seen as exemplary of the art community's “persistence in the face of a pandemic.”
