May 23No We Don’t Hate EverythingOn April 24th, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), History, Theory and Criticism Program, and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster joined a round table discussion with Garnette Cadogan. …Urbanism2 min readUrbanism2 min read
May 23Andrea Bolnick on Informality as part of the Housing SolutionOn April 3rd, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Andrea Bolnick shared her work with Ikhayalami in “Informality is Part of the Housing Solution.” …Housing2 min readHousing2 min read
May 23Cooper Hewitt’s 2023 National High School Design Competition Mentor WeekendIn May 2023, the LCAU hosted the Cooper Hewitt’s annual Mentor Weekend as part of the 2023 National High School Design Challenge. Finalists from across the country joined us for a two-day intensive workshop to develop projects around the use of data and design for communities. This year, the brief…Design2 min readDesign2 min read
Mar 31Spatial Equity NYC at AAGOn March 26th, Daniela Coray, Research Associate for the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU), presented “Spatial Equity NYC: Using open data to reveal socio-spatial injustices in New York City” at the American Association of Geographer’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, as part of the panel Future Directions…Spatial Equity2 min readSpatial Equity2 min read
Mar 31Prototyping the Future CityIn March 2023, the LCAU hosted a workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a delegation from Mexico City. As part of a multi-year research collaboration that aims to deepen relationships in Mexico City with the generous support of Mota-Engil, the workshop brought representatives from the Mexico City…Mexico City2 min readMexico City2 min read
Mar 27Social Production of HousingOn March 20th, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. …Housing2 min readHousing2 min read
Mar 27Loreta Castro-Reguera on RetroactiveOn March 13th, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Loreta Castro-Reguera shared her work in Retroactive. Born in Mexico City in 1979, Loreta Castro…Urbanism2 min readUrbanism2 min read
Mar 27Pamela Conrad on Going Beyond NeutralOn March 6th, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Pamela Conrad from Climate Positive Design shared her work on Going Beyond Netural. Pamela Conrad…Spaital Equity2 min readSpaital Equity2 min read
Mar 27Paola Aguirre on Design with, not forOn February 27th, as part of the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Paola Aguirre from Borderless shared her work on Design with, not for. Paola Aguirre is…Urban Design2 min readUrban Design2 min read
Mar 27Etta Madete on Homes vs housing: Spatial equity through dignity, sustainability, and inclusivityOn February 13th, in the first lecture in the 2023 Spring Urbanism Lecture series, co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program, and Norman B. …Spatial Equity2 min readSpatial Equity2 min read
