(eco)Logical: Greening the 21st Century City
(eco)Logical: Greening the 21st Century City
Without much national fanfare, Chicago has transformed itself into a paragon of green virtue.
Jill Desimini, "Value in Vacancy: Landscape and the ...
2012 CDD Forum - Jill Desimini, "Value in Vacancy: Landscape and the ...
2012 CDD Forum: Shrinking Cities Jill Desimini is a landscape architect and an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her research focuses on landscape strategies for shrinking cities in North America. ...
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
In a talk at MIT on May 7, 2013, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan called for a new wave of creative urban planning to help cities evolve during a time of economic hardship.
After the Unrest: Ten Years of Rebuilding Los Angeles ...
After the Unrest: Ten Years of Rebuilding Los Angeles Following the Trauma ...
4/22/2002, 5:30, 10-485 William Fulton In addition to dealing with natural disasters, Los Angeles has repeatedly had to deal with social and civic unrest over the past 40 years-most recently in 1992, when widespread unrest rattled a region already afflicted with ...
Annette Kim: Urban Planning + Art Practice?
Annette Kim: Urban Planning + Art Practice?
On November 30, 2011, over 50 professors and students from RISD, MIT, and Harvard met to hear about Dr. Annette Kim's latest research project and to discuss how to bring about greater synergies between the visual design and social science research ends of urban ...
Beirut, Beirut
Beirut, Beirut
04/01/2002, 5:20, 10-485 Hashim Sarkis Through a series of cases in the history of the reconstruction of Beirut (from 1990 to the present), Hashim Sarkis illustrates a number of points and characteristics about Beirut's resilience. The type of resilience that Beirut exhibits is shaped to a ...
Biderman: "Live Singapore" Project
Biderman: "Live Singapore" Project
Assaf Biderman - "Live Singapore" ProjectAssaf Biderman teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is the Associate Director of the SENSEable City Laboratory, a research group that explores the "real- time city" by studying the increasing deployment of sensors and ...
Biderman: Copenhagen Digital Bike Project
Biderman: Copenhagen Digital Bike Project
Assaf Biderman - Copenhagen Digital Bike Project Assaf Biderman teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is the Associate Director of the SENSEable City Laboratory, a research group that explores the "real- time city" by studying the ...
Biderman: Seattle Digital Garbage Project
Biderman: Seattle Digital Garbage Project
Assaf Biderman - Seattle Digital Garbage ProjectAssaf Biderman teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is the Associate Director of the SENSEable City Laboratory, a research group that explores the "real- time city" by studying the increasing ...
The Geometry of Parabolic Sand Dunes (Arabic)
BLOSSOMS - The Geometry of Parabolic Sand Dunes (Arabic)
This lesson sheds some light on the problem of the movement of sand and introduce students to basic knowledge about this issue.
Building Responsive Cities: Technology, Design, and ...
Building Responsive Cities: Technology, Design, and Development
04/04/2008 1:30 PM Broad InstituteDennis Frenchman, MCP '76, MAA '76, Leventhal Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Director, City Design and Development, MIT; Antonio di Mambro, '71, MAA '77, MCP '77, Principal, Antonio di Mambro+ Associates; Martha Lampkine ...
Case-studies from around the world
Case-studies from around the world
4 (Pecha Kuchas and discussion session) Past, present and future casestudies of technologies in urban environments Moderator: Dennis Frenchman, Leventhal Professor of Urban Design and Planning, MIT Panelists: Stefan Köhler, Mayor of Friedrichshafen (Skype), Nicola Villa, Global Director of ...
Center for Advanced Urbanism
Center for Advanced Urbanism
The Center for Advanced Urbanism (CAU) provides a home for faculty interested in collaborative research projects that will engage student participation.
Changing business
Changing business
6 (Pecha Kuchas followed by discussion session) Moderator: Mathieu Lefevre, Executive Director, New Cities Foundation Panelists: Martin Fleming, Vice President IBM, Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, Beatriz Lara Bartolome,? Chief Innovation Officer, ...
Changing government
Changing government
10 (Pecha Kuchas followed by discussion panel) Moderator: Carol Coletta, President & CEO, CEOs for Cities Panelists: Simon Willis, Vice President Worldwide Public Sector, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco, Gianluca Salvatori, President and CEO, Manifattura domani, Pedro Miranda, ...
Changing life
Changing life
5 (Pecha Kuchas followed by discussion session) The human experience of technologies within cities, and how it is impacting life and lifestyle changes Moderator: Adam Bly, Founder and CEO of Seed Media Group Panelists: Joeseph Paradiso, Director Responsive Environments Group, MIT, Skylar ...
Changing research
Changing research
9 (Pecha Kuchas followed by discussion panel) Moderator: Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Visiting Lecturer, MIT Panelists: Rich Friedrich, Director of the Strategy and Innovation Office, HP Labs, Eric Paulos, Assistant Professor Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Sustaining ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Sustaining Personal Mobility ...
April 4, 12.30-2 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Jiawen Yang Sustaining Personal Mobility in Urbanizing China | Discussant: Joseph Ferreira China's massive population, high density and fast economic development produce huge demand for transportation investment. For now, ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Urbanization: ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Urbanization: Regional & ...
April 18, 1-2.30 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Weiping Wu Urbanization: Regional & Spatial Transformation | Discussant: Amy Glasmeier Dr. Weiping Wu is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning, and a senior fellow in the Center for Emerging Market ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Challenges of ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Challenges of Urban Energy ...
March 14, 5:30-7 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Stephen Hammer Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China | Discussant: Karen R Polenske Dr. Stephen Hammer is a Lecturer in Energy Planning at MIT DUSP. Dr. Hammer also serves as co-Director of the Urban Climate Change ...