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    Creating Resilient and Inclusive Communities: A Case Study of the Sustainable City, Dubai

    April 5, 2021
    By Sadaf Ghalib
    As an Architect I have always been fascinated and intrigued by the sheer simplicity of design, how it can weave form and function together seamlessly, coexisting with multiple dimensions of complexities. The dynamism of the urban fabric and a quest...Read More

    Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

    November 10, 2020
    By Lydia Morin
    I spent nearly my whole first year as Executive Director of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) in the Greater Pittsburgh Region trying to understand it as the nonprofit organization it was portrayed as by its founders and current leadership of...Read More

    Social Corners: Proposing Phased Strategies for an Urban EcoDistrict

    October 15, 2020
    By Sai Prateek Narayan Ramachandran
    In collaboration with Rebecca Lefkowitz  My first experience with EcoDistricts was through my first studio project (while studying urban design at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture) where we were introduced to the Millvale EcoDistrict, situated just outside the city...Read More

    How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement

    September 9, 2020
    By Christine Mondor
    In our resiliency and EcoDistricts practice, we perform thought experiments to imagine futures that, while possible, seem exceptionally unlikely. We help communities identify their vulnerability to natural disasters, economic hardships, failed infrastructure, or racial inequities and together we chart ways...Read More

    Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

    September 9, 2020
    By Grant Ervin
    The “15-Minute City” is a long-held strategy of urban theorists and designers to improve both living conditions and the environment. Developed at the Sorbonne in Paris, the concept of “la ville du quart d’heure” is one in which daily urban...Read More

    A Practical and Actionable Pathway to Address Digital Inequities Today

    September 9, 2020
    By Melanie Nutter
    The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally changed how the world works, learns and interacts.  With shelter-in-place and social distancing requirements, people have transitioned their jobs, education, and entertainment indoors.  This transition has not occurred without significant challenges.   Compounded by the...Read More

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