Built Environment Archives

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

Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work

September 3, 2020

By Tracy Nordstrom

Home A large bur oak graces my front yard: with a double trunk, about 35 feet tall, she casts a shady and cooling radius all around. My tree is 115 years old, as old as my house. Her inner rings...Read More

Some Hard Truths About Infrastructure

October 5, 2017

By Brionte McCorkle

By Douglass Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council When our country was first being built, our vision of infrastructure was one of potentially unlimited expansion and opportunity. Communities and citizens would be linked and supported in ways that fostered growth and...Read More

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Category: Built Environment

Social Corners: Proposing Phased Strategies for an Urban EcoDistrict

October 15, 2020

By Sai Prateek Narayan Ramachandran

How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement

September 9, 2020

By Christine Mondor

Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

September 9, 2020

By Grant Ervin

A Practical and Actionable Pathway to Address Digital Inequities Today

September 9, 2020

By Melanie Nutter

Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work

September 3, 2020

By Tracy Nordstrom

Some Hard Truths About Infrastructure

October 5, 2017

By Brionte McCorkle