Spotlight on Urban Design

Urban Manifesto Interview on Urban Resilience with Assoc. Professor, Jeffrey Raven

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Urban Design Climate Workshop (UDCW) Urban Land Institute report published

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Gowanus, Brooklyn
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Integrated Resilience (urban heat) & Sustainability (net-zero)
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Prototype schematic urban design
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Graduate students: Outreach and engagement
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Graduate students: Outreach and engagement

Urban Design Climate Workshop (UDCW) Urban Land Institute report published
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NYIT Urban Design faculty on WAFES NSF Grant

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Global Heat Health Information Network, Heat in the City

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Prof. Jeffrey Raven's article on resilient urban design by French publication La Revue Urbanisme

Blog | Jul 10, 2020

Video trailer: NYC Net-Zero Carbon Neighborhoods project

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News Byte: Designing Healthy and Resilient Cities in the Face of COVID-19

Feature | May 27, 2020

In a May 20 article in the French newspaper Le Monde, Graduate Urban Design program director Jeffrey Raven provides insights on how climate-resilient urban design can play a significant role in deterring major health challenges and the spread of disease.

Net-Zero District for New York City - Urban Design Climate Lab - Final Review - 18 May 2020

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Net-Zero District for New York City - Urban Design Climate Lab Student Pin-Up late-April 2020

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Karan's schematic Gowanus layout vision
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Karan's district hubs 2
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Karan's district hubs
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Karan's district concept plan
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Karan's district concept plan 1
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Karan's district concept plan 2
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Karan's district concept plan 3
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Karan's Gowanus vision
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Revathi's housing agriculture prototype floor plan
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Revathi's housing agriculture prototype
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Rudrika's energy temple

URBAN DESIGN CLIMATE LAB : Net-Zero District for New York City Student Interim Pin-Up – Late-April 2020 In this Graduate Urban Design Studio, students are researching the intersection of urban form, low-carbon cities, and climate to confront a rapidly urbanizing world threatened by climate change. Students are configuring a compact district in Brooklyn, NYC to adapt and thrive in changing climate conditions, meet carbon-reduction goals, and sustain urban population. In keeping with the studio’s Social Resilience theme in response to sudden external shocks to our city (storms, disease, heat wave, power failure), the Design Studio proposes a radical “closed-loop” Net-Zero hypothesis for the Gowanus district in Brooklyn. From Food to Energy, Waste, Water, Transportation and Embodied Energy, Students are incorporating a variety of modes of investigation to map and diagram the condition of the 2050 net-zero district. They are finding new knowledge that leads to the construction of a district, a hypothesis of its characteristics, and scenarios for its future. Ultimately, the Studio envisions the easing of “closed loop” restrictions, but keeping innovative strategies on the table as the district opens to the surrounding city. Faculty: Jeffrey Raven and Michael Esposito
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