Spotlight on Urban Design
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MAURD Students participate in American Institute of Architects (AIA) Regional Resilience Workshop
Blog | Apr 23, 2014
The Regional Workshop highlighted good practices, noted changes to building codes along with updates to state and federal procedures, financing and opportunities.
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MAURD Students Attend UN-Habitat Launch of The City We Need Process in New York
Blog | Mar 27, 2014
Jeffrey Raven and MAURD students were invited by Dr. Joan Clos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-Habitat Executive Director, to attend the pre-World Urban Forum 7 launch event of "The City we Need" at the Ford Foundation.
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Student Spotlight: Shiva Ghomi
Blog | Feb 05, 2014
During her second semester in the MAURD program, Shiva began interning as Coordinator of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter urban resilience committee: Design for Risk & Reconstruction Committee (DfRR).
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Student Spotlight: Ankita Gupta
Blog | Feb 05, 2014
During her second semester in the MAURD program, Ankita is interning at Regional Plan Association (RPA), at their New York City headquarters.
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MAURD Director Jeffrey Raven Speaks at Conference in Mumbai
Blog | Jan 30, 2014
Jeffrey Raven was invited by a joint European Union-Bombay First initiative and ENTP-Project EAST to speak in Mumbai in November 2013 on the challenges of Mumbai as a mega city.
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Student Video: Food Desert - South Bronx, NYC
Video | Jan 29, 2014
Food Desert: Design Studio - The South Bronx, NYC. Fall Semester, MsAURD students were divided into five teams of two to take on New York City's five boroughs as a laboratory for urban design strategies.
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Resilient Urban Design, Shanghai Institute SISS, China - July 2013
Blog | Jul 19, 2013
The Shanghai Institute for Science of Science is led by Director General Dr. Liu Wei, who invited Jeffrey Raven to lecture at SISS on Resilient Urban Design.
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Project EAST: Euro-Asia Sustainable Towns, Qingpu, Shanghai, China - July 2013
Blog | Jul 15, 2013
Jeffrey Raven was invited to participate as an expert in sustainable urban design at Project EAST.
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Sustainable Urban Design Workshop at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Blog | Jul 12, 2013
Intensive design studio at Xiamen University for Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Students, taught by Jeffrey Raven.
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Design Studio Reviews: Resilient Eco-District for NYC, Spring 2013
Blog | Jun 03, 2013
The work emerging from this and similar studios builds on projects and research by MAURD faculty focused on climate-resilient urban design, and contributes to the critical dialogue in New York City and other cities confronting climate change.
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