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Everyone, Please follow click on the photo below for the link to my photos from today’s walk:

Check out this intriguing event for students like yourselves sponsored by the Architecture  League: http://archleague.org/2013/10/annual-student-program-5/

Please see this extensive report on the Brooklyn Tech Triangle and Downtown Brooklyn. Note the key role that Jay Street plays in this plan: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Study

See this bulletin for efforts by CUNY to improve sustainability across it’s campuses. Our masterplan can play a role in helping Citytech improve its sustainable infrastructure. CUNY Sustainability Bulletin

Everyone, Below is a list of Citytech email addresses from Blackboard of everyone in the course: Here are the agreed assignments for this project. See the Assignment Folder in Openlab for more details on the assignment: Project 1.2  Drawings:  Base Plan … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/sunday-review/is-suburban-sprawl-on-its-way-back.html?ref=opinion

Urban Analysis is a learned art. It starts with simple overlays that simplify the organism of streets, open spaces, buildings, infrastructure that make up of our complex city. Each analysis could simply diagram one element within our neighborhoods: open space … Continue reading →

Cooper Robertson is a firm with many years of urban design and place making experience. Check out their website: http://www.cooperrobertson.com/index.html Look particularly at their Cities projects, including the Baltimore, Boston, Battery Park City, and Hudson Yards projects.

Urban Design is an opportunity to consider the built environment in broad and comprehensive terms. How shall we build/modify our cities for future generations? What are the principals that guide us in conceiving our vision for our cities? These are … Continue reading →