Urban Planning
Temporary landscape and the urban meadow
Julie Farris details two temporary landscape installations on vacant lots that she created in Red Hook, Brooklyn, one of which became a permanent garden and community space.
Feminism and architecture
In this lecture video, Susana Torre outlines the powerful, yet often ignored or misunderstood, influence of feminism on architecture and urban planning.
Density diversified: Three housing types for Ravenswood, Queens
For the Making Room design study, Gans Studio designed housing for the individual resident and the larger urban context simultaneously.
A home of one’s own: Micro-lofts for single adults and small families
The micro-loft typology is designed to provide affordable housing for a growing and changing population in New York City.
Living small & going solo
Symposia on designing small-scale housing that's comfortable, efficient, and affordable