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Infrastructural Ecologies Alternative Development Models for Emerging Economies By Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge Many emerging nations, particularly those least developed, lack basic critical infrastructural services—affordable energy, clean drinking water, dependable sanitation, and effective public transportation, along with reliable food systems. Many of these countries cannot afford the complex and resource-intensive systems based on Western, single-sector, industrialized models. In this book, Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge propose an alternate model for planning and… Read More »


Previous‹ Aerial view of the Lincoln Recovery Center’s block, with key surrounding buildings and institutions flagged. “Green Insert” connected health education and new public green space. | Courtesy of Julian Usman and Sarwat Yunus Through the “Block Game,” participants reckoned with the physical constraints of the space in an effort to reconcile their many hopes and visions for a new community center. Next› var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function… Read More »


Previous‹ Next› var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Ruth Nervig MLA I ’17 has been named by the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)… Read More »


Previous‹ Team CCNY (l-r): Students Uziel Crescenzi, Alexander Fenichell, Lawrence Vulis, and Agata Bugala, and faculty advisors Krish Ramalingam and Naresh Devineni. Next› var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){… Read More »


Working detail from The Forgotten Borough, 2017, by Jacqui LeBoutillier, Robynne Heymans, and Sarah Toth. var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Work by… Read More »


Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel. Architect: Shmuel Bickels var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Adjunct Lecturer Chelsea Haines, who teaches… Read More »


Informality With the emergence of the new political climate and where it is more important than ever to speak and be heard, Informality is here as a monthly platform carrying out the voices of the student body–informed, empowered, and acting. For the month of February, we reached out to Spitzer School of Architecture’s student body and asked for contributions in response to recent events – which we have themed “Anarchy.” Informality March Edition


Aerial view of Mariners Marsh Park. Photo credit: Craig Shaw MLA '18 var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); MLA second-year students Babbie Dunnington,… Read More »


Professionally Speaking with Prof. Aydogan Akseli


Previous‹ Trumpet, left, at a folding table she helped to design and build out of wood scraps. Next› var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide();… Read More »


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Last Updated: 07/28/2025 20:25