What is the value of design in shelters? When is good design not enough? How can we create design guidelines that improve the lives of residents and staff, not burden them? And as urbanists, should we focus our energies on addressing today’s crisis, or long-term solutions to house the most vulnerable?
Posted — July 24, 2020
Jessica Katz discusses creative strategies for expanding supportive housing development in conversation with Anand Amin and Rebecca Sauer.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Tommy Newman discusses strategies for funding and building supportive housing in Los Angeles in conversation with Anand Amin, Catherine Nguyen and Rebecca Sauer.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Paul Lotter discusses making the public realm welcoming to all in conversation with Stella Kim.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Gia Biagi discusses stewardship of public spaces in conversation with Margaret Jankowsky.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Chris Burbank discusses alternative policing strategies to address homelessness in conversation with Madison Loew.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Jonathan Marvel discusses the design, accessibility, and perception of homeless shelters in conversation with Ishita Gaur.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Rita Zimmer discusses HousingPlus' holistic approach to affordable and supportive housing and the importance of reentry services in conversation with Heli Pinillos.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Judy Whiting discusses the impact of criminal records on homelessness and access to housing in conversation with Melissa Minnich.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Graham Ciraulo discusses systematic inequalities in neighborhood zoning and housing in conversation with Alp Bozkurt, April De Simone, Nova Lucero and Emma Silverblatt.
Posted — July 24, 2020
Marcus Moore and Rob Robinson discuss the experience of homelessness and housing as a human right in conversation with Alp Bozkurt, April De Simone, Nova Lucero and Emma Silverblatt.
Posted — July 24, 2020
This compilation presents the work completed by the Urban Design Forum in 2018-19 addressing the recent homelessness crisis in New York City.
Posted — July 24, 2020
It will take the effort of each of us to eliminate homelessness. But we must use our money, power, and positions in society to provide a platform for those directly impacted to lead the way.
Posted — July 24, 2020
The Urban Design Forum interviews Maru Bautista, Director of the Cooperative Development Program at the Center for Family Life, on the benefits cooperative ownership can have in a community and the resiliency of cooperative models.
Posted — July 21, 2020
The Urban Design Forum interviews Sandra Lobo, Executive Director of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition on organizing around racial, environmental, and health justice and economic democracy.
Posted — July 21, 2020
The Urban Design Forum interviews Mark Chambers, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, on the City’s efforts to implement Local Law 97, expanding the tent of climate resistance, and prioritizing environmental justice communities in the vision for a greener future.
Posted — July 21, 2020
As part of our 2019 Forefront Fellowship, these posters feature proposals explore the role buildings can play in advancing heat resiliency.
Posted — June 11, 2020
The Urban Design Forum interviews Janne Flisrand of Neighbors for More Neighbors, a Minneapolis advocacy group that helped the city’s 2040 plan become reality.
Posted — April 15, 2020
Urban Design Forum Executive Director Daniel McPhee sits down with Duncan Pescod, Chief Executive Officer of WKCD, for a wide-ranging discussion about the project’s financing and design, extensive public engagement efforts, and the future of WKCD in light of recent protest movements in Hong Kong.
Posted — April 14, 2020
Daniel McPhee sits down with James Nozar, CEO of Strategic Property Partners, to discuss how he has worked collaboratively with Mayor Jane Castor to leverage Water Street's unique single investment structure to streamline design and development and build a new ground-up urban hub for Tampa.
Posted — April 10, 2020
Daniel McPhee sits down with Chris to discuss how Waterfront Toronto's lengthy public engagement process resulted in detailed block plans specifying architectural character and use, as well as major investments in the public realm.
Posted — March 30, 2020
In 2018-2019, the Urban Design Forum gathered its Fellows and other experts to consider how New York City can use creative zoning, investments in the public realm, and new infrastructure to enhance economic outcomes for all.
Posted — December 1, 2019
The most daunting challenge facing our city today is not what to build, but what to restore.
Posted — July 11, 2019
The systems that created the divided American landscape continue to loom large.
Posted — July 11, 2019
