The art and science of ‘living-like’ architecture Camila Irabien and Dionne Yeung work in the Stephenson Foundation Educational Laboratory and Bio-MakerSpace. (Image: Penn Engineering Today) The art and science of ‘living-like’ architecture Collaborators from Penn Engineering and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design have created “living-like” bioactive interior architecture designed to one day protect us from hidden airborne threats.
Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives Traffic is diverted from a collapsed elevated section of Interstate 95, in Philadelphia on June 14, 2023. (Image: AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives In a Q&A, Jay Arzu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of City & Regional Planning, discusses how investment in public transit would alleviate travel stress caused by incidents like the I-95 bridge collapse.
What time, day, and month are the most dangerous to drive in Pennsylvania and New Jersey? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer What time, day, and month are the most dangerous to drive in Pennsylvania and New Jersey? Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design says that crashes in Philadelphia stop-and-go traffic often result in fender-benders rather than deaths. How to hack your commute during the I-95 bridge collapse repairs Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer How to hack your commute during the I-95 bridge collapse repairs Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that knowing what to expect helps commuters have patience and handle traffic. Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Doctoral student Jay Arzu in the Weitzman School of Design is one of the main advocates for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Movement in Northeast Philadelphia. The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Penn In the News The Messenger The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that most people will adjust quickly to new commute patterns detouring I-95, which will free up the blockage. Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia. New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard Penn In the News Billy Penn New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard In an Op-Ed, Weitzman School of Design doctoral candidate Jay Arzu discusses a new design for streamlined, cost-effective stations that would alleviate financial concerns surrounding the long-delayed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in Philadelphia. In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil. At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes. Load More
How to hack your commute during the I-95 bridge collapse repairs Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer How to hack your commute during the I-95 bridge collapse repairs Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that knowing what to expect helps commuters have patience and handle traffic. Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Doctoral student Jay Arzu in the Weitzman School of Design is one of the main advocates for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Movement in Northeast Philadelphia. The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Penn In the News The Messenger The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that most people will adjust quickly to new commute patterns detouring I-95, which will free up the blockage. Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia. New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard Penn In the News Billy Penn New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard In an Op-Ed, Weitzman School of Design doctoral candidate Jay Arzu discusses a new design for streamlined, cost-effective stations that would alleviate financial concerns surrounding the long-delayed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in Philadelphia. In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil. At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes. Load More
Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Doctoral student Jay Arzu in the Weitzman School of Design is one of the main advocates for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Movement in Northeast Philadelphia. The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Penn In the News The Messenger The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that most people will adjust quickly to new commute patterns detouring I-95, which will free up the blockage. Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia. New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard Penn In the News Billy Penn New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard In an Op-Ed, Weitzman School of Design doctoral candidate Jay Arzu discusses a new design for streamlined, cost-effective stations that would alleviate financial concerns surrounding the long-delayed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in Philadelphia. In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil. At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes. Load More
The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Penn In the News The Messenger The I-95 bridge collapse is causing traffic headaches, but don’t expect Carmageddon Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that most people will adjust quickly to new commute patterns detouring I-95, which will free up the blockage. Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia. New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard Penn In the News Billy Penn New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard In an Op-Ed, Weitzman School of Design doctoral candidate Jay Arzu discusses a new design for streamlined, cost-effective stations that would alleviate financial concerns surrounding the long-delayed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in Philadelphia. In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil. At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes. Load More
Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia.
New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard Penn In the News Billy Penn New station renderings: Building a cost-effective subway on Roosevelt Boulevard In an Op-Ed, Weitzman School of Design doctoral candidate Jay Arzu discusses a new design for streamlined, cost-effective stations that would alleviate financial concerns surrounding the long-delayed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in Philadelphia. In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil. At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes.
In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture. (Image: Lucia Thome) In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil.
At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes.