“We were excited that it was a pleasant smell, had been historically mapped to human health, and could contribute to air quality,” Laia Mogas-Soldevila says of the aromatic lattice.
Clearing the air with biomaterials
Senseable Biomaterials for Healthier Habitats, a project led by assistant professor of architecture Laia Mogas-Soldevila, contributed a lattice installation made from architectural biomaterials to the ICA, acting as an antimicrobial air purifier.
Elizabeth Delmelle, associate professor of city and regional planning. (Image: Weitzman News)
Using urban spatial analytics to solve city planning conundrums
The Weitzman School’s Elizabeth Delmelle, director of the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics program, discusses neighborhood change, urban inequality, and urban transportation.
The wall is a foam construction designed using artificial intelligence and fabricated by a robot in Penn’s Robotics Lab at Meyerson Hall. (Image: Jay Kan)
A relief wall that’s a window onto architecture’s future
A public library relief wall is a novel approach to architectural design and robotic fabrication from the Weitzman School and the Robotics Lab.
Tuskegee’s Kwesi Daniels leads a visit to St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and The Armstrong School. (Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)
Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation
Architecture students at Tuskegee University are studying historic preservation through explorations of buildings on and near the historic HBCU campus, in part through a collaboration with the Weitzman School of Design.
Assistant professor of architecture Daniela Fabricius. (Image: Weitzman News)
Weitzman’s Daniela Fabricius on architecture, labor, and history
The architectural theorist and historian is teaching a class titled Architecture and Labor while working on two books, including “The Ethics of Calculation: Architecture and Rationalism in Postwar Germany.”
Rob Fleming, director of online innovation at the Weitzman School.
Weitzman’s Rob Fleming talks sustainable design and inclusive leadership
This past summer, the educator and author joined Weitzman as director of online innovation, and is organizing the launch of Weitzman’s new Executive Program in Design Leadership program.
Installation view of Ken Lum’s exhibition at Magenta Plains in New York. (Image: Weitzman News)
Ken Lum on art and controversy
The Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the Weitzman School, who has solo art exhibitions in New York and Ontario, discusses his art and controversy surrounding it.
Madagascar’s baob tree, seen at the Avenue of the Baobobs outside Morondava, is one of the plant species under threat. (Image: Weitzman News)
Where biodiversity, climate risk, and urban growth collide
A project led by researchers at The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology aims to highlight points of conflict between climate risks, biodiversity, and urban growth in a few of the world’s poorest cities.
3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying
Researchers including Weitzman’s Robert Stuart-Smith have made a swarm of bee-inspired drones that can collectively 3D print material while in flight, allowing unbounded manufacturing for building and repairing structures.
