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Stuart Weitzman School of Design
The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky
The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky
Undergraduate architecture students and community members strike a balance for a proposed development in historic Germantown.
Clearing the air with biomaterials
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.
A more equitable society starts with social justice
A more equitable society starts with social justice
The Social Justice Scholars Program at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice is broadening access to graduate student education.
Using urban spatial analytics to solve city planning conundrums
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.
Beyond classroom learning: The Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program
Beyond classroom learning: The Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program
The initial cohort of five students from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt are finishing their first semester on Penn’s campus as Sawiris Scholars.
Turning carbon emissions into rocks
Turning carbon emissions into rocks
In Penn’s Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researcher Peter Psarras and colleagues are repurposing waste from industrial mines, storing carbon pulled from the atmosphere into newly formed rock.
At Engaging Minds, three Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors take the stage
Alumni heard Lance Freeman examine racial equity in city planning, Dolores Albarracín talk about how conspiracy theories take hold, and Kevin Johnson discuss the importance of clear science communication.
A relief wall that’s a window onto architecture’s future
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.
People and places at Penn: Research
People and places at Penn: Research
From Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall to the Schuylkill River, four researchers share their science and their spaces.
At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage
At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage
More than 30 representatives from the University traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate change conference.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
SEPTA said ‘there really is no way forward’ to build the Roosevelt Boulevard subway
Jay Arzu of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design appreciates that SEPTA officials are being honest about not having the funding for a massive subway project.
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The New Yorker
Fifty years of “Learning from Las Vegas”
A profile examines the architectural novel “Learning from Las Vegas” co-written by Denise Scott Brown, formerly of the Weitzman School of Design.
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WVPB (Charleston, West Virginia)
The housing struggle
On an episode of “Us and Them,” Claudia Aiken of the Weitzman School of Design and Taylor Kessinger of the School of Arts & Sciences discuss their research and advocacy for housing development in Philadelphia.
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The Architect’s Newspaper
Pennsylvania and New Mexico universities score National Park Service grant to preserve Route 66
Frank Matero of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues have secured a National Park Service grant for the preservation of the Route 66 cultural landscape in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
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The Architect’s Newspaper
University of Pennsylvania to stage exhibition on first woman architect in U.S. to practice solo
Penn graduate Molly Lester and a curatorial team of the Architectural Archives at the Weitzman School of Design will be honoring architect Minerva Parker Nichols with an exhibition.
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