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A new paradigm for cooling on New York’s Governors Island
A heat scan being taken on a human under a cooling cover structure

Image: Chris Perez

A new paradigm for cooling on New York’s Governors Island

The KlimaKover team includes architects, researchers, and builders from Penn, Henning Larsen, AIL Research, SKANSKA who are addressing urban cooling by adapting a radiant cooling system to an architectural-scale application that uses far less energy than traditional AC.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Penn launches new MSD program in Property Development and Design for practicing architects and designers

Penn launches new MSD program in Property Development and Design for practicing architects and designers

The Weitzman School’s MSD-PDD degree is a new post-professional program tailored for architects, landscape architects, and planners looking to lead in the fast-evolving real estate development sector. It expands on the School’s Real Estate Design and Development Certificate to offer a more immersive academic experience and robust credential. 

Designing cleaner, greener concrete
Masoud Akbarzadeh holding up one of the fabricated materials.

The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory is housed at the Pennovation Center and brings together designers, engineers, and computer scientists to reimagine the built world. Using graphic statics, a method where forces are mapped as lines, they design forms that balance compression and tension. These result in structures that use far fewer materials while remaining strong and efficient.

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Designing cleaner, greener concrete

Penn engineers, materials scientists, and designers have developed a 3D-printed concrete solution based on diatomaceous earth that has enhanced carbon capture, is stronger, and uses fewer materials like cement.

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What’s That? The Pyramid at HUP
A red pyramid stands in a courtyard at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

The pyramid in Miller Plaza is often mistaken for a large art installation but instead holds equipment for the Devon MRI Building.

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    • What’s That? The Pyramid at HUP

    Turning down a hallway at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania reveals a giant red pyramid. It looks like it’s art, but it’s medicine.

    2 min. read

    At the Venice Biennale, a convergence of innovations in materials, structures, and landscapes
    Robert Gerard Pietrusko’a installation ”A Satellite Symphony.”

    Robert Gerard Pietrusko collaborated on the installation ”A Satellite Symphony,” which explores how satellites frame how we understand the Earth itself; the viewing structure is constructed from trees from the Veneto region downed by storms.

    (Image: Gaia Cambiaggi / Studio Campo)

    At the Venice Biennale, a convergence of innovations in materials, structures, and landscapes

    Several Weitzman School of Design faculty and students will exhibit at the Venice Biennale’s 19th International Architecture Exhibition.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

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    For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body
    Kelvin Vu performing a dance move.

    Image: Kait Privitera

    For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body

    Master of architecture and master of landscape architecture candidate Kelvin Vu, who was a professional dancer before coming to Weitzman, says “dance and landscape design are about change, flux, and dynamism.”

    From the Weitzman School of Design

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