Monument Lab app expands space and time at Art Museum steps The OverTime app features poet and artist Ursula Rucker at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Image: Courtesy Monument Lab) Monument Lab app expands space and time at Art Museum steps OverTime, a new augmented reality app that weds public art and history in a personal visual format gives users access to interactive, self-guided tours of public spaces, and invites users to add stories of their own.
The power of architecture to address public health and environmental crises The power of architecture to address public health and environmental crises Two new studies, one on UV sterilization in occupied rooms and another on radiative cooling, show how architecture can help create interior spaces that are both COVID-safe and energy-efficient.
Reassessing iconography on campus Reassessing iconography on campus Joann Mitchell and Frederick Steiner chatted with Penn Today about the Campus Iconography Group’s report, published this week.
Planning for Pennsylvania Hospital’s next 250 years Planning for Pennsylvania Hospital’s next 250 years PennPraxis, the consulting and community engagement arm of the Weitzman School, will produce plans for the Hospital’s Conservation Management Plan to upgrade the building, grounds, and collections.
James Corner elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School James Corner elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters The professor emeritus and renowned landscape architect and urban designer has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, widely considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
Energy and water autonomy for off-grid waterfront floating structures A waterfront floating laboratory prototype. (Image: Thread collective + Oasis Design Lab) Energy and water autonomy for off-grid waterfront floating structures The Thermal Architecture Lab at the Weitzman School is part of a collaboration to develop energy and water autonomous systems for off-grid floating structures that are designed to adapt to rising waters.
Historic preservation of Black Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. was in attendance at Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial performance on Easter Sunday, 1939. This location served as the inspiration for King's March on Washington address, says Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society. (Image: University of Pennsylvania/Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs) Historic preservation of Black Philadelphia Preserving Black history in Philadelphia is an evolving dynamic of the city’s legacy.
As buildings’ life spans shrink, developers try to adjust Penn In the News The New York Times As buildings’ life spans shrink, developers try to adjust Gilles Duranton of the Wharton School said the commercial construction industry can best adapt to a changing world by creating buildings with modular elements that can be easily disassembled or demolished. “Sometimes the right thing will involve tearing things down and rebuilding from scratch,” he said. Universities are schooling future architects to consider community and history as they design Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Universities are schooling future architects to consider community and history as they design The Stuart Weitzman School of Design was mentioned for its historically grounded, intersectional, and interdisciplinary approach to teaching design and architecture. “You need to know history to be avant-garde,” said Winka Dubbeldam. Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Penn In the News The Washington Post Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Planning studios within the Stuart Weitzman School of Design developed a plan for a new North Atlantic Rail, a high-speed speed train connecting New York and Boston. “There are 36 tunnels of this length or longer that have been built or are under construction around the world in the last 10 years alone—over 100 in the last 20 years,” said planner and Professor Emeritus Robert Yaro. “This is what the world is doing.” Load More
Universities are schooling future architects to consider community and history as they design Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Universities are schooling future architects to consider community and history as they design The Stuart Weitzman School of Design was mentioned for its historically grounded, intersectional, and interdisciplinary approach to teaching design and architecture. “You need to know history to be avant-garde,” said Winka Dubbeldam. Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Penn In the News The Washington Post Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Planning studios within the Stuart Weitzman School of Design developed a plan for a new North Atlantic Rail, a high-speed speed train connecting New York and Boston. “There are 36 tunnels of this length or longer that have been built or are under construction around the world in the last 10 years alone—over 100 in the last 20 years,” said planner and Professor Emeritus Robert Yaro. “This is what the world is doing.” Load More
Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Penn In the News The Washington Post Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound Planning studios within the Stuart Weitzman School of Design developed a plan for a new North Atlantic Rail, a high-speed speed train connecting New York and Boston. “There are 36 tunnels of this length or longer that have been built or are under construction around the world in the last 10 years alone—over 100 in the last 20 years,” said planner and Professor Emeritus Robert Yaro. “This is what the world is doing.”