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Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation
Researchers at the Wupatki National Monument.

Through Weitzman’s Center for Architectural Conservation, preservation faculty and students are working with the National Park Service and the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps to preserve Wupatki National Monument, where people first gathered in the 1100s.

(Image: Ha Leem)

Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation

For 40 years, Penn’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation has expanded its purview and explores how to become more of a public design practice.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art
An installation on the National Mall.

Wendy Red Star, The Soil You See..., 2023, from Beyond Granite on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

(Image: AJ Mitchell/Courtesy of Monument Lab)

Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art

The Penn alum and co-founder of Monument Lab offers a behind-the-scenes look at the new public art installation curated by Monument Lab on the National Mall.

From the Weitzman School of Design

How to design across species to increase biodiversity
Two computer generated living materials.

Module growth of engineered living materials.

(Image: Courtesy of Abby Weinstein and Terreform ONE)

How to design across species to increase biodiversity

SNF Paideia Fellow Abigail (Abby) Weinstein participated in a summer internship with Terreform ONE, a nonprofit architecture and design research group.

From the SNF Paideia Program