Author Archives: Jack Li

Housing Studio-Inspired Book, KatOikia, Published

The new book KatOikia emerged as an indirect outcome of the Housing Design Studio sponsored by CetraRuddy Architecture during Fall 2018 at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. A collection of essays, KatOikia (Greek for “dwelling”) brings together academic speculations and pedagogical explorations with scholarly voices and practices from

KatOikia

The book KatOikia emerged as an indirect outcome of the Housing Design Studio sponsored by CetraRuddy Architecture during Fall 2018 at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. Editor Loukia Tsafoulia was one of the instructors. A collection of essays, KatOikia (Greek for “dwelling”) brings together academic speculations and pedagogical

Prof. Haferd wins first place in Africatown International Design Idea Competition

Professor Jerome Haferd and his architectural firm JEROME HAFERD / BRANDT : HAFERD won first place in the Africatown International Design Idea Competition for site number two at the former Josephine Allen public housing area in Mobile, Alabama with his proposal “In the Wake.” The Design Idea Competition is a way to create a vision for The Africatown Cultural Mile, 16 venues

Landscape Architecture Gains STEM Status

On July 12, the Biden administration announced that landscape architecture has been designated a STEM discipline, recognizing the high degree of science, technology, engineering and mathematics coursework required in landscape architecture collegiate programs. This new designation is expected to result in more young people being introduced to the profession and to allow programs such as the

Prof. Zhang Awarded PSC-CUNY Research Funding

We are pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Zihao Zhang has received a $6,000 Cycle 54 PSC-CUNY Research Award for 2023-2024 to conduct a research project on robotic cultivation, in collaboration with co-PI computer scientist Professor Susan L. Epstein from Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate Center. The research is titled “Robots in the Garden:

MLA Student Is Youth Speaker at UN Forum

Rising second-year Master of Landscape Architecture student Paul Stout, aka @‌talkingcities on Tiktok, was an invited speaker at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at the United Nations. As an urbanism content creator, he was there to give the youth perspective on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Paul’s remarks, delivered on July