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Publications6.23.2015

City Sink

Carbon Cycle Infrastructure For Our Built Enviroments

Denise Hoffman Brandt & Michael Sorkin

City Sink is a design research proposal for a meta-park of dispersed landscape infrastructure to boost carbon stocks in biomass and through formation of long-term sequestration reservoirs for soil organic carbon in New York City and Long Island. City Sink research merges urban land-use lifecycles and the carbon cycle to describe a systemic response to

Publications6.23.2015

Found Space :

A Therapeutic Journey to Urban Resurrection

Mi Tsung Chang

FOUND SPACE: A THERAPUTIC JOURNEY TO URBAN RESURRECTION is a book that addresses the issue of urban deterioration and seeking methods to halt the dissolution of our urban fabric in a creative way. Perspective readers of this book will find that it responds well to the many challenges of urban resurrection, factors required for the

Publications6.23.2015

Beyond Zuccotti Park :

Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation of Public Space

Lance Jay Brown

The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the physical manifestation of the First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly. Where and how can people congregate today? Forty social scientists, planners, architects, and civil liberties experts explore the definition, use, role, and importance of public space for the exercise of our democratic rights to free expression.

Publications6.23.2015

Urban Design for an Urban Century :

Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities

Lance Jay Brown

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues

Publications4.24.2015

A City for Children

Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950

Marta Gutman

Physical spaces offer a unique and useful tool to grasp childhood as an ideal imagined by adults, as an arena shaped by social relationships, and as an experience of children. Since space is where childhood is lived, the material world offers a treasure trove of historical evidence of how children use, interpret, shape, and imagine their everyday lives. Physical spaces,