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Multivariate Interactive Visualization of Data in Generative Design
(2016-02-29)
In this paper we describe our work on providing support for design decision making in generative design systems producing large quantities of simulation data. The work is motivated by the continuing challenge of making ...
The Chawls and Slums of Mumbai: Story of Urban Sprawl
(2018-04-14)
In Mumbai, informal dwellings such as slums and tenement housing, or chawls, are an
outcome of the exponential increase in the city’s population after the upsurge of mills
and industries during 19th-century British rule ...
Aspirations of Economic Resilience: An Analysis of the Infuriating Logic of Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena Development
(2018-04-14)
The narrative of deindustrialization and urban decline has been well-documented
in literature. Local governments in the United States have responded to structural
inequities in the use and generation of capital with some ...
Racially Restrictive Covenants in the United States: A Call to Action
(2018-04-14)
This paper examines the history and structure of racially restrictive covenants in the
United States to better comprehend their continued existence, despite their illegality.
While unenforceable, racially restrictive ...
The City of Tomorrow . . . Today
(2018-04-14)
First published in 1961, Lewis Mumford’s classic macrohistorical work "The City
in History" follows human civilization from its paleolithic origins to modern-day
metropolises. Mumford was both a historian and social ...
Sidewalks of Conflict
(2018-04-14)
The following is an altered-photo series unpacking some of the conflicts for space
within a consolidated informal settlement in São Paulo, Brazil. My research of informal
settlements began with coursework in the Winter ...
Social Cohesion and Economic Justice: A Justification for Public-Sector Planning
(2018-04-14)
The current political context within the United States is imbued with fragmented and
privatized conceptions of social good. Everyday Americans disagree about what is best
for urban and rural communities, and they disagree ...
Making the Middle: Planning to Create Socially and Economically Vibrant Middle-Class Communities
(2018-04-14)
Making the Middle acknowledges trends toward greater inequality within the United
States (US) and makes a case for expanding middle-class communities through
the tactics available to planners. Equity, deliberative, and ...