Transforming Lives
Through Design
Matthijs Bouw
Laurie Olin
Anu Mathur
Eugenie Birch
Lisa Servon
Thom Mayne Marion Weiss Nancy Davenport
Sharon Hayes
David Hartt Dana Tomlin
Amy Hillier
Frank Matero
Franca Trubiano Marilyn Jordan Taylor
William Braham
Tom Daniels
Ali Rahim
Christopher Marcinkoski
David Leatherbarrow
PennDesign prepares students to address complex sociocultural and environmental issues through thoughtful inquiry, creative expression, and innovation. As a diverse community of scholars and practitioners, we are committed to advancing the public good—both locally and globally— through art, design, planning, and preservation.
The Transformation of a
School • Fellowships • Faculty Support • Facilities
The Transformation of a
School • Fellowships • Faculty Support • Facilities
The Transformation of a
School • Fellowships • Faculty Support • Facilities
Advanced Research and Innovation Lab: Robotics
Laser Cleaning
Building
Community Cultivating Excellence Enhancing Diversity Bridging Undergraduate & Graduate Department Priorities
Building
Community Cultivating Excellence Enhancing Diversity Bridging Undergraduate & Graduate Department Priorities
Building
Community Cultivating Excellence Enhancing Diversity Bridging Undergraduate & Graduate Department Priorities
Building
Community Cultivating Excellence Enhancing Diversity Bridging Undergraduate & Graduate Department Priorities
Programmatic
Priorities
Landscape Architecture
The Ian L. McHarg Center
Architecture
ARI: Advanced Research and Innovation Lab
City and Regional Planning The Penn Equity Project Historic Preservation
Laboratory for the Interpretation of Historic Sites
Fine Arts
Critical Thinking Initiative
The Ian L. McHarg Center
The Ian L. McHarg Center
Research Areas •
Social-Cities
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Biodiverse-Cities
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Water-Cities
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Mega-Cities
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Geo-Cities
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Data-Cities
The Ian L. McHarg Center
Design with Nature Now •
International conference
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Retrospective exhibition
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Publications
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Documentary film
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Report on advancing urban ecology, sustainability, resilience in the 21st century
Architecture
ARI: Advanced Research and Innovation Lab •
New robotics facility Spring 2017
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New faculty from ETH Zurich (university for science and technology) and Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
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Research groups on structures, additive manufacturing, and the Baroque
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Cross-School Partnerships: Penn Medicine
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Industry Partnerships: ABB and AutoDesk
City and Regional Planning
Penn Equity Project PennDesign will build on its rich history of engaging issues of equity to extend the concept and practice for the 21st century to new spatial, cultural, and demographic communities.
City and Regional Planning
Penn Equity Project Possible Initiatives •
Annual Equity Report Card: A data-driven profile of economic opportunities, housing, transportation and mobility, public education, crime incidence and civil rights, public and environmental services, and others for every U.S. county.
City and Regional Planning
Penn Equity Project Possible Initiatives (cont’d) •
Global Best Practices Publication: A bi-annual digest identifying (urban) equity and social justice best practices from around the world.
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Equity Research Fellow
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Equity Fellowships for Incoming Students
City and Regional Planning
Penn Equity Project Possible Initiatives (cont’d) •
Community Engagement Project: This initiative will identify one Philadelphia-area community each year, and work together to address an important equity issue. Graduate students earn independent study credit under the direction of the Equity Fellow.
City and Regional Planning
Leadership •
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Lisa Servon
Previously Professor of Management and Urban Policy at The New School, where was also Dean at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Conducts research in the areas of urban poverty, community development, economic development, and issues of gender and race Expertise in economic insecurity, consumer financial services, and financial justice BA in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College, MA in History of Art from Penn, PhD in Urban Planning from UC Berkeley
Laboratory for the Interpretation of Historic Sites Historic Preservation
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Develop new forms of interpretation to improve access and equity
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Expand use of critical histories and and artistic modes
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Partner with National Park Service
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Collaborate with other PennDesign programs
Fine Arts
Critical Thinking Initiative
Fine Arts
Critical Thinking Initiative
How can art enhance critical thinking for any creative or intellectual project? •
The definition of art is discursively open-ended, so art can serve as an investigate tool for non-fixed meanings and categories.
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Art provides access to emotional content and subject responses.
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Art can provide an askance or disruptive view on received conventions.
The Role for
Alumni
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Hire PennDesign graduates
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Provide internships for students
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Talk about your PennDesign experience with colleagues, clients, friends (aka, networking)
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Give. The Annual Fund campaign concludes April 31.
Design is “the transformation of existing conditions into preferred ones.� - Herbert Simon, Sciences of the Artificial, 1969