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Catskills Regional Foodshed

by |May 5th, 2015

This project is developed by the Urban Design Lab and a joint research seminar at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). In modern assessments of urban issues, understanding a city’s relationship with its supporting communities – those which provide workers, energy, water, food, supplies, and waste disposal – is a necessary… read more

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Catskills Regional Foodshed

by |June 13th, 2014

This project is developed by the Urban Design Lab and a joint research seminar at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). In modern assessments of urban issues, understanding a city’s relationship with its supporting communities – those which provide workers, energy, water, food, supplies, and waste disposal – is a necessary… read more

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National Integrated Regional Foodshed Model

by |June 13th, 2014

The National Integrated Regional Foodsheds Model works toward the goal of supplying the majority of the food for each region from within a defined geographic area. Analogous to the concept of watersheds, integrated regional foodsheds use the efficiency of networks and systems design to dramatically reduce the costs associated with processing and transportation while increasing… read more

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NYC Regional Foodshed Initiative

by |June 13th, 2014

One part of a new national model, the New York City Regional Foodshed Initiative expands the preliminary analysis of the regional capacity to produce food and involves an in depth examination of the local food production capacity of the New York City. The initiative incorporates localized land use, soil type, transportation infrastructure, and climatic conditions… read more

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The New York City Regional Foodshed

by |January 28th, 2010

The Urban Design Lab, in partnership with the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture , has received support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to further research on the New York City Regional Foodshed Project. The study will evaluate the potential capacity of agricultural production and distribution infrastructure in the New York City region toward the development of strategies… read more

Green Gowanus: “Maximun Exposure”

by |April 7th, 2015

The future of the area of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn engages one of the most interesting current developmental debates in New York City. As a continuation of prior Urban Ecology Studio research, this design studio option directly engages the complexity of this debate to the maximum exposure practicable in a studio context and will… read more

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Urban Design Trends

by |December 16th, 2014

Celebrating ten years of Urban Design Lab – UDL@10 Navigating Sustainability: The Hudson and Beyond – Patricia Culligan https://vimeo.com/11264470   Breuckland – Richard Plunz   Trend in Urban Design – Richard Plunz Kubi Ackerman, NYC Foodshed Initiative Rebuilding our Food System Infrastructure: Michael Conard at TEDxManhattan   Beyond the Studio: Mojdeh Baratloo – Richard Plunz et Al.  … read more

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Curbing Childhood Obesity: Searching for Comprehensive Solutions

by |June 13th, 2014

Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese, and obesity is now the fastest growing cause of disease and death in the country. In 2000, the total annual cost of obesity in America was $117 billion. The most alarming aspect of this trend is the rapid rise in rates of childhood obesity, which… read more

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