On October 10 the Urban Design Lab (UDL) was an important presence to the celebration of the 125th Street Business Improvement District 25th year anniversary. The work of the pilot Columbia SPS summer course on Sustainable Urbanization was displayed at the BID’s Annual Meeting. The projects included design proposals from Morningside Drive to the Hudson… read more

On May 18, Maria-Paola Sutto was an invited participant at the CXI 2018 conference, where she was included in the  project of the artist Juan Miguel Marin. The CXI conference is the leading business conference on innovation in the consumer experience. The art project was a collaboration to remind to all of us that no… read more

The Urban Design Lab research on cognitive mapping and urban social media was on display in a poster session at the annual Columbia Data Science Day on April 5th, 2017. The work correlates new mapping techniques for health and well-being with normative GIS-based data. This research is made in collaboration with the Columbia Institute for… read more

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

CLIMATARIUM (n.). A public hall comprising devices for presenting global and localized interrelationships between climate and society; and for simulation of future effects on same; for purpose of furthering scientific understanding, public instruction, and measures for climate resilience. NB: for New York City comprising variants on estuarium and urbanarium concepts as relates to climate change. Analyzing the hard… read more

This project is a design studio class coordinated with the Urban Design Lab and conducted by Columbia’s schools of architecture and engineering working in collaboration with the 125th Street Business Improvement District (BID). The studio explores the street section as a tool for greater urban sustainability, reconceptualizing the street to address water, energy, and waste…. read more

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

Developing agricultural capacity within or close to urban areas like New York City has the potential to reduce food transportation costs and environmental impacts, provide economic development opportunities, and reduce disparities in healthful access that have contributed to epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes especially among low-income populations. Despite these advantages, there are challenges to… read more