Lau Grants for Just Climate Futures | IURD Exhibition

Monday | Apr 7, 2025 - Wednesday | Apr 23, 2025

Bauer Wurster Gallery

Opening Reception: Mon, April 7, 5:30–7 PM | RSVP

This exhibition showcases compelling climate change research by CED faculty who received 2024 Lau Grants for Just Climate Futures. Projects explore heat and pollution in urbanizing towns (Nader Afzalan and Lu Liang), flood adaptation strategies in unincorporated areas (Danielle Rivera and Anna Serra-Llobet), decentralized energy sharing networks (Luisa Caldas), and digital air quality mapping (Kristina Hill and Charisma Acey). Please also join us on April 2 to hear grant recipients present their research.

Lau Grants for Just Climate futures on orange background

Established in 2023, Lau Grants for Just Climate Futures support cross-disciplinary projects led by CED faculty that aim to reduce the impacts of climate change and incorporate community engagement.

Projects in the exhibition explore innovative ways to integrate data and design into sustainable urban development, examining how:

Data-driven insights can shape sustainable urban design
Landscape features influence the interaction between urban heat and pollution
Design interventions and decentralized energy systems enhance resilience to extreme weather
Natural and social factors of vulnerability can inform flood risk mitigation
Real-time air quality mapping can improve community health and urban planning

PROJECTS

HEAT + HAZE AT THE EDGE

Nader Afzalan

Raymond Lifchez Chair of Social Justice and Visiting Professor of Practice
Lu Liang

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

Redesigning to Adapt to Floods in Unincorporated Areas

Danielle Rivera

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

Energy-Sharing Neighborhood: Community-Driven Energy Resilience

Luisa Caldas

Professor of Architecture

Bay Area Air Quality Map + Digital Twin

Kristina Hill

IURD Research Director; Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design
Charisma Acey

Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning; Arcus Chair in Social Justice and the Built Environment

Bay Area Air Quality Map + Digital Twin was funded by a two-year translational Lau Grant, led by Kristina Hill with Charisma Acey as the co-PI in year one. Project team:

Margaretta Lin
Marta Gonzalez
Daniel Rodriguez
Carlos Duarte
Iryna Dronova
Gail Brager
Danielle Rivera
Zoe Hamstead
Luisa Caldas
Kyle Steinfeld

Sponsored by the Institute of Urban & Regional Development.

Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m; Saturday, April 19 (Cal Day), 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

If you require accommodations to fully participate in this event, please contact iurd@berkeley.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.