Climate Solutions
Research + Design
Faculty throughout the college’s departments and research centers pursue meaningful climate solutions, from wetland restoration to adapting neighborhoods to sea level rise to innovating carbon-neutral building methods. Issues of adaptability, resilience, and mitigation are at the forefront of our curriculum.
Wed | Nov 6, 2024
6:10pm - 7:15pm
Raha Talebi: Restraint + Abandon | Architecture Lecture
In this lecture, Raha Talebi, 2024 Joseph Esherick Visiting Professor of Practice, draws on her work as co-founder at Vantieghem Talebi’s and explores the value judgement between the duality of restraint and abandon.
Sep 26, 2024
CED faculty among Berkeley Climate and Equity Seed Grant awardees
Research projects involving faculty from the Departments of City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning received seed grants from a new program sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Sep 13, 2024
Neyran Turan’s NEMESTUDIO honored with AR Design Vanguard Award
Architectural Record honored Associate Professor Neyran Turan’s office, NEMESTUDIO, with a Design Vanguard 2024 award. Turan, who joined the Department of Architecture faculty in 2016, is currently serving as chair of its MArch program.
Sep 17, 2024
MArch students sweep ANFA student design competition
CED teams won first and second place at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Student Design Competition.
Aug 30, 2024
Ajay Manthripragada and Ramon Weber join Department of Architecture
The Department of Architecture is pleased to announce two new faculty appointments: Ajay Manthripragada as assistant professor in design and Ramon Elias Weber as assistant professor specializing in building technologies.
Jul 26, 2024
ITS names Kathryn Exon Smith Outstanding Masters Student of the Year for her “phenomenal” work on transportation
Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies names Kathryn Exon Smith (MCP 2024) as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Masters Student of the Year, calling her work and collaborations in all regards "phenomenal," including her thesis on transportation regional governance.
Jul 15, 2024
Maria Paz Gutierrez awarded NSF grant for greywater reuse project
Maria Paz Gutierrez, associate professor of architecture, receives National Science Foundation grant for household greywater reuse project. Gutierrez is working with professor of architecture, Luisa Caldas, and UC Merced.
Jun 28, 2024
LAF scholarship winner Kanani D’Angelo is reviving traditional Hawaiian practices to restore Oahu landscapes and watersheds
Kanani D’Angelo, who is pursuing concurrent MCP and MLA degrees, is the 2024 winner of the Hawaii Chapter ASLA/David T. Woolsey Scholarship from the Landscape Architecture Foundation. She is focusing on reviving Native Hawaiian cultural practices to restore degraded landscapes, such as freshwater fishponds, and reconnect people to the land.
Jun 28, 2024
MLA students’ award-winning wildfire-resilient landscape design is a call to action for homeowners
Grace Diebel and Shayda Rashidi won the top prize in a contest aimed at generating innovative and cost-effective landscaping ideas that enhance wildfire defense while maintaining aesthetic appeal.
Jun 5, 2024
Advanced Urban Design & Planning Studio: Golden Gate Fields
Three studios considered the redevelopment of the Golden Gate Fields sites along the East Bay shoreline.
Jun 17, 2024
2024 Gadsby-Trudgett scholarships awarded to graduates focusing on sustainable environmental design
Iona Normandi, Bryan Tran, and Theo Wyss-Flamm (all SED 2024) are using their awards to pursue further training in sustainable practices.
May 30, 2024
PhD candidate wins two prestigious fellowships for research into road safety in the age of Uber Eats
Cheng-Kai (Kai) Hsu's findings highlight the need for regulatory oversight to protect vulnerable gig workers and the public.
May 21, 2024
Berkeley Rupp Prize awarded to architect Sandhya Naidu Janardhan, founder of Community Design Agency
Naidu Janardhan, a leader in community-led design and sustainable architecture, will be in residence at the College of Environmental Design during the fall 2024 semester.
May 20, 2024
2024 Lau Grants for Just Climate Futures awarded
This year's projects focus on neighborhood energy-sharing strategies, flood adaptation in unincorporated areas, and heat and pollution in urbanizing towns.
May 20, 2024
Terner Center creates new tool to study housing affordability in California
Terner Center study creates interactive map on housing affordability in California, asking an essential question: How affordable is California to the people who would live there if they could?
May 17, 2024
Ron Rael talks to Arch Daily about the future of architecture
In an interview published in Arch Daily, Ron Rael shares his views on the potential of AI, material culture, the role of the architect in society, architectural education, sustainability, and more.
May 6, 2024
Forest to frame: Paul Mayencourt bridges forest management and sustainable construction
Paul Mayencourt is prototyping sustainable construction materials and methods in the Wood Lab, including a solar kiln.
Mar 20, 2024
New research on climate resilience, environmental justice to be presented at CED
An exhibition and lecture reveal innovative research into climate solutions by CED faculty.
Feb 13, 2024
Lu Liang, who uses data to analyze environmental change, joins LAEP faculty
Geospatial scientist Lu Liang uses GIS and UAV to explore how environmental conditions, such as air pollution, impact the daily lives of individuals.
Jul 11, 2024
Black Landscapes Matter
The question "Do black landscapes matter?" cuts deep to the core of American history. In this vital new collection, acclaimed landscape designer and public artist Walter Hood assembles a group of notable landscape architecture and planning professionals and scholars to probe how race, memory, and meaning intersect in the American landscape.