Climate Solutions
Research + Design

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.

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.

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.

CED teams won first and second place at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Student Design Competition.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three studios considered the redevelopment of the Golden Gate Fields sites along the East Bay shoreline.

Iona Normandi, Bryan Tran, and Theo Wyss-Flamm (all SED 2024) are using their awards to pursue further training in sustainable practices.

Cheng-Kai (Kai) Hsu's findings highlight the need for regulatory oversight to protect vulnerable gig workers and the public.

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.

This year's projects focus on neighborhood energy-sharing strategies, flood adaptation in unincorporated areas, and heat and pollution in urbanizing towns.

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?

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.

Paul Mayencourt is prototyping sustainable construction materials and methods in the Wood Lab, including a solar kiln.

An exhibition and lecture reveal innovative research into climate solutions by CED faculty.

Geospatial scientist Lu Liang uses GIS and UAV to explore how environmental conditions, such as air pollution, impact the daily lives of individuals.

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.