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The National Charette Institute (NCI) at Michigan State University School of Planning, Design, and Construction and ARCdI are working together to provide to ARCdI members introductory and advanced training and certification in charrette design, implementation, consensus building, and integrative team development. We plan to have our first training sessions ready …
In this podcast, Loren Rullman, Principal & Director, Higher Education at WORKSHOP ARCHITECTS (a certified B-Corporation), details the values, commitments, and approaches pursued over his career to engender authentic engagement and participation in higher education capital planning and design work while working a as the lead administrator in student affairs …
When Xerox built the tallest building in Rochester, NY in 1967, it poured and then sandblasted thirty stark stories of exposed aggregate to anchor an imposingly gray headquarters complex covering almost a city block. It then promptly moved its HQ to Connecticut two years later and continued to scale back …
LIVING north of Philadelphia and south of Princeton, my neighborhood (Burlington City) is off of route 95 and along the Delaware river. It is a city and a region replete with vernacular architecture consisting of brick row houses from the Colonial through Victorian periods akin to the many other communities …
The year 2020 has brought significant challenges with the global coronavirus pandemic, a national economic downturn, and a social justice movement. Colleges and universities across the country are grappling with the short- and long-term impacts of these events. Uncertainties and unknown durations are challenging institutions in numerous ways. Many institutions …
“Shrinking cities” has become a topic of much research in geography and planning circles in recent years. A phenomenon that has become surprisingly widespread across communities, the reality of long-term population loss has substantial implications for planning and design that aspires to be just and resilient. Traditionally thought of as …
This Fall, the ARCdI Board came together at the prestigious Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation in Princeton, NJ for a Charrette Training Workshop. It was a vibrant, collaborative meeting of architects, designers, and higher education professionals from all across the country. Executive Director, Holly Madill, took the group through …
In this podcast, Kelly Jahn tells us about the exciting interior design work she has pursued independently and as part of a variety of transdisciplinary initiatives involving students at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). These design initiatives are helping to address through interior design place-based community resiliency needs, access, adaptive …
For campuses across the country, the year 2020 led to a seismic shift in resiliency and adaptability, particularly around the built environment and operational models. The year also brought about a renewed call for a more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. Campuses being microcosms of the larger American society …
