Image Planning for Urban Heat Resilience: Professor Ladd Keith Partners with American Planning Association on Essential Publication April 20, 2022 Thanks to a partnership with the American Planning Association, CAPLA's Ladd Keith and ASU's Sara Meerow have published a comprehensive guide for planners and their communities to equitably prepare for urban heat resilience and mitigation: Planning for Urban Heat Resilience. Read more
Image Camp Naco Story Map April 19, 2022 The Camp Naco story map tells the story of the still-standing adobe Buffalo Soldier cavalry camp and its meaning both to the descendants of these soldiers and to African American members of the military and their families. Read more
Image Plan the Plan April 19, 2022 Plan the Plan aims to apply crowd-source technology to foster greater inclusion and social justice in the City of Tucson’s neighborhood planning process. CALPLA faculty and students applied this platform to seven neighborhoods in the Grant-Alvernon area of Tucson, Arizona. Read more
Image City of Tucson's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan April 18, 2022 Faculty members Courtney Crosson and Ladd Keith, along with community partners, develop a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to help the City of Tucson establish a path to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Read more
Image Identification of Limits to Development of Innovative Affordable Housing Types in the Tucson Area April 18, 2022 Architecture lecturer Bill Mackey investigates the development regulations, costs and trends within the metropolitan Tucson region associated with “innovative” housing types on individual lots for a Drachman Institute project funded by AARP. Read more
Image Border Studio: Oñate Crossing April 13, 2022 Students in Teresa Rosano's ARC 410/510 studio worked with students from New Mexico and Chihuahua to design concepts and visualization of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Oñate Crossing historic site in El Paso and associated sites in the city of Jaurez, Mexico. Read more
Image 50 Years of Commercial Real Estate Development in Tucson April 10, 2022 When Arizona Daily Star sought to put together a “visual trip down memory lane” of Tucson’s commercial real estate development over the last five decades, it turned to students in the Master of Real Estate Development program to lead the research. Read more
Image Lecture Recap and Video: Sigrid Adriaenssens on 'Extraordinary Mechanics & Structural Innovation in Architecture' April 6, 2022 Sigrid Adriaenssens lectures on "Extraordinary Mechanics & Structural Innovation in Architecture." Read more
Image Lecture Recap and Video: Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta on 'Cultivating Science, Justice and Action Through Participatory Research Methods' April 1, 2022 In this presentation, Ramírez-Andreotta will describe participatory research methods which advance exposure to science and communication strategies that visualize and translate environmental health research to action. Read more
Image Lecture Recap and Video: Vann Mollyvann: Lecture by Štefan Tkáč March 30, 2022 In this presentation, Štefan Tkáč discusses the work of work of Cambodian modernist architect Vann Molyvann. Read more