Methods 3 – Fall 2018 – Student Projects

Final projects for Design and Urban Ecologies, Methods 3.


Baltimore Beyond the Uprising

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Those outside of Baltimore rely on media and other pop culture references to understand this city. How do maps and data speak differently?

Curitiba [in motion]

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

To analyze the connectivity between public transportation and public spaces in Curitiba, as well as citizens initiatives in such spaces

Development or Disparity: The case of Lahore, Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan.

Investigating the mega infrastructures and legal encroachments which are influencing the development of Lahore today.

Extractivism & Urban Growth in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Treaty 7

An exploration of Canadian identity, extractive industries, and determining spaces of extractivism and collective continuance.

Mapping Environmental Injustice in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

This project combines different environmental and social parameters to create an environmental risk index for the city of Amsterdam.

Mapping Gentrification Risk in the Grand Paris

Paris, France

This project analyzes gentrification risks around Paris associated with the 2024 Olympics and the new transit network under construction.

Mapping Regional Impact on Terrell Homes

Newark, New Jersey, USA; New York City, USA

An intergenerational investigation of the violent global impacts of capitalist infrastructure on residents living in Terrell Homes, Newark, NJ.

Qatar - Population & Resources

Doha, Qatar; Manhattan,NY,New York.

These thematic maps represent various data sets found on the state of Qatar.

Re-Mapping Resilience

Washington, D.C.

Re-mapping resilience using modeling, Georeferencing, and a proposal for subjective story-based mapping.

Spaces of Avoidance: Mapping bodies in public space

New York, USA

Our bodies turn into data post-incident, but what would it look like to collect it before?

The Body in Public - Heterotopic Networks of Care

New York, NY, USA

This is a conceptual exploration of private/public space, homelessness, and sites of everyday care formed by infrastructures and institutions.

The Vacant Storefronts of New York City

New York, NY, USA

This mapping project concerns itself with the phenomena of shuttered storefronts in New York City demonstrating its causes and effects.

Toronto Gerrymandering and its Effects on Representation

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This project has been designed to investigate the recent gerrymandering of city council wards in Toronto, Canada, that occurred in June, 2018.

Towards a Natural Gas free Amsterdam

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

An evaluation of the shift away from natural gas in Amsterdam, focusing on transition difficulty and available renewable energy infrastructures.