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Five degrees that combine design and scientific research on Dezeen Courses

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The roundup includes postgraduate courses that explore topics such as technology, sustainability, materials and food systems, while challenging students to produce designs that explore future needs.

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University of Illinois Chicago presents six industrial design projects

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Also included is a scheme that converts pushbikes into electric bicycles and a toy that helps children in foster care adapt to different living environments. Although this can promote sustainability it can also affect the emotional and psychological wellbeing of residents.

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Brooks + Scarpa breaks ground New Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaboratory Building

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Brooks + Scarpa is known for its sustainable design approach and creative use of everyday materials in unique applications. This innovative facility is critical to the future of DCP and will strengthen collaborative working across all the built environment disciplines in the College”. Sustainability. Brooks + Scarpa.

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News: MIT unveils inaugural interdisciplinary Morningside Academy for Design fellows

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The cohort’s research projects will focus on a range of issues in the built environment, with many investigating the interface of design and sustainability. They will also participate in a six-unit academic seminar each semester intended to “enrich and expand the work of each fellow, while building community around design across MIT.”

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Pauline van Dongen to "create a new aesthetic for buildings" with solar textile

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Dutch designer Pauline van Dongen has unveiled a vision to "reupholster our built environment" using a solar-energy-generating textile she is developing with manufacturer Tentech. Pauline van Dongen presented the design at The Solar Seminar. Whole facades could be dressed in this fabric," said Van Dongen. "We Solar Revolution.

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News: ACSA and Buell Center select 2024 winners of Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society

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This proposal is the first of a multi-year, research studio that will explore how earth-based construction (compressed earth block) might be leveraged for sustainable urban development (housing) in the Phoenix metropolitan region. In the research seminar students begin with fieldwork, dialogue, drawing, and mapping.

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How Green Are Smart Cities, and How Smart Are Green Cities?

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Left: Clean mobility instead of dirty traffic : some action fields on the road to a smart and sustainable city. Finding the right balance could be the key to city growth in a sustainable way that benefits urban dwellers. We are talking less about smart and green cities and more about sustainable cities.

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