Category: Design
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Tishman Speyer x NYU Schack x KPF
Studio by Tishman Speyer was joined by NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) for a discussion that focused on the many concepts of an office and the important role that inspiring spaces and community play in the post-pandemic era. The group shared their various perspectives at the…
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The State of Housing Design – Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2023)
What is the US housing design landscape like? Specifically, what responses are architects giving to concerns like climate change, the affordability crisis, rising building regulations and costs, and the need for new unit types that more accurately reflect the demographic realities of today’s society? This event with Marc Norman and other…
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RADICAL MIDDLE GROUNDS: NEW AGENDAS FOR MEDIUM-DENSITY HOUSING
Radical Middle Grounds Symposium at UT Austin brought architects, historians, urban designers, and economists together for conversations about housing density, affordability, and the “middle grounds” between disciplines, scales and housing types. More information can be found here.
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The Egalitarian Metropolis: New Maps, Metrics and Modalities
Supported by the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, “Mapping the Egalitarian Metropolis: Spaces of Hope” featured work by six interdisciplinary research teams led by University of Michigan Taubman College faculty, each using techniques of deep mapping, critical cartography, and community engagement to reveal planned and unplanned places within Detroit. …
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Marc Norman and Kate Asher in Dialog on Housing and Equitable Development
In conversation with the amazing Kate Asher, we have a wide ranging discussion on land use and cost as it relates to housing and street real estate, multifaceted strategies for development, finance, and community engagement. Talking about experimentation on a city and state level listen to how we can scale…
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Ann Arbor Tackles Affordability and Leverages City Owned Sites
The city of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission enlisted Ideas and Action to Analyze city owned sites suitable for added density, affordable housing and mixed income/mixed use development. Findings were incorporated into a series of city council resolutions to move the process of development and/or engagement forward.…
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Brooklyn Townhome Redo Featured in New York Magazine
The Williamsburg Townhouse owned and renovated by Marc Norman and Jonathan Massey demonstrates techniques for compact living and the use of a varied pallet of materials within an historic context. See the full article written by Fred Bernstein and photographed by Cameron Blaylock featured in New York Magazine’s Winter 2018…
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Growing in the Gaps: An Interview with Maurice Cox
The July 2018 issue of Urban Omnibus features Marc Norman interviewing Maurice Cox, Director of Detroit Planning and Development about revitalizing cities for all residents and maintaining and uplifting the successes and uniqueness of majority African American Cities. Read the full interview here
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MIT’s Senseable City Lab – Benguerir
SENSEable City Lab is a cutting–edge multidisciplinary research group based at MIT that studies the interface between cities, people, and technologies and investigates how the ubiquity of digital devices and the various telecommunication networks that augment our cities, are impacting urban living. Marc Norman’s LAUNCH PAD (Aire de Lancement, in French) completed with the Lab for Benguerir, Morocco,…
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Friendship Court Master Plan Draft Released
Friendship Court, a 150 unit development in Charlottesville, VA is undergoing a master planning process to create mixed income development on the site while not displacing existing residents, better connecting the site to its surrounding context and creating opportunity for the families currently on-site. A design team consisting of nationally known…