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Urban Affairs and Architecture

Urban Affairs and Architecture

Work published in Urban Affairs includes writing on housing, ethnography, geography, social justice, and architecture.

Access Denied: Exploring Security, Community, and Belonging in University Spaces

Access Denied: Exploring Security, Community, and Belonging in University Spaces

When most people think of a campus in New York, they tend to think they are integrated throughout town, mixed in with the skyscrapers and business of the city. However, Barnumbia can lock all its entrancesinto campus, closing itself off from the surrounding neighborhoods and residents of Harlem.

Overpass/Sidewalk: Designing Green Spaces, Community, and Dialogue Through Urban Infrastructure

Overpass/Sidewalk: Designing Green Spaces, Community, and Dialogue Through Urban Infrastructure

Jackson Heights is considered one of the most diverse and important places in all of New York City. At the same time, the low quantities of green space in the area invite new, creative ways to integrate infrastructure that promotes community and greenery.

Public Art and Murals in Washington, DC’s Gayborhoods: Exploring Urban LGBTQ Placemaking in the Nation’s Capital

Public Art and Murals in Washington, DC’s Gayborhoods: Exploring Urban LGBTQ Placemaking in the Nation’s Capital

This study mobilizes deep mapping and GIS spatialization research to investigate how public art and open-space murals are embedded within Washington, DC’s urban landscape. Indexing these public arts allows a more compressive understanding of these vibrant enclaves of the nation’s capital.

Modern Cities as Material Expressions of Power: Interrogating Politics and Design in Paris, Algiers, and Vienna

Modern Cities as Material Expressions of Power: Interrogating Politics and Design in Paris, Algiers, and Vienna

From towering architectural monuments to the intricate and precise layout of city streets, the spaces humans inhabit profoundly shape behaviour and ways of life.

The Language of Temporary Architecture, Immigration, Migration, and Asylum at Candler HERRC: Arabic and Spanish Linguistic Pragmatics in Translation

The Language of Temporary Architecture, Immigration, Migration, and Asylum at Candler HERRC: Arabic and Spanish Linguistic Pragmatics in Translation

This paper will explore the nature of ephemeral urban spaces with special attention to the physical, linguistic, and political barriers that complexify the asylum and migrant experience for new arrivals in New York.

Histories of Privatization: Examining Culture, Legal Conflict, and Economic Transformation at Adams Morgan Plaza in Washington, DC

Histories of Privatization: Examining Culture, Legal Conflict, and Economic Transformation at Adams Morgan Plaza in Washington, DC

This study uses census data and primary source documents to understand why Adams Morgan Plaza was privatized and how these changes are challenged. The results shed new light on how legal battles and economic pressures shaped the development of a central neighborhood landmark.

Radically Considering Spatial Justice: Public Space, Inclusivity, and Ethical Social Architecture

Radically Considering Spatial Justice: Public Space, Inclusivity, and Ethical Social Architecture

The concept of spatial justice emerges as a central component of justice as a contemporary topic; in this way, the very bedrock of justice itself becomes more dynamic and flexible to the changing conditions of our social world.