“Scenes from the Horizon” is an image from the Yale School of Architecture’s Joyce Hsiang and Bimal Mendis’ research project, “City of 7 Billion: A Constructed World,” that reframes the world as one city—the ultimate design problem. Read More
Yale Urban develops the knowledge, leadership and partnerships to understand and solve urban challenges and create more sustainable, vibrant, and equitable urban futures. It leverages the University's renowned strengths in the sciences, policy, architecture, law, business, and the arts and humanities as well as Yale's global research and engagement to develop new insights and solutions across six urban themes.View Themes
“As we work toward a shared, sustainable future, urban research at Yale exemplifies the approach we are called to take. This initiative, which draws on not just engineering and architecture, but also economics, public health, and the arts, emphasizes Yale’s deep commitment to devising innovative solutions to the challenges that cities—and our planet—face.”
The following bodies of knowledge: history, theory and contemporary analysis of urban morphologies, spaces, societies, and political economies; conceptual tools and analytical methods to understand urban environments and issues through spatial terms; and practices of and speculative approaches to urban planning and design.
We can use /urbanex/roster/full/list.json or a version of /urbanex/roster/{schoolabbr}/{themeabbr}/list.json, with 'all' as the wildcard for school and/or theme.
Here we feature a rotating selection from 100+ Urban Projects at Yale led by over 100 faculty.
Housing Connecticut: Designing Health and Sustainable Neighborhoods
An interdisciplinary affordable housing clinic inaugurated in Fall 2022 at Yale University, organized by the Yale Urban Design Workshop.
According to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Connecticut currently lacks 169,400 units of affordable housing. Initiated by the Yale Urban Design...
For more than three decades, the Yale School of Architecture’s award-winning Urban Design Workshop has used design to bring together communities around constructive, shared visions for the futures of their neighborhoods and towns. Part design atelier and...
New Haven People and the Environment Research Library
The New Haven People and Environment Research Library (New Haven PERL) is a digital library for projects that explore the intersection of people and the environment in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ending Seasonal Hunger: Microfinancing Migration in Bangladesh
A research collaboration of the Yale School of Management, RDRS, Evidence Action, and Innovations for Poverty Action
“Monga,” a pre-harvest seasonal famine that occurs nearly twice every year, hits the rural northwestern districts of Bangladesh especially hard. Faced with fewer job opportunities, many...
The Central Park Climate Lab: Research and Cooperation to Combat Climate Change in City Parks
A research collaboration of the Yale School of the Environment, Natural Areas Conservancy, and Central Park Conservancy
There are over one million acres of urban parks in the United States. These parks play a role in mitigating climate change and are themselves vulnerable to the effects of climate change—...
Yale School of Divinity Develops the Living Village Project
A residential project of the Yale Divinity School, the Yale Planetary Solutions Project, and the Living Building Challenge
Yale School of Divinity’s mission is based on training students to engage with communities—and providing a living space for students at the School is vital to that mission. Tied...
