Built Environment

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.

Matthew is an architect and designer. He teaches in the School of Architecture at Yale and serves as the Assistant Director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop.

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The Yale Urban Design Workshop

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 part think tank, at the Workshop, faculty, students, and fellows collaborate on projects with community-based clients, bringing a unique combination of tools and methods to their work including engagement, collaboration, research, design, visualization, and storytelling.

Arianna Salazar Miranda

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Creating bird-friendly buildings — on campus and beyond

Recommendations for Decarbonizing the Built Environment Sector

A recent report published by the UN Environment Programme and Yale Center for Ecosystems and Architecture explores pathways to reduce often-overlooked embodied carbon emissions within the built environment sector.

Urban Climate Leadership Certificate: Building Connections and Skills to Address Climate Change in Cities

A new, online mid-career certificate will provide global practitioners with the tools and knowledge to address today’s urban climate challenges