Jeffrey S. Nesbit, Assistant Professor of Architecture & Urbanism, Temple University
Livestream or Recording:
Planetary Ports: A Theory of Infrastructural Urbanization
Jeffrey S. Nesbit is an architect, urbanist, and founding director of the research group Grounding Design. His experience spanning over 15 years includes leading design teams for public architecture and large-scale urban projects, along with managing sponsored design research projects for city governments, local institutions, and NGOs. Nesbit’s research focuses on processes of urbanization, infrastructure, and the evolution of "technical lands." Nesbit has published several books, journal articles, and book chapters on “infrastructural urbanization” and has been host and producer of three interdisciplinary podcasts series. Nesbit is an Assistant Professor in History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism at Temple University, and previously taught at several institutions, including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, University of North Carolina Charlotte, University of New Mexico, and Texas Tech University.
Urban Infill Book Release & Panel Discussion With Contributors
Livestream or Recording:
Great Lakes Climate Mobilities
Volume 9, Great Lakes Climate Mobilities focuses on one of the most pressing questions facing Northeast Ohio: How might climate change reshape the human and physical geographies of cities in the Great Lakes region? As wildfires rage in the west, sea levels rise along the coasts, and water grows scarce across vast stretches of the country, the cities of the Great Lakes are in an advantageous and possibly precarious position. An abundance of freshwater and relatively stable climate could draw people to the region - yet the scale and timing of such movements are impossible to predict with any certainty.
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, in partnership with the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, will bring together diverse voices - designers, planners, writers, and artists - to discuss these complex issues.
Laure Nolte, Schidlowski Fellow
Precarious Fields Workshop
Laure Nolte is an architectural designer, plant-based materials researcher, artist and educator. Her work spans from the planetary to the molecular scale, exploring multi-faceted relationships at the interface of material behavior and human behavior. Laure is the 2024-25 Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellow at Kent State University. She has also taught at Dalhousie University, guest lectured at the University of Washington, and worked professionally at Habit Studio in Halifax, NS and Olson Kundig in Seattle, WA.
