Introduction to Information Architecture & Design - 10/03/15
Carnegie Mellon University
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2. Carnegie Mellon
University & Cities
Donald K. Carter, FAIA FAICP LEED ND
Director, Remaking Cities Institute
School of Architecture
26 October 2012
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4. CMU Pittsburgh
• founded by Andrew Carnegie: 1900
• 6,000 undergraduate students
• 5,500 graduate students
• 1,400 faculty
• 5.5 million sq.ft. of buildings
5. CMU Worldwide
• Doha, Qatar
• Guangzhou, China
• Chennai, India
• Kigali, Rwanda
• Adelaide, Australia
• Mountain View, California
• 13 others: Japan, Mexico, Italy, et al
6. Carnegie Mellon
University & Cities
• sustainable urbanism
• smart infrastructure
• human centered design
• research, development, deployment
• government & industry partnerships
7. Academic Centers
with Urban Focus
• School of Architecture
• Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Heinz College
• School of Computer Science
8. School of Architecture
Urban Focus
•Remaking Cities Institute
• Center for Building Performance
and Diagnostics
• Energy Efficient Buildings Hub
9. Carnegie Institute
of Technology
Urban Focus
• Smart Grid Research Center
• Pennsylvania Smarter
Infrastructure Incubator
• Center for Sensed Critical
Infrastructure Research
10. Heinz College
Urban Focus
• Traffic 21 & T-SET University
Transportation Center
• Living Analytics Research
Center
• iLab Interdisciplinary Center
11. School of
Computer Science
Urban Focus
• Quality of Life Technology
Center
• Human Computer Interaction
Institute
• Robotics Institute
12. Carnegie Mellon
University & Cities
• sustainable urbanism
• smart infrastructure
• human centered design
• research, development, deployment
• government & industry partnerships
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14. Two Suggestions
• online digital library of
best practices in urbanism
• pro bono urban planning
advisory service panels