Center for Urban and Regional Planning research
Caine Discusses Urban Context at Wentworth Institute of Technology
June 29, 2023
Thank you to Dean Sedef Doganer and the fantastic students and faculty at Wentworth School of Architecture & Design for the invitation to come and speak! I presented a talk titled “On Context in Urban Design” which explored the phenomenon of urban context using the following:
+ four scales
+ four projects
+ four observations
For urban designers, establishing an authentic relationship with context means engaging the city on its own terms. It means understanding the complex interaction between form and policy. It means developing strategic interventions that can create real impact. It means engaging the mechanisms that catalyze, finance, and regulate urban growth. It even means that, sometimes, we have to surrender our preferred role as form-givers.
Great conversations, wonderful space, bustling city, fun evening!
Wentworth Institute of Technology
