• Havana Waterfront Havana aerial

    Havana Waterfront

    Reconnecting an Historic City to its Shoreline
    As part of an eight-week urban studio that involved a trip to Havana, fifth-year University of Notre Dame architecture students were tasked with repairing the city’s waterfront along the Avenida de Puerto. The Avenida is more than 135 meters wide, and the only building is an open-air theater...Read more
  • After Burnham Chicago aerial

    After Burnham

    Beautiful Renderings of a Possible Future
    In these stunning renderings from the University of Notre Dame, you will likely recognize the City of Chicago. Or at least, the echoes of today’s Chicago, seen through the lens of a possible year 2109. Using Daniel Burnham’s Plan for Chicago from 1909 as inspiration, students envisioned “…an...Read more
  • LaFox Plan LaFox aerial

    Master Plan for the Town of LaFox, Illinois

    A New Agrarian Town, Connected to the City
    The vast majority of the United States’ metropolitan edge is currently built in low-density, disconnected sprawl. Now, in LaFox, Illinois, students are envisioning a new low-rise agrarian railroad town—with greater density than Chicago—surrounding an existing station. By taking advantage of an...Read more
  • Africa Drawn Cape Town overview

    Africa Drawn: One Hundred Cities

    African urbanism made visible
    “Africa is certainly not only a continent of small villages in the jungle and savannah. Its level of diverse urbanization and global network of mobility is advancing rapidly, while African metropolitan regions, cities, and towns are among the fastest growing in the world,” note the authors of...Read more