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A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful

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Zero waste – Total wealth

DELHI, 
INDIA
Professional

Your Sustainable Life Pavilion

COPENHAGEN, 
DENMARK
Education

World Cultural and Environmental Heritage

BRASILIA, 
BRAZIL
Education

Building spaces with local communities

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Education

Women in Fabrication: Zayed College for Girls

AUCKLAND, 
NEW ZEALAND
Professional

Wanarn Clinic

Wanarn Community, 
AUSTRALIA
Professional

Vanuatu School

Takara, North Efate, 
VANUATU
Professional

Valparaiso: Inner City Revitalization

VALPARAISO, 
CHILE
Professional

Use Management for inclusive Urbanization

RAJSHAHI CITY, 
BANGLADESH
Professional

Urban Resilience in action: take part in the Lisbon process

LISBON, 
PORTUGAL
Professional

Urban Patch Kigali

KIGALI, 
RWANDA
Professional

Untapped

GURUGRAM, 
INDIA
Professional

UN17 Village

COPENHAGEN, 
DENMARK
Professional

Ubuntu: Umbumbulu Village

UMBUMBULU, 
SOUTH AFRICA
Education

Sustainability @Pontificia Universidad Catolica

SANTIAGO, 
CHILE
Professional

Towards an Open Defecation Free India

DELHI, 
INDIA
Civil Society

Toilets with Dignity: the WASSUP Diepsloot model

JOHANNESBURG, 
SOUTH AFRICA
Professional

The voices of Belo Horizonte’s women

BELO HORIZONTE, 
BRAZIL
Professional

The Southern Parklands Framework

WESTERN SYDNEY, 
AUSTRALIA
Professional

The Sago Dry Toilet

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Professional

The ICA Flex-Shelf: Katanga

KAMPALA, 
UGANDA
Education

The Grand Section

AUSTRALIA
Education

The Georgetown Place Leadership Project

WASHINGTON, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

The Arroyo: Affordable housing

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

The Anganwadi Project

AHMEDABAD AND ANANTAPUR, 
INDIA
Civil Society

Sustainable Favela Network

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Education

Sustainable development through new curricula

PUEBLA, 
MEXICO
Civil Society

“Suddo Neuve” Rethinking Habitat

Kedougou, 
SENEGAL
Education

Student visions for Guayaquil’s “New City”

GUAYAQUIL, 
ECUADOR
Civil Society

SoCCs in support of girls

UTTAR PRADESH, 
INDIA
Professional

Sex and the City: Gender in Public Space

UTRECHT, 
NETHERLANDS
Civil Society

Seismic Safety in Andean Communities

CHOCOS DISTRICT, YAUYOS PROVINCE, 
PERU
Civil Society

‘Rubbish’ Kitava New Kitava

Milne Bay Province, 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Professional

Rubavu Balneotherapy Hub

RUBAVU DISTRICT, 
RWANDA
Education

RiseUp4SDGs

VILLAGE CHAK HAKIM, CITY-PHAGWARA, 
INDIA
Civil Society

RioOnWatch: Community reporting on Rio

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Restoring meaning in mid sized cities

ARGENTINA
Professional

RespirAr Lisboa

Lisbon, 
PORTUGAL
Professional

Rentrepreneurship

SYDNEY, 
AUSTRALIA
Civil Society

Rede Ecológica: Holding hands against Coronavirus and food insecurity

Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil
Education

Reclaim Kala Aam Intersection

BULANDSHAHR, UTTAR PRADESH, 
INDIA
Professional

Puttenahalli Lake as Urban Commons

BANGALORE, 
INDIA
Education

Public Space Academy

BOLOGNA, 
ITALY
Education

Participatory Processes in an Indigenous Village

MARICÁ, RIO DE JANEIRO, 
BRAZIL
Education

Participatory design and planning in Tubiacanga

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Orchard Lisle Living Wall

LONDON, 
UNITED KINGDOM
Professional

Open Source SDG Data Reporting

LOS ANGELES, 
UNITED STATES
Civil Society

‘One home one toilet’: Tackling defecation with data

PUNE, 
INDIA
Professional

OBSERVE!

CHENNAI, 
INDIA
Education

NUA-New Urban Accessibility

PATIALA, PUNJAB,, 
INDIA
Professional

Re-use of wastewater for food security

TAL AMARA, BEQAA VALLEY, 
LEBANON
Education

Mumbai’s Port Lands Re-imagined

MUMBAI, 
INDIA
Professional

MUFID: Plastic circular economy in refugee camps

ATHENS, 
GREECE
Civil Society

Mud to Mortar

Savar, 
BANGLADESH
Civil Society

Morningside Urban Market Garden

Auckland, 
NEW ZEALAND
Professional

Monitoring the municipal water systems

Lisbon, 
PORTUGAL
Civil Society

Minipon Chapel Paulinus Bonmini

Minipon Vllage, 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Professional

Preserving fish: public health issue

LISBON, 
PORTUGAL
Professional

Mapping Zaria: One map at a time

ZARIA, 
NIGERIA
Education

Mapeando Santiago

SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Education

Localizing the SDGs: a co-productive approach

BERLIN - JOHANNESBURG, 
GERMANY - SOUTH AFRICA
Professional

Local Housing Solutions

NEW YORK, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

‘Veridian at County Farm’: housing project

ANN ARBOR, 
UNITED STATES
Education

LIVE(lihood) TO(urism) WALK(ability)

NAINITAL, UTTARAKHAND, 
INDIA
Professional

Light the Barricades

LOS ANGELES, 
UNITED STATES
Education

LIGHT: Leadership for Social Empowerment

GOMBAK, KUALA LUMPUR, 
MALAYSIA
Education

Leisure, production and poverty: reclaiming urban localities

BLACKPOOL, 
UNITED KINGDOM
Civil Society

Kibera Public Space Project

Nairobi, 
KENYA
Civil Society

Improving Walkability in Mexico City

Mexico City, 
MEXICO
Education

Imaginaries of Climate Pathways

PITTSBURGH, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

Ilambilole School Hostel for girls

IRINGA RURAL, 
TANZANIA
Education

ICT Women’s Center

MAHABUBNAGAR, TELANGANA, 
INDIA
Professional

‘Hill to Sea Promenade’ & Water Recycle Plant

ANTOFAGASTA, 
CHILE
Civil Society

Helping Women in crisis: the Hazara

QUETTA, 
PAKISTAN
Civil Society

GrowNYC Teaching Garden

New York, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

Friends of Public Transport

CHENNAI, 
INDIA
Civil Society

Financial inclusion & empowerment of women artisans

Delhi, 
INDIA
Civil Society

Favela Community Land Trusts (F-CLTs)

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Eyes on the Canal

CHENNAI, 
INDIA
Professional

Espai (e)co: Revitalizing urban space together

SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÈS, 
SPAIN
Civil Society

Enlisting the community in biodiversity preservation

Uttarakhand, 
INDIA
Education

Engaging with Māori – Decolonising the professions

AOTEAROA, 
NEW ZEALAND
Education

Digital Matatus – 3.0

NAIROBI, 
KENYA
Education

Designing Resilient Communities at UTA

TEXAS, 
UNITED STATES
Education

Design Curricula for a Resilient 21st Century

DUBLIN, 
IRELAND
Professional

Western Desert Clinics

Punmu & Parnngurr Communities, 
AUSTRALIA
Education

Cultural Identity in Urban Spaces

Santo Amaro das Brotas, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Crosswalk: 250 Meters of Happiness

NEW DELHI, 
INDIA
Education

CREW – Coordinate wetland management

VENICE, 
ITALY
Civil Society

Community Sanitation Program

Bhattedanda Village, 
NEPAL
Civil Society

Community Sanitation Complex in Urban Slum

THANE, MAHARASTRA, 
INDIA
Education

Community Plumbing Challenge

MAKASSAR, SOUTH SULAWESI, 
INDONESIA
Civil Society

Co-creating a community space

MAE HONG SON PROVINCE, 
THAILAND
Civil Society

Children’s Lunch: Mathare community

NAIROBI, 
KENYA
Professional

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)

PALMIRA, 
COLOMBIA
Civil Society

Building Resilient Neighborhoods and Cities

Tegucigalpa, 
HONDURAS
Education

Building resilience in Milagro de Dios

IBAGUE, 
COLOMBIA
Civil Society

Building for peace and social inclusion

MILNE BAY PROVINCE, 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Civil Society

Activating public spaces for sustainable development

SÃO PAULO, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Bosset Health Centre

MIDDLE FLY DISTRICT, 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Professional

Biripi Clinic

PURFLEET, NEW SOUTH WALES, 
AUSTRALIA
Professional

Biome Smart Farm: Aquaponic Shelter for Tomorrow

Rio de Janeiro, 
BRAZIL
Professional

Bikes for Business

LONDON, 
UNITED KINGDOM
Education

An Architecture Guide to the UN 17′ Sustainable Development Goals

DENMARK
Education

All Matter Matters at PS54

NEW YORK, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

Affordable Housing and Slum Upgrading Scheme

SURABAYA, 
INDONESIA
Education

Actions Against Displacement and Austerity

SAN JUAN, 
PUERTO RICO
Professional

Healthcare facility for the Kiwanyi community

KIWANYI, IGANGA, 
UGANDA
Education

A new look at Santa Marta´s everyday life

PASSO FUNDO, 
BRAZIL
Civil Society

A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful

New York, 
UNITED STATES
Professional

A Book as a Line on the River

NARROWSBURG, NEW YORK, 
UNITED STATES
This project is a partnership between the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University and the Faculty of Architecture, Federal University, Rio de Janiero, and builds on Global Studio and People Building Better Cities.
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