URBAN DESIGN AS A CATALYST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY The professions of architecture, planning, and landscape architecture face a critical moment of self-examination in the light of the challenges that cities and regions must meet addressing the environmental, social, and political manifestations of the global health crisis. Through a series of project case studies in urban regeneration, principles shall be explored that affirm urban design’s vital role through substantive engagement and creative aesthetic responses that support social inclusion, equity, and adaptation.
WILLIAM GILCHRIST is the Director of Planning and Building for the City of Oakland, California.
Gilchrist’s transformational work has been recognized by the Urban Land Institute, the American Institute of Architects, the National League of Cities, the American Planning Association, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Gilchrist is former Director of place-based planning in New Orleans, where he focused on the city’s design and development strategy. Gilchrist is an alumnus of MIT and of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. As part of its 150th Anniversary Global Celebration, MIT’s Department of Architecture honored Gilchrist with its Alumni Recognition for Civic Design.
