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A More Equitable Real Estate Industry?

How has the global COVID-19 pandemic changed the real estate industry and shifted our behavior in relation to real estate? Hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) explore this question with DUSP's Andrea Marie Chegut and MIT alum Kayode Agbalajobi (SM '20). Chegut was the Director and Co-Founder of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, Co-Founder of MIT DesignX and Research Scientist at MIT. Her passion for creating a better world through a deeper understanding of innovation in the built environment, urban economics and real estate was reflected in her courses at MIT and her online short course, Data Science in Real Estate. She believed deeply in people, possibilities, creativity and truth. Agbalajobi is the director of asset management at Carr Properties, a privately held real estate investment trust which owns, operates, and develops commercial properties in Washington, DC, Boston and Austin. PITM is produced by DUSP and Dave Lishansky of David Benjamin Sound through the generous support from Bemis Funding and Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Hashim Sarkis.

Urban Design for Community Engagement

In the third episode of the second season of Planning Ideas that Matter (PITM), hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) are joined by Fábio Duarte and DUSP alumna Taskina Tareen (MCP '18) to discuss how design can be leveraged to enhance urban planning goals such as enhancing community engagement, introducing more playfulness into urban experiences, and placemaking. The second season of PITM focuses on how has the global COVID-19 pandemic shaped the field of urban planning, the lessons we have learned from a period of disruption, and where we might go from here. PITM is produced by DUSP and Dave Lishansky of David Benjamin Sound through the generous support from Bemis Funding and Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Hashim Sarkis.

Urban Mobility, Planning and Adaptation

Episode Two of Season Two features guests Andres Sevtsuk and Lindiwe Rennert. Sevtsuk (SM '06, PhD '10) is the Head of the City Design and Development Group (CDD) and the Charles and Ann Spaulding Career Development Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning at DUSP. His research focuses on public qualities of cities, and on making urban environments more walkable, sustainable and equitable, bridging the fields of urban design, spatial analytics and mobility research. Rennert (MCP '16) is a PhD Candidate in Regional and Urban Planning Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her current research focuses on the interplay between public transit and race-based equity in urban environments. The second season of PITM is hosted by Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) and is produced by DUSP and Dave Lishansky of David Benjamin Sound through the generous support from Bemis Funding and Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Hashim Sarkis.

Governance During a Prolonged Era of Disruption

How has the global COVID-19 pandemic shaped the field of urban planning? In the second season of Planning Ideas that Matter (PITM), hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) explore this question with members of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) faculty as well as MIT alumnae/i. In the first episode of Season 2, Tiffany and Samra discuss how governance structures and planners are adapting to the disruptions caused by the 2020 pandemic. Guests included DUSP faculty members Karilyn Crockett and Delia Wendel. PITM is produced by DUSP and Dave Lishansky of David Benjamin Sound through the generous support from Bemis Funding and Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Hashim Sarkis.