UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONS
Transforming Boston’s future
A collection of essays on the challenges Boston faces in the 21st century and ways to make the city more livable, equitable, resilient and beautiful.
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Social Resiliency
RESILIENCY Social Resiliency
AFFORDABILITY Compact Living
ZONING Land Use Regulation
LEADERSHIP Urban Excellence
MOBILITY Multi-Modal Transportation
INDUSTRY Industrial Integration
REGIONALISM Gateway Cities
EQUITY Social Justice
HEALTH Public Health
ARTS Arts & Culture
ECONOMY Economic inequality CONTRIBUTORS
Dan Adams is Director and Associate Professor of the School of Architecture at Northeastern University and founding partner, with Marie Law Adams, of Landing Studio
Marie Law Adams is a Lecturer in Urban Design in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is partner in Landing Studio
Alice Brown is Director of Water Transportation at Boston Harbor Now
Douglas Brugge is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn Health
Michelle Danila, P.E., PTOE is a licensed civil engineer that strives to improve safety for all roadway users, especially people walking and biking, and has worked on roadway and intersection design projects throughout the United States
David Gamble is a Lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Principal of Gamble Associates
Kate Gilbert is an artist and Executive Director at Now and There, a Boston-based public art non-profi t
Rebecca Herst is the Sustainable Solutions Lab Director at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Imari K. Paris Jeffries is the Executive Director of King Boston, a Trustee of the UMass System and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. through UMass Boston’s Higher Education Program
Matthew Kiefer is a Lecturer in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and practices real estate development and land use law at Goulston&Storrs
Renee Loth is former Editor of Architecture Boston magazine and contributor to the Boston Globe
Lydia Lowe is Director of the Chinatown Community Land Trust CONTRIBUTORS
Anne-Marie Lubenau is Director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, a national award that recognizes transformative urban places at the social and economic impact of design
Dr. Ted Landsmark is Director of the Kitty & Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University and is on the Board of Directors of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.
Pilar Botana Martinez is a PhD student at the Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health. She has a background in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design Visualization
Rosalyn Negrón, PhD - Rosalyn is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UMass Boston, a member of SSL’s core team, a core faculty member in the Critical Ethnic and Community Studies program, and a research associate at the Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
Martha Ondras is a Research Fellow at the Health Effects Institute
Jeanette Pantoja is a Public Health Planner at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Antonio Raciti is Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Marie-Frances Rivera is President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
Sharon Ron is a Public Health Planner at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Tamara Roy is an Adjunct Faculty member at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Principal at Stantec specializing in residential, academic and mixed-use master planning projects
Andres Sevtsuk is an Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning at MIT, where he also directs the City Form Lab