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.