Research and practice

NSF Funds Collaborations Within an Immersive Augmented Reality Environment

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Submitted by Nisha Mistry My name is Nisha Mistry ‘21, I am a digital design graduate from the Hilliler College of Architecture and Design. Our research project is entitled Molecular Augmented Reality for Design and Engineering (MADE): Effectiveness of AR Models on Discovery, Learning and Education...

Rethinking Building Design for Environmental Autonomy

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
Advances in building science to lower the carbon impact of the built environment continue to be made in architecture and construction; the use of smart and sustainable materials, renewable energy and efficient mechanical systems are consistently improving building performance and reducing the carbon...

Design Professor Embraces AI to Quantify Accessibility of Buildings

Thursday, June 10th, 2021
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but walkability could be evaluated by algorithms, according to new research from an unconventional professor in NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design. "Most people assume that architects have some tool to visualize or analyze how people will use the ...

Hillier College Research Team on Community Based Design Programs

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
The recently formed Newark Design Collaborative (NDC) is engaging four students in a research project to study how other schools of architecture across the country have structured their community design engagement initiatives, from issues of scope and mission to practical details like funding and li...

NJIT Selected as EPA Region 2 Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Provider

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
NJIT has been chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide training and technical assistance to communities in EPA Region 2, which comprises New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program. Much of the ...

Transdisciplinary Designs for a Sustainable Future

Monday, April 26th, 2021
The spring Environmental Life Cycle Assessment in Design (eLCAd 2021) symposium brought together experts and practitioners working in life cycle assessment with architects and designers, with the goal of establishing shared language, tools and applications across disciplines and scales. The American...

Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects by Rima Taher

Friday, August 28th, 2020
New Editions of Books by Rima Taher: Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects, Revised Second Edition (Copyright 2021 published by Cognella, Inc.) authored by Rima Taher covers the basics of structural analysis and design in clear, practical terms. The book clarifies complex engineer...

Andy Bruno and John Vogt Named 2020 Institute for Public Architecture Fellows

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Pre/Post BQE Project DescriptionWe propose a study of pre-BQE Brooklyn to understand how best to fill the void left by a removed BQE, which will draw upon historical documents such as maps, contemporary accounts, oral histories, archival photographs, and films. This process will inform an imagined B...

Design It, Build It, Ship It: Solutions For Global Health Care Needs

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
The M2CU, a mobile medical care unit designed from a shipping container, is standalone, fast to build and easy to deploy throughout the existing global shipping container infrastructure. The collaboration between NJIT, The Tuchman Foundation, and University Hospital in Newark produced what may be t...

The School of Art + Design: Innovating Then and Innovating Now

Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Staying true to the long history of innovation will be the challenge for the next director of the School of Art + Design. Effective July 1, Professor Glenn Goldman, FAIA, IIDA, has decided to return to full time teaching after leading the School as Director since its founding in 2008. He will assume...