The PennDesign China Research Program

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Marilyn Jordan Taylor

School Affiliation: Weitzman School of Design
Country or Region Engaged: China
Fund: China Research Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2015-16
Expertise: Architecture, Design, Environmental Science, Urban Development, Urbanism
In March 2015, Penn Design brought together 23 Deans, Professors and CEOs representing China’s top design schools and design firms for a day-long roundtable. The predominant research question to emerge from the “Coordinates” roundtable and now the overarching research question of this initial 2-year research funding application is “How can Chinese cities more effectively maximize the benefits and reduce the social and environmental costs of accelerated modernity?”