architect. teacher. husband. principal @ssau / alumni @HarvardGSD
Joined September 2020
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Jason Sowell retweeted
“As a new resident of 550 Fifth Avenue, you should be aware that this combination of sky-high and extra skinny produces the following unique (we like to think of them as ‘exclusive’) conditions within this building.” nyer.cm/qcF5wZk
Jason Sowell retweeted
Good: Soil holds 2-3x more carbon than the atmosphere.
Better: Soil can hold even more with small changes to how we farm.
Best: By nurturing their soil, farmers in India fight climate change & save precious water! #WorldFoodDay2022 @nature_org
nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/…
Jason Sowell retweeted
Ever been so angry that you wanted to build a levee? No? Well you should still check out my new article on design, engineering, and justice during Reconstruction. muse.jhu.edu/article/867165
Jason Sowell retweeted
This makes it a death trap for migratory birds like warblers and kinglets. Please consider adding a bird-visible film or light sandblasting to eliminate the reflections of sky & habitat in the windows and reducing the reflective quality of the glass. @NYCAudubon
Jason Sowell retweeted
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Yi-Fu Tuan, a prolific scholar whose contributions to the study of place have inspired and informed generations of geographers. He will be deeply missed.
Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather Than Up. Three Reasons That’s a Problem. | thecityfix.com/blog/many-cit…
In Memory:
Richard T Sowell (Captain, ret)
1st Infrantry Division, 4th Calvary Vietnam 1968-9
Pictured with Walt Kurtz
Amazing person, incredible story, and beautiful work: First Black winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize discusses his communit... youtu.be/u1yC-Bpcw-0 via @YouTube
Jason Sowell retweeted
1868: cuyahoga river burns
1883: again
1887: again
1912: again
1914: again
1922: again
1930: again
1936: again
1941: again
1948: again
1949: again
1951: again
1952: again
1969: never again.
our rivers must remain symbols of progress, not the cost of it. #50YearStory
Jason Sowell retweeted
Thrilled to be in Brazil for a lecture about the role of data democratization for urban design in informal settlements, f2f at the Federal University of Ceará. @chapa_civicdata
///LED.talks#002
Democratizando dados espaciais para a urbanização de favelas em São Paulo, Brasil com Kristine Stiphany ( @kmstiphany @chapa_civicdata ).
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Data: 29/03/2022 - 9h00
Local: Auditório do DAUD (av. da universidade, 2890, Fortaleza)
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Organização: @UfcClarissa
Jason Sowell retweeted
Mumbai needs a climate-adaptation plan equal to its future. If you can't stop extreme rainfall, one official told Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, then “the whole city must become a drain.”
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My wife @kmstiphany is badass. Amazing, groundbreaking research on informal rental housing and urbanization.
What is being 'upgraded' in São Paulo's informal settlements is rental housing, the topic of this research with Peter Ward and Leticia Palazzi Perez. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet nytimes.com/2022/01/05/clima…
Jason Sowell retweeted
Winter geometry: the stem of this leaf got stuck in the snow. The wind spun it around over and over, creating a perfect circle
