CALL WALK & FORUM // Heat Mapping in Chinatown

Heat Loss and Retention in Rent-controlled Buildings in Chinatown

JUNE 20, 2018
WALKS: MOTT STREET AND SURROUNDS. FORUM: SILK ROAD CAFÉ

Architect Joyce Hwang and environmental engineer Prathap Ramamurthy used heat imaging technology to decode environmental conditions such as heat loss and retention in rent-controlled buildings in Chinatown. The walk was followed by a forum with community, activists about the challenges and promise of Community Land Trusts to preserve low-cost housing and to reflect on how the arts could be a catalyst to reveal the benefits of strategic renovations to energy conservation and livability.

Chinatown, CALL/WALKSCALL// City as Living LaboratoryComment