Research - youarethecity I Kaja Kühl

Research / Writing / Teaching

Designing Housing as Carbon Storage, 2024

Category : Teaching

Graduate Architecture Studio and Research Workshop at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York with Anoushae Eirabie

The Northeast Biobased Material Atlas, ongoing

Category : Research

Multi-scalar research to explore landscapes, forests and farms in the American Northeast as sources for new bioregional construction methods. 2024-2025

Urban Soil, 2024

Category : Exhibition, Research

Research and exhibition at the Urban Soil Institute on Governors Island, 2024

Regenerative Insulation, 2023

Category : Publication, Research

Paper for the 2023 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference: MATERIAL ECONOMIES carbon-storing insulation

Earth Storage, 2023

Category : Design, Research

Research and Design for an underground storage space built with raw earth

Hemp Homes, 2022

Category : Design, Research

Two guest homes experimenting with biobased materials in the Hudson Valley

The Climate Crisis Studio, 2019, 2021

Category : Teaching

Urban Design studios at Columbia University GSAPP envisioning a Green New Deal

Research Diary

Category : Ongoing, Publication

Research diary documenting some nerdy explorations about climate action in urban design, architecture and planning.

Vacant Land (A Pilot), 2020

Category : Publication

Field Notes from the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Initiative at Columbia University GSAPP, 2020

Spaces of Migration, 2018

Category : Article

Article in "Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards social equity (Architectural Design)," edited by Karen Kubey, highlights the efforts to house newcomers to Germany between 2015 and 2018.

Future Maker/s Future Market/s, 2017

Category : Design, Teaching

Future Maker/s Future Market/s: Incubating the Invisible talents in Berlin-Lichtenberg A design concept and strategy to support refugee entrepreneurs

Five Borough Farm II

Category : Publication

Published by the Design Trust for Public Space, 2014

Designing Housing as Carbon Storage, 2024

Category : Teaching

Graduate Architecture Studio and Research Workshop at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York with Anoushae Eirabie

The Northeast Biobased Material Atlas, ongoing

Category : Research

Multi-scalar research to explore landscapes, forests and farms in the American Northeast as sources for new bioregional construction methods. 2024-2025

Urban Soil, 2024

Category : Exhibition, Research

Research and exhibition at the Urban Soil Institute on Governors Island, 2024

Regenerative Insulation, 2023

Category : Publication, Research

Paper for the 2023 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference: MATERIAL ECONOMIES carbon-storing insulation

Adaptive Reuse Athens, 2024

Category : Design, Planning

Feasibility study and stakeholder engagement for a riverine museum and education center

Earth Storage, 2023

Category : Design, Research

Research and Design for an underground storage space built with raw earth

Hemp Homes, 2022

Category : Design, Research

Two guest homes experimenting with biobased materials in the Hudson Valley

Climate- Adaptative Waterfront Hudson, 2022

Category : Design, Planning

Design and stakeholder engagement for a waterfront park in Hudson.

The Climate Crisis Studio, 2019, 2021

Category : Teaching

Urban Design studios at Columbia University GSAPP envisioning a Green New Deal

Research Diary

Category : Ongoing, Publication

Research diary documenting some nerdy explorations about climate action in urban design, architecture and planning.

Vacant Land (A Pilot), 2020

Category : Publication

Field Notes from the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Initiative at Columbia University GSAPP, 2020

Spaces of Migration, 2018

Category : Article

Article in "Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards social equity (Architectural Design)," edited by Karen Kubey, highlights the efforts to house newcomers to Germany between 2015 and 2018.

Future Maker/s Future Market/s, 2017

Category : Design, Teaching

Future Maker/s Future Market/s: Incubating the Invisible talents in Berlin-Lichtenberg A design concept and strategy to support refugee entrepreneurs

Cooperative Neighborhoods, 2016

Category : Design

"Imagine, it’s the year 2026. The Neighborhood Cooperative has been working to bring healthy food, economic opportunity and active lifestyle to the community." A Graphic Narrative for Belmont-Mantua, Philadelphia

Morningside Park Green Gym, 2015

Category : Design

A Fitness Trail for Morningside Park