Shade

Sam Bloch

It’s often understood as a luxury amenity, lending calm to courtyards and tree-lined boulevards, cooling and obscuring jewel boxes and glass cubes. But as deadly heatwaves become commonplace, we have to learn to see shade differently. It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban planners and designers.

It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers.

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Sandy Isenstadt

Sandy Isenstadt is a professor of architectural history at the University of Delaware, and a columnist for Places.

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Barbara Penner

Barbara Penner is a columnist for Places. She is Professor of Architectural Humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

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Shannon Mattern

Shannon Mattern is a columnist for Places. She is a professor of media studies at The New School in New York City.

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Gabrielle Esperdy

Gabrielle Esperdy is a columnist for Places. She is associate professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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