Michelle Laboy assistant professor of architecture m.laboy@northeastern.edu 617.373.5320 Expertise Michelle Laboy in the Press ‘We need rain’: Drought threatens the very foundation of some Boston buildings New efforts in green infrastructure offer another solution, said Michelle Laboy, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern University. Some of Boston’s Priciest Real Estate is Sinking Into The Earth “These old brick row houses are incredibly beautiful and really valuable,” said Michelle Laboy, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern University in Boston. “And yet so many of them are threatened by the dropping groundwater table.” Michelle Laboy for Northeastern Global News These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer Peter Wiederspahn, Michelle Laboy, and David Fannon, faculty in Northeastern’s School of Architecture, have focused their recent research on “future-use architecture,” the practice of designing buildings that can house any number of uses beyond their original intent.
‘We need rain’: Drought threatens the very foundation of some Boston buildings New efforts in green infrastructure offer another solution, said Michelle Laboy, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern University.
Some of Boston’s Priciest Real Estate is Sinking Into The Earth “These old brick row houses are incredibly beautiful and really valuable,” said Michelle Laboy, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern University in Boston. “And yet so many of them are threatened by the dropping groundwater table.”