Ivan Rupnik Associate Professor of Architecture i.rupnik@neu.edu 617.373.5230 Expertise Fundamental Design Ivan Rupnik in the Press Freakonomics Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? That is Ivan Rupnik. He’s a professor of architecture at Northeastern University. Productivity, as you probably know, is how economists measure the relationship between the resources that go into a process — money, time, labor, things like that — and what comes out the other end. Humankind has become much, much, much more productive over time — although […] Massachusetts hasn’t embraced factory-made housing. Some say it’s time Factory-made construction isn’t a new idea. Ivan Rupnik, who teaches architecture at Northeastern University, said the U.S. used to incorporate more manufacturing into construction. Ivan Rupnik for Northeastern Global NewsCan the federal government really build 3 million homes?How do you create millions of homes?Northeastern professor Alicia Modestino says housing and zoning decisions are primarily made at the local level. Oil and urbanism in BakuIvan Rupnik, an assistant professor of architecture, has conducted an architectural study of the relationship between oil and urbanism in Baku, Azerbaijan, the largest city on the Caspian Sea. 3Qs: Architecture and the Olympic gamesIvan Rupnik, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern, says that the iconic structures built for the Olympics help cities establish themselves on the world stage. Faculty Reads, Volume EightIn the eighth edition of recent faculty books, we highlight works about the persuasive use of sounds, interpreting the day’s news in a post-9/11 religious landscape and Croatia’s decade of architectural experimentation. Design, outside the boxUrban architects must consider questions beyond the narrow confines of design to be truly effective, says professor
Freakonomics Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? That is Ivan Rupnik. He’s a professor of architecture at Northeastern University. Productivity, as you probably know, is how economists measure the relationship between the resources that go into a process — money, time, labor, things like that — and what comes out the other end. Humankind has become much, much, much more productive over time — although […]
Massachusetts hasn’t embraced factory-made housing. Some say it’s time Factory-made construction isn’t a new idea. Ivan Rupnik, who teaches architecture at Northeastern University, said the U.S. used to incorporate more manufacturing into construction.
