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Faces of ENVD | Bella Manzo

Bella is strong beyond words. She always commits herself to strong work, she supports groups that she works in, manages a nearly full-time job all while being sweet and kind to all she comes in contact with. I appreciate Bella so much. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Danielle Rivera

Danielle is an incredibly inspiring woman that has her hands full with research, publications, classes and a family and yet always brings a smile to those around her. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Caitlin Anderson

When we think about what it means to be a critical part of this community, Caitlin defines that. Read more

Claudia O’Herron

environmental product design

Sara Taketatsu

architecture

Anna Cook

environmental products design

Kyle Burds

architecture

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Student work and awards

ENVD 2021 scholarship and award recipients

Thanks to the generosity of our donors and alumni, the Program in Environmental Design is pleased to award more than $50,000 in scholarships and awards to students in the program. Congratulations to our 2021 ENVD scholarship and award recipients! Read more

Environmental Design launches online student work gallery

To continue the tradition of student work exhibits, in a time when in-person experiences must be redesigned, ENVD is excited to launch a new online ENVD Gallery. Read more

How to Build In Space

During the spring semester, CU Boulder's space minor featured its first design course hosted by ENVD, How to Build in Space, led by Instructor Azhar Khan. Read more

Our faculty

Assistant Professor Jota Samper in TEDxCU talk

TEDxCU: How informal settlements (slums) will reshape the world

Environmental Design Assistant Professor Jota Samper recently gave a talk on TEDxCU. The talk focuses on Professor Samper's collaborations with students and communities alongside his research on informal Settlements. Read more

ENVD Assistant Professor to co-guest edit MAS Context with University of Miami Assistant Professor

In July, Environmental Design Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari was invited to co-guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context with Germane Barnes, assistant professor and director of The community, Housing and Identity LAB (CHIL) at the University of Miami. Read more

Liberatory Vigilante. © Photo by Blair Reid. Courtesy of the authors.

ENVD assistant professor to guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context

Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari will guest-edit the next issue of MAS Context, collaborating with Germane Barnes, assistant professor and director of The Community, Housing & Identity Lab (CHIL). Read more

Brian Muller

Brian Muller is an associate professor in the Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches environment and land use planning, planning history and spatial analysis. He holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California Berkeley. Read more…

Emily Greenwood

Emily Greenwood is an Instructor in the Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in landscape architecture, urban planning and ecological design. Emily’s professional work focuses on the design of sustainable native landscapes, wetland design, ecological restoration, trail and trailhead design, the design of playgrounds and learning landscapes, and meaningful residential landscape designs. Read more...

Marcel de Lange

Marcel has a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Architectural Engineering from the Delft University of Technology. (Delft is a QS top 20 university of technology worldwide.) Marcel is a licensed contractor, creative manager and has extensive experience in file to factory processes, fabrication, construction and design. He specializes in digital design and fabrication as well as computer modeling and building information modeling. Read more…

Danielle Rivera

Dr. Danielle Zoe Rivera is an urban designer and urban planner. Her research engages issues of urban informality and decolonization through both design and policy. These professional and theoretical inquiries frequently draw her to study community organizing, environmental justice, and social movements. Rivera’s current research examines urban informality in low-income Latino/a communities, primarily Mexican-American and Puerto Rican communities. Read more…

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Meet our students and faculty

Our students and faculty come from many backgrounds, with unique perspectives on the world and environment. Learn how Environmental Design is helping them design their future.

Faces of ENVD

Faces of ENVD | Bella Manzo

Faces of ENVD | Danielle Rivera

Faces of ENVD | Caitlin Anderson

Claudia O’Herron

Sara Taketatsu

Anna Cook

Kyle Burds

Student work and awards

ENVD 2021 scholarship and award recipients

Environmental Design launches online student work gallery

How to Build In Space

Our faculty

TEDxCU: How informal settlements (slums) will reshape the world

ENVD Assistant Professor to co-guest edit MAS Context with University of Miami Assistant Professor

ENVD assistant professor to guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context

Brian Muller

Emily Greenwood

Marcel de Lange

Danielle Rivera

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Meet our students and faculty

Our students and faculty come from many backgrounds, with unique perspectives on the world and environment. Learn how Environmental Design is helping them design their future.

Faces of ENVD

Claudia O’Herron

Sara Taketatsu

Anna Cook

Kyle Burds

Student work and awards

Our faculty

Brian Muller

Emily Greenwood

Marcel de Lange

Danielle Rivera