Sara Jensen Carr Assistant Professor sa.carr@northeastern.edu Expertise Community Health, COVID-19, urban ecology and design, urban landscape Sara Jensen Carr in the Press The New War on Bad Air “There’s a real history of forgetting, especially in the United States,” said Sara Jensen Carr, an architect at Northeastern University who studies the connection between design and health. As gas prices soar, destinations are inviting visitors to leave the car at home These appeal to people for reasons in addition to not having to buy gas, said Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture, urbanism, and landscape at Northeastern University. “So much of the American urban landscape is centered around the car, and that’s not changing,” Carr said. But “in term of leisure travel and vacation, […] The Joys of Parks During a Pandemic This isn’t the first time parks have shone in a public health crisis, Sara Jensen Carr, an architecture professor at Northeastern University, told me: The initial popularization of public parks in the United States was a response to devastating epidemics. CBC News How the pandemic has put building design and ventilation back into the public health conversation Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture at Boston’s Northeastern University, says that even with the lessons history can teach us about the interplay between health and architecture, we still have a lot to learn about how to adapt — or rebuild — our homes, schools and workplaces to better protect ourselves against COVID-19. Foreign Policy Don’t Touch Your Face: Our Cities May Never Be the Same Again Don’t Touch Your Face hosts Amy Mackinnon and James Palmer are joined by Sara Carr, an assistant professor at Northeastern University’s School of Architecture, and Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management. Our cities may never look the same again after the pandemic If they do, the widely-publicized six-foot distancing guidelines could redefine the layout and spacing of new public facilities, according to Northeastern University’s Sara Jensen Carr, whose forthcoming book “The Topography of Wellness” considers how urban landscapes have been transformed by epidemics like cholera, tuberculosis and obesity. Maze parks to micromarkets: How coronavirus could bring cities closer to home Sara Jensen Carr, assistant architecture professor at Boston’s Northeastern University, said cholera and yellow fever outbreaks resulted in the building of underground wastewater systems and green spaces like New York City’s Central Park. Smart lifts, lonely workers, no towers or tourists: architecture after coronavirus “Density is still a very fraught subject in the US,” says Sara Jensen Carr, an architecture professor at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the forthcoming book, The Topography of Wellness: Health and the American Urban Landscape.
The New War on Bad Air “There’s a real history of forgetting, especially in the United States,” said Sara Jensen Carr, an architect at Northeastern University who studies the connection between design and health.
As gas prices soar, destinations are inviting visitors to leave the car at home These appeal to people for reasons in addition to not having to buy gas, said Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture, urbanism, and landscape at Northeastern University. “So much of the American urban landscape is centered around the car, and that’s not changing,” Carr said. But “in term of leisure travel and vacation, […]
The Joys of Parks During a Pandemic This isn’t the first time parks have shone in a public health crisis, Sara Jensen Carr, an architecture professor at Northeastern University, told me: The initial popularization of public parks in the United States was a response to devastating epidemics.
CBC News How the pandemic has put building design and ventilation back into the public health conversation Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture at Boston’s Northeastern University, says that even with the lessons history can teach us about the interplay between health and architecture, we still have a lot to learn about how to adapt — or rebuild — our homes, schools and workplaces to better protect ourselves against COVID-19.
Foreign Policy Don’t Touch Your Face: Our Cities May Never Be the Same Again Don’t Touch Your Face hosts Amy Mackinnon and James Palmer are joined by Sara Carr, an assistant professor at Northeastern University’s School of Architecture, and Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management.
Our cities may never look the same again after the pandemic If they do, the widely-publicized six-foot distancing guidelines could redefine the layout and spacing of new public facilities, according to Northeastern University’s Sara Jensen Carr, whose forthcoming book “The Topography of Wellness” considers how urban landscapes have been transformed by epidemics like cholera, tuberculosis and obesity.
Maze parks to micromarkets: How coronavirus could bring cities closer to home Sara Jensen Carr, assistant architecture professor at Boston’s Northeastern University, said cholera and yellow fever outbreaks resulted in the building of underground wastewater systems and green spaces like New York City’s Central Park.
Smart lifts, lonely workers, no towers or tourists: architecture after coronavirus “Density is still a very fraught subject in the US,” says Sara Jensen Carr, an architecture professor at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the forthcoming book, The Topography of Wellness: Health and the American Urban Landscape.