RETHINKING GLOBAL URBANISM
Perhaps 9/11 was a definitive moment in architect Vishaan Chakrabarti’s career. He was an associate partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merill, fully licensed as an architect, when the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded.
“I felt a call to public service, which is when I became the director of planning for Manhattan under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Together, our administration got New York back on its feet by rebuilding the World Trade Center site, planning for the High Line, and expanding our educational institutions like Columbia and NYU,” says Chakrabarti.
It was during this tryst that he came face to face with the capacity for resilience that cities and
