Alison Sant is an urban designer and author. She co-founded the Studio for Urban
Projects, an interdisciplinary design collaborative that has worked for nearly 20 years at
the intersection of architecture, urbanism, art, and social activism. The Studio focuses
on public programming, urban prototyping, and civic dialog that aims to bring social
justice and sustainability to the design of cities. Sant is the author of From the Ground
Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities, named among the best books of 2022 by
the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and Planetizen. She is currently
working on a new book entitled Streetlife. Sant’s writing has been featured in U.S. News
and World Report, Streetsblog, Earth Island Magazine, New Cities, City Lab,
Planetizen, and Fast Company. She has taught at the College of Environmental Design,
the University of California Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the California
College of Art. Sant currently teaches at Harvard Extension School’s Sustainability &
Environment Program.
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