Roberta Feldman

Professor

rmf@uic.edu

Roberta Feldman is an architectural activist, researcher and educator committed to democratic design. Her work is grounded in the conviction that high quality design is a meaningful and necessary component of an equitable and sustainable society. At present, her research and practice has focused on affordable and public housing design including: author, with Susan Stall, of The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents Activism in Chicago Public Housing, Cambridge University Press, 2004; editor of the pioneering Internet catalog, Design Matters: Best Practices in Affordable Housing; curator of the exhibit, "Out of the Box: Design Innovations in Affordable Housing" which opened at the Field Museum in January 2005; one of the organizers of "Design Matters: US-China Housing Exchange" hosted in September 2004 by the Shenyang Construction Committee, China; consultant to the Cabrini Green Local Advisory Council in the HOPE VI redevelopment of their community; and editor of The Chicago Greystone in Historic North Lawndale, a forthcoming guide on community revitalization though historic preservation.

Roberta Feldman is founding co-director of the City Design Center in the UIC College of Architecture and the Arts. Through the Center's technical assistance and applied research, she has coordinated collaborations with community organizations and public agencies to address their visions for shaping, revitalizing and preserving their living environments. Roberta Feldman is President of the Board of Trustees of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and a founding member of the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Affordable Housing Design Initiative. Dr. Feldman received her Ph.D. in Psychology (Environmental Psychology Program) in 1986 from the City University of New York, and her M. Arch. in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania.