Laurie Hawkinson shares student work and discusses the meanings of ‘speculation’, collaborations between architecture and real estate students, and the return of big ideas.

Bronwyn Breitner and James Slade describe how their students reconsidered one of our most familiar architectural spaces, the residence, in the context of the Bronx’s Lower Concourse.

Roy Strickland describes a student project that combines infill development, real estate financing and urban design to re-envision the housing projects of the Lower East Side.

David Leven and Derek Porter discuss how their architecture and lighting design students collaborated to reimagine access to and use of this complex waterfront site.