Joseph Weil Huennekens is a PhD candidate in urban planning at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. His research interests include changing suburbs, densification, land use conflict, exclusionary zoning, and planning practice. His doctoral research looks at how groups compete within the land use regulatory system to shape the suburban built environment. Other work considers the implications of development-related litigation on land use governance and the political attitudes of pro-growth activists; among other topics.
Prior to coming to Columbia GSAPP, Joe worked as a borough planner for the NYC Department of City Planning and a program manager at the Design Trust for Public Space.
He holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. A native of the Washington D.C. area, Joe now lives in Brooklyn.
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Prior to coming to Columbia GSAPP, Joe worked as a borough planner for the NYC Department of City Planning and a program manager at the Design Trust for Public Space.
He holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. A native of the Washington D.C. area, Joe now lives in Brooklyn.