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Lydia Collins


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Comparative Urbansim between neighborhood planning processes in Chicago and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
PhD Project

2024 - present

The Everyday Architecture of Carnaval
Independent Project

2023

Planning for Continual Negotiation: Exploring Urban Development Patterns in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Fulbright Research Fellowship

2022


Harvesting Power From the Roots: Becoming and Building the Comunidades Enraizadas Community Land Trust
Master’s Thesis, Tufts University

2018


Riverbed Row: A New Housing Typology for Athol, MA
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

2018

Pathways to Transfer Private Housing to Permanent Afforability
Tufts UEP Field Projects

2017


Greenway Paradox: Demographic Shift Along the Somerville Community Path
Bachelor’s Thesis, Tufts University

2017 
Running on Cargo