# Retrofitting suburbia

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxAtlanta
- Speaker: Ellen Dunham-Jones
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can we rebuild our broken suburbs? Ellen Dunham-Jones shares a vision of dying malls rehabilitated, dead "big box" stores re-inhabited, and endless parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands.

## Lectures

1. [Retrofitting suburbia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia/3379b35ddc4b), 20 min (TED's player)