Announcements
June 2009:
Taro Nahara has won the Peter Rice Prize at the GSD. This prize was established in 1994 in recognition of the ideals and principles represented by the late eminent engineer Peter Rice. The prize honors students of exceptional promise in the school's architecture and advanced degree programs who have proven their competence and innovation in advancing architecture and structural engineering
May 2009:
Aylin Yildirim will present on one of his papers at the Joint International Symposium "Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses" in Istanbul at Istanbul Technical University.
April 2009:
Wanda Liebermann received a Penny White award. This grant program was established by her family in 1976 to "help carry forward Penny's ideal of a culture which emphasizes a close relationship between people and nature in a cohesive living environment." Several grants are offered, three times annually, for submitted projects
This spring, Shelagh McCartney will be teaching as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo in the fourth year architecture core Comprehensive Building Studio.
The GSD Critical Digital Conference took place on April 17-19. Click here for information about the event. The Advisory Committee consisted of: Antoine Picon*,
Terzidis Kostas,
Sanford Kwinter,
Rocker Ingeborg,
Mariana Ibanez,
Simon Kim,
Sotirios Kotsopoulos, and
Teri Rueb. The Organizing Committee consisted of
Jan Jungclaus,
Nashid Nabian,
Zenovia Toloudi,
Dido Tsigaridi,
Taro Narahara,
Stephen Schaum,
Tamaho Shigemura,
Jeffery Roberson,
Jen Ting Cho, and
Huiying Ke.
El Hadi Jazairy published an article entitled “Imaging Dubai’s Palm Islands: The Construction of Land and Representation through the Satellite View” in Topos: The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, No.66, pp.46-51, 2009.
March 2009:
Suzanne presented her paper "Suburban Gentrification: Examining the Redevelopment of Single-family Housing in Chicago's Postwar Suburbs," at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 5, 2009.
Suzanne Lanyi Charles with principal-investigator Dr. Nicolas Oreskovic and co-investigator Dr. Moshe Bar were awarded a Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant to study the "Use of Functional Neuroimaging to Assess Effects of Viewing the Built Environment." The project is a cross-disciplinary research project involving the Harvard Medical School/MGH and the Graduate School of Design.
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