Master in Design Studies (MDesS)
Current Announcements
Read about the Chinatown Library designed by Marrikka Trotter (MDesS 2009) with other GSD students in Architecture Boston
http://architectureboston.com/2009/11/09/lending-a-library/
Please come to the Technology Lunch Series on Responsive Environments beginning October 15
Thursday, 10.15.09
Yolande Kolstee, "Augmented Reality in Art and Design: lessons learned and lessons to learn"
Thursday, 11.12.09
Hod Lipson
Thursday, 11.17.09
Michelle Addington
For more information and updates, visit the GSD Event Calendar.
New areas of study for 2010-2011:
Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology
Art, Design and the Public Domain
These two new concentrations witll be available on the admissions application. More information about the programs can be found under the areas of study.
Julia Africa's paper, "Managing Expectations: A Review of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation and Remediation Behavior in the Context of Stormwater Management Using Phytotechnologies," has been accepted to the upcoming Phytotechnologies Conference in St. Louis.
A weather station is now on the roof of Gund Hall developed by Christoph Reinhart and the students in his course. It can be accessed by going to: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/gsdsquare/ModelGundHall.html . The purpose of the weather station – apart from research – is to make key environmental parameters such as solar radiation, wind temperature and humidity more meaningful. For exampe, how much solar energy is available on a cloudy as opposed to a sunny day?
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The GSD is excited to welcome the 44 new members of the MDesS Class of 2011. The students hail from Italy, Croatia, India, China, Argentina, South Korea, Canada, Singapore, the Philippines, Greece, Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States.
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Room 331 in Gund Hall (near the Advanced Studies Programs Office) is available for use by MDesS students this year. Please use the sign-up sheet on the door to reserve it.
Christoph Reinhart and Holly Wasolowski (MDesS 2009) were awarded the ARUP prize for the best paper on the application of building performance simulation in the design process. The 'Model Gund Hall' project won out of 208 papers that were presented at Building Simulation 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. Following the presentation a number of architectural science educators from all over the world expressed that they were inspired to develop a similar seminar as GSD 6417 Building Performance Simulation - Energy.
Nathan Richardson will be an Assistant Professor at the Oklahoma State University School of Architecture beginning in August following his graduation from the MDesS program this June with a concentration in Real Estate. Nathan's thesis was Architecture and Enterprise: A History, Practice and Analysis of Architectural Extensions into Real Estate advised by Bing Wang and Richard Peiser.
Peter Christensen received the Robert James Eidlitz Travel Fellowship to research Skansen and the origins of late Nineteenth Century tradition of open air museums. The Fellowship will support travel to Stockholm for two weeks this summer. The fellowship is provided by Cornell University College of Art, Architecture and Planning for alumni who have graduated within the past 8 years.
Jon Caputo, has been awarded the 2008-2009 Excellence in Housing Research prize from the Joint Center for Housing Studies for his MDES thesis, The Case of Modern Industrial Residential Design and Realistic Innovation in Off-Site Homebuilding advised by Dr. Andreas Georgoulias. Jon has done an excellent work in pre-fab home design and delivery, building up on his final paper submitted for the 7411: Design and Development course. Jon's paper will be published as student research on the Joint Center’s website, and he was recognized at an event at the Joint Center office on Monday, May 11th.
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