GSD Alumni and Friends
GSD Panel and Reception Draw Large Turnout at Harvard University's Global Alumni Conference, Shanghai, March 28 & 29
More than 100 GSD alumni and friends attended a GSD panel and reception at the Harvard Alumni Association's Global Series Conference held in Shanghai last month.
China's Future: A Discussion of Design and Urbanism was moderated by Professor Alex Krieger, MCPUD '77, and included the following panelists:
Kongjian Yu, DDes '95; Dean, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing; and President, Turenscape Design
Yuyang Liu, MArch '97; Principal, Atelier Liu Yuyang, Shanghai
Jiang Wu, Deputy Director General, Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau
Lin Wang, Shanghai Urban Planning Association
John C. Portman, III, MArch '73; CEO, John Portman and Associates
At a gala reception the following evening, over 600 Harvard alumni attended Cocktails & Conversation with Dean Mohsen Mostafavi as he reflected on contemporary architecture and urbanism in China.
Dean Mohsen Mostafavi with Harvard University President Drew Faust on the tour of Shanghai during the Harvard Alumni Association Global Series Conference. Photo: Kris Snibbe
Harvard President Drew Faust (center) takes an architectural model tour of the Shanghai World Financial Center with Minoru Mori (left), President and CEO, Mori Building in Shanghai, China. On the right is Mohsen Mostafavi, Professor of Architecture and Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Photo: Kris Snibbe
The GSD panel discussion included, from left, Lin Wang; moderator Professor Alex Krieger; Jiang Wu; Yuyang Liu, MArch'97; Kongjian Yu, DDes '95; and John C. Portman, III, MArch '73.
Harvard President Drew Faust with John C. Portman, III, MArch '73
GSD panelist Jiang Wu, left, with Professor Alex Krieger, center, and Harvard President Drew Faust.
From left: Paul Tao, PMB '97; GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi; Harvard President Drew Faust; and Kongjian Yu, DDes '95.