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Harvard GSD: All http://www.gsd.harvard.edu GSD team enters final round of SixtyNine Seventy Urban Ideas Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/five-gsd-students-enter-final-round-of-sixtynine-seventy-urban.html <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">A team of five GSD students was selected from over 300 entries as finalists for the SixtyNine Seventy: The Spaces Between Urban Ideas Competition. Architecture News 536886 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400 CAADRIA competition awards paper by GSD team, honors Young CAADRIA Award recipient http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/caadria-competition-awards-paper-by-gsd-team-honors-young.html <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">GSD team is awarded second prize for best paper in the CAADRIA 2013 Open Systems at Singapore competition. Alumni News 536887 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400 Pierre Bélanger awarded PhD cum laude by Wageningen University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/pierre-b-langer-awarded-phd-cum-laude-by-wageningen-university.html Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/pierre-belanger.html">Pierre Bélanger</a> has been honored PhD cum laude by Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Faculty News 535899 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra Architects awarded top prize for Hathigaon project http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-architects-awarded-top-prize-for-hathigaon.html Rahul Mehrotra Architects (RMA) awarded the sustainable architecture gold medal prize for housing project Hathigaon: Housing for Mahouts and their Elephants. Faculty News 535380 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 Luis Callejas Awarded 2013 Architectural League Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/luis-callejas-awarded-2013-architectural-league-prize.html The Architectural League of New York awards Luis Callejas, GSD Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, the 2013 Architectural League Prize. Faculty News 535642 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty and alumni receive 2013 Boston Society of Landscape Architects Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-and-alumni-receive-2013-boston-society-of-landscape.html The Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) has recently announced their 2013 Honor and Merit awards with many Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni and faculty among the winners. Alumni News 535641 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400 Zaneta Hong awarded 2013-2014 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zaneta-hong-awarded-2013-2014-daniel-urban-kiley-fellowship.html <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Zaneta Hong, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, is the recipient of the Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for the 2013-2014 academic year. Faculty News 535505 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400 Taking it to the streets: GSD team wins Deans’ Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/taking-it-to-the-streets-gsd-team-wins-deans-challenge.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jri0dy_7qN8?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> Art is all around us, and a team made up of GSD students, a Loeb Fellow and a HU student is using geotechnology to connect audiences with the music, visual art and theatre in urban public spaces. Their vision excited the jury of the inaugural Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge, who awarded first prize to the <a href="http://museyapp.com/partners/">Musey </a>project. Architecture News 535507 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Creating Resilient Cities: Disaster Field Lab http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/creating-resilient-cities-disaster-field-lab.html Students in <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/joyce-klein-rosenthal.html">Joyce Rosenthal’s</a> (assistant professor of urban planning) option studio Creating Resilient Cities: Disaster Field Lab are examining how New York City’s coastal communities can emerge from the devastation of last fall’s superstorm Sandy stronger and more resilient than before. Faculty News 535510 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Irene Toselli (MLA ’12) thesis awarded silver medal in International Prize for Sustainable Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/irene-toselli-mla-12-thesis-awarded-silver-medal-in.html Recent GSD graduate Irene Toselli (MLA ’12) will fly to Ferrara, Italy in June to participate in an award ceremony which will honor her 2012 thesis with the silver medal prize for sustainable architecture. Alumni News 534631 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400 Plan Downtown Malden: core urban planning studio hits the streets http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/plan-downtown-malden-core-urban-planning-studio-hits-the-streets.html On an evening in late April, over 100 community members turned out for a public meeting and presentation by students in the 2nd semester core urban planning studio of Plan Downtown Malden, a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the city center. The studio, led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ann-forsyth.html">Ann Forsyth</a> (professor of urban planning), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/daniel-doca.html">Daniel D'Oca</a> (design critic), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kathryn-madden.html">Kathryn Madden</a> (design critic in urban planning and design) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/robert-pietrusko.html">Robert Pietrusko</a> (lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning and design), used Malden’s planning problems as the opportunity to engage advanced level analytical and creative problem-solving and address complex planning concerns. Faculty News 534884 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Stoss’s Plaza, a flexible space bringing Harvard communities together http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stoss-s-plaza-a-flexible-space-bringing-harvard-communities.html Stoss Landscape Urbanism, founded by Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) recently unveiled their latest project at Harvard, the Science Center Plaza. Faculty News 534882 Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400 HUPO looks back and forward http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hupo-looks-back-and-forward.html MUP students recently voted to elect Adrienne Mathews and Lydia Scott (MUP ’14) co-presidents of the Harvard Urban Planning Organization. The past year has been filled with HUPO-sponsored events that engage students and professionals, academics, community organizations and city governments in improving cities. Student News 534628 Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Designing Peace: Karen Lee Bar-Sinai Profiled in New Yorker http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/designing-peace-karen-lee-bar-sinai-profiled-in-new-yorker.html Karen Lee Bar-Sinai (LF 2013) and her design partner Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat, of Jerusalem-based <a href="http://www.sayarch.com/">SAYA </a>studio, are profiled in a recent blog post for the New Yorker. Architecture News 534630 Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 MUP alumni making real world impacts http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mup-alumni-making-real-world-impacts.html Edith Hsu-Chen (MUP ’97), is working to boldly enhance the area surrounding Grand Central Station in Manhattan. Alumni News 534505 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:00:00 -0400 Krzysztof Wodiczko projections featured at Ideas City Festival in NYC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-projections-featured-at-ideas-city-festival.html Architecture News 534133 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400 Mohsen Mostafavi Interviewed on Korean Radio Show http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mohsen-mostafavi-interviewed-on-korean-radio-show.html During a recent trip to Korea on behalf of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Dean Mohsen Mostafavi was interviewed by 1013 Main Street, an English-language radio show based in Seoul, Korea. Faculty News 534503 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400 SO – IL wins UC Davis art museum competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/so-il-wins-uc-davis-art-museum-competition.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm <a href="http://so-il.org/">SO – IL</a> has won the UC Davis competition for its new Museum of Art after a year of accolades culminating in the Architectural League of N.Y.'s “Emerging Voices” award. Architecture News 534132 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Stoss is hot: Chris Reed racks up honors http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stoss-is-hot-chris-reed-racks-up-honors.html Stoss Landscape Urbanism, the firm co-led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture), has taken a slew of recent honors, including the Syracuse competition for <a href="http://www.movementonmain.com/test/">Movement on Main</a> and two 2013 Boston Society of Landscape Architecture Awards. Architecture News 534135 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 A City and its Stream: Peter Rowe at the Van Alen Institute http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/a-city-and-its-stream-peter-rowe-at-the-van-alen-institute.html On 5/9 at 6:30 p.m., the Van Alen Institute in N.Y. will present a lecture by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/peter-rowe.html">Peter Rowe</a> (professor of architecture and urban design) and conversation with <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture and MArch ‘96) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (design critic in architecture and MArch '02) as part of the exhibit Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon River Project in Seoul. Alumni News 534002 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 GSD students win Radcliffe competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-win-radcliffe-competition.html Keojin Jin and Juhun Lee (both MDesS ‘14) are the winners of the 1st <a href="http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/publicart">Radcliff Public Art Competition</a> for their design Saturate the Moment, selected from submissions by graduate and undergraduate students from all over Harvard. The work will be installed this summer and will be on view from September 2013 to June 2014.  MDesS News 534004 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Matthew Gin wins Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/matthew-gin-wins-philip-hofer-prize-for-collecting-books-or-art.html Matthew Gin (PhD student) recently was awarded the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art. DDes/PhD News 534006 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Preston Scott Cohen delivers Walter Gropius lecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preston-scott-cohen-delivers-walter-gropius-lecture.html Six former chairs of architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design gathered on Tuesday to honor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/preston-scott-cohen.html">Preston Scott Cohen</a>, the outgoing chair of the department. Architecture News 533878 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Antoine Picon illuminates return of ornament in contemporary architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/antoine-picon-illuminates-return-of-ornament-in-contemporary.html Antoine Picon’s recent book Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity highlights the return of ornament in contemporary architecture and argues the subjective and political implications of ornament throughout history.   Architecture News 533269 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 GSD team receives top prize for Retreat in Nature proposal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-selected-as-finalists-in-international-competition.html The Horizon House project created by a team of GSD students is selected to receive top prize in the Retreat in Nature competition and will be built this fall. Architecture News 531481 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400 Jose Ignacio Ábalos Vazquez Appointed Chair of the Department of Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jose-ignacio-balos-vazquez-appointed-chair-of-the-department-of.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design has announced the appointment of Iñaki Ábalos as Chair of the Department of Architecture. Architecture News 533131 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 Farshid Moussavi’s Folie Montpellieraine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-s-folie-montpellieraine.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi’s</a> (professor of architecture) firm FMA has won a competition to design a residential complex at Jardins de la Lironde in Montpellier, France. Architecture News 533134 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Landscape Architecture Frontiers launches with work by GSD faculty and alums http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-architecture-frontiers-launches-with-work-by-gsd.html The inaugural issue of Landscape Architecture Frontiers, guest edited by Xiaoxan Lu (MLA '12), features an introductory essay by Pierre Bélanger (associate professor of landscape architecture) and writing by Emily Schlickman (MLA '12), Sara Jacobs (MLA '12), and Cathy De Almeida (MLA '11). Chief editor is visiting professor of landscape architecture Kongjian Yu (DDes '95). Alumni News 533137 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 In the aftermath: Jerold Kayden on preserving public space http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/in-the-aftermath.html Jerold Kayden advises a measured response to the Marathon bombings and serves as a voice for preserving the “public-ness” of public space even as public attention is focussed on security. His reflections and those of other Harvard analysts appear in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/how-the-attack-affects-our-lives/">How the attack affects our lives</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Faculty News 533139 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Ling Fan (DDes '14) gives New Brave Worlds (Asia) talk at Princeton http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ling-fan-ddes-14-gives-new-brave-worlds-asia-lecture-at.html Ling Fan (DDes '14) gave a talk at Princeton University School of Architecture on March 27 as part of the "What I Did Next – Princeton's Alternative Architectural Practices" lecture series. DDes/PhD News 532982 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400 Double vision: twin designers profiled in NY Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/double-vision.html Teran & Teman Evans (both MArch ’04), design team and identical twins, exemplify an extreme form of collaboration in their lives and their work. Read the recent <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/greathomesanddestinations/twin-designers-on-making-a-home-together.html?hpw&_r=0">profile</a> in the New York Times. Alumni News 532999 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Sanford Kwinter wins Arts and Letters Award in Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sanford-kwinter-wins-arts-and-letters-award-in-architecture.html Last week the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the recipients of its 2013 architecture awards. Sanford Kwinter (professor of architectural theory and criticism and co-director, master in design studies program) is being recognized for contributing to “ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.” Alumni News 533001 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 John Hong and Jinhee Park at Van Alen Institute 4/25 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-and-jinhee-park-at-van-alen-institute-4-25.html The GSD exhibit “Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon River Project in Seoul” curated by Joan Busquets (professor in practice of urban planning and design) has traveled to the Van Alen Institute. On April 25 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a launch of the book Convergent Flux: Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Korea by John Hong (adjunct associate professor and MArch ‘96) and Jinhee Park (design critic in architecture and MArch '02) to accompany the exhibit. Alumni News 533004 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Gender politics at Pritzker: the Denise Scott Brown petition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gender-politics-at-pritzker-the-denise-scott-brown-petition.html A campaign to press the Pritzker committee to retroactively include Denise Scott Brown in the 1991 prize awarded to her creative partner and husband Robert Venturi continues to pick up steam, thanks to recent attention from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/arts/design/bid-for-pritzker-prize-to-acknowledge-denise-scott-brown.html?pagewanted=all">New York Times</a>, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/women-in-design-call-for-denise-scott-brown-pritzker-prize_n_2991734.html">Huffington Post</a> and the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/what-about-denise.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA7siyiwVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=BVVsi9f9EE0&usg=AFQjCNFFQNYe1YT4TbA9zfbnzMzT3gp88g">New Yorker</a>. The petition was started by Arielle Assouline-Lichten (MArch ’13) and Caroline James (MArch ‘14). Architecture News 532860 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Public Space at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public-space-at-the-gsd.html The recent Putting Public Space in its Place conference brought scholars, practitioners, and activists together to discuss and debate public spaces. Faculty News 531482 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0400 GSD team wins sustainable building design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-wins-sustainable-building-design-competition.html A team of Harvard GSD students was recently announced the winner of a sustainable building design competition after presenting in Nanchang University in China with four other finalists. Architecture News 531084 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 Laura Gilmore O'Connor (MUP '13) awarded second place in APA Transportation Division Student Paper Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/laura-gilmore-mup-13-awarded-second-place-in-apa-transportation.html Laura Gilmore’s (MUP ’13) paper "Exploring a Framework for Transportation Justice: The Case of the Green Line Extension" won second place in the APA Transportation Division Student Paper Competition. Student News 531335 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400 Carpenter Center turns 50 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/carpenter-center-turns-50.html This spring the Carpenter Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The event is marked with lectures, public talks, and a new exhibition at the GSD's Loeb library. Architecture News 531336 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400 Thomas Heatherwick’s view http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/thomas-heatherwick-s-view.html Admitted students were treated to a journey inside the mind of a protean designer when Thomas Heatherwick spoke at the conclusion of Open House last Friday. In his introduction, Dean <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mohsen-mostafavi.html">Mohsen Mostafavi</a> called Heatherwick “one of the exciting people crossing boundaries between art, architecture, engineering. Not only is his work innovative for the different scales it represents; he gives us new ways to view daily items: from a bus to a master plan.” Architecture News 531209 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Sara Hendren on the hidden values in technological design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sara-hendren-on-the-hidden-values-in-technological-design.html The design of technical objects often shapes their use, and can have political, social, and cultural consequences. A <a href="http://www.programseries.com/events/values-in-technological-design/">talk </a>at N.Y.U. by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/master-in-design-studies/art-and-the-public-domain/student-profiles.html">Sara Hendren</a> (MDesS ‘13, researcher in the Program on Art and the Public Domain and fellow at metaLAB) and Geoffrey Bowker (professor of informatics at U.C. Irvine) investigates the ways in which values become embodied in technological design and what efforts we might make to challenge maladaptive structures. MDesS News 530942 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Aggregate Collaborative awarded Connection Grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/aggregate-collaborative-awarded-connection-grant.html The <a href="http://www.we-aggregate.org/">Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative</a>—a group of thirteen architectural historians that includes associate professors <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ed-eigen.html">Ed Eigen</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a>—has received a Connection Grant from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The generous funding will allow the group to launch Aggregate Online in fall 2013. Architecture News 530944 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 John Hong with Seung H-Sang at Archleague http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-with-seung-h-sang-at-archleague.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) will be moderating a talk by Seung H-Sang at the Architectural League of N.Y. on April 10th. Seung is one of the most important Korean architects practicing today and was featured in the GSD-published book <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/projects/convergent-flux-contemporary-architecture-and-urbanism-in-korea.html">Convergent Flux</a>. The <a href="http://archleague.org/2013/04/h-sang-seung/">event</a> is at 7:00 p.m. at Cooper Union. Architecture News 530816 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Cultural Entrepreneurship finalists selected http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/cultural-entrepreneurship-finalists-selected.html Harvard recently announced the finalists in the inaugural <a href="http://ilab.harvard.edu/deans-cultural-entrepreneurship-challenge">Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge</a>, and GSD teams are well represented with an array of innovative ideas. The Challenge was created to support students’ exploration of entrepreneurship that sustains the arts and enhances their cultural impact. Architecture News 530165 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 New urban planning connections for gateway cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-urban-planning-connections-for-gateway-cities.html Gateway Cities, a new class this semester, is uniting GSD students with colleagues from the HBS and HLS. Interdisciplinary teams are working on projects partnering with state, local, and community representatives. Faculty News 530170 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Anthony Acciavatti on Psychorheology http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/anthony-acciavatti-on-psychorheology.html Cabinet magazine features an article by Anthony Acciavatti (MArch '09) on psychorheology, a science developed in the late 1930s to explore the psychological ramifications of tactile experience. Alumni News 530167 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0400 James K. M. Cheng (MArch '77), Appointed to the Order of Canada http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/james-k-m-cheng-march-77-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada.html Alumni News 529158 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:00:00 -0400 Amin Alsaden in WTD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/amin-alsaden-in-wtd.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/doctoral-programs/phd/current-students.html">Amin Alsaden</a>’s (PhD student) article "Baghdad Modernism: Duplicity of Mirages and a Crisis of History" is featured in a special issue of the Dubai-based quarterly magazine <a href="https://monoqi.com/en/store/wtd-magazines.html">WTD</a> titled Emergent/The Iraq Issue 03. Read the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/images/content/5/5/v3/555870/Baghdad-Modernism-Amin-Al-Saden-Pages.pdf">essay</a>. Architecture News 529536 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Mitchell Silver inspires next generation of planners http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mitchell-silver-inspires-next-generation-of-planners.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D8n4KjZ_7l8?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> Mitchell J. Silver, president of the American Planning Association, gave a lecture entitled “Planning in the 21st Century: What’s Next?” in February at the GSD. Urban Planning and Design News 529538 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Florian Idenburg: Next Progressive http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/florian-idenburg-next-progressive.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) and partner Jing Liu of SO - IL have been dubbed the Next Progressives by Architect Magazine. Architecture News 529540 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Timothy Hyde speaks in São Paulo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/timothy-hyde-on-the-value-of-ugliness.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) was a speaker at the “Architectural Elective Affinities” conference at the <a href="http://www.fau.usp.br/index2.html">Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo of the University of São Paulo</a>. The conference, which examined the correspondences and transferences between architecture, urbanism, and other disciplines, was organized by the European Architectural History Network in conjunction with the FAUUSP. Architecture News 529543 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Susan Fainstein seeks the Just City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-fainstein-seeks-the-just-city.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_9cpSWqOFlw?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/susan-fainstein.html">Susan S. Fainstein</a> (senior research fellow) raised examples from Amsterdam, New York and Singapore to make a case for the “just city” in her recent lecture at the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore. Faculty News 529545 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Navid Meghji (MDesS '07) Named One of Vancouver's '40 Under 40' http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/navid-meghji-mdess-07-named-one-of-vancouver-s-40-under-40.html Business In Vancouver recognizes Meghji and 39 others for their "outstanding leadership, business acumen and community contributions." Alumni News 529157 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:30:00 -0400 Toni Griffin and Mimi Hoang are Urban Influencers http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toni-griffin-and-mimi-hoang-are-urban-influencers.html Find out why at the <a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/">LOEBlog</a>. Alumni News 529288 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Ali M. Malkawi appointed professor of architectural technology http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ali-m-malkawi-appointed-professor-of-architectural-technology.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Ali M. Malkawi as Professor of Architectural Technology, effective July 1, 2013. Architecture News 534129 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Mette Aamodt (MArch ’02) and Andrew Plumb (MArch ’01) Win Competition on Ice http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mette-aamodt-march-02-and-andrew-plumb-march-01-win-competition.html Smokehouse by Aamodt/Plumb Architects of Cambridge, MA, was one of five projects chosen by Warming Huts, an open art and architecture competition on ice, to be constructed in Canada. Alumni News 527931 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 HUPO Innovation panel April 3 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hupo-innovation-panel-april-3.html Research News 529161 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Ingeborg Rocker at MOMA symposium http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ingeborg-rocker-at-moma-symposium.html Associate professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg M. Rocker</a> will be at MOMA Thursday to participate in a day-long event titled “Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light.” Architecture News 529164 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Edward Becker wins fellowship in Finland http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/edward-becker-wins-fellowship-in-finland.html Edward Becker (MArch candidate) has received an American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowship at Aalto University for his research "Helsinki 2030: The Contemporary Manifestation of Finland’s Architectural Vernacular."  Architecture News 529028 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0400 Noah Walker (MArch ‘04), Work Featured in LA Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/noah-walker-march-04-work-featured-in-la-times.html <span id="internal-source-marker_0.4280026407884694" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A home designed and built by Noah Walker, (MArch ‘04), of Walker Workshop Design Build, <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">has been featured in the Los Angeles Times. Alumni News 527921 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Revitalizing Mexico City: two GSD studios http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/revitalizing-mexico-city-two-gsd-studios.html Two GSD studios have made Mexico City their laboratory and have taken dramatically different approaches to solving problems and liberating the potential of this thrilling metropolis. Faculty News 527922 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 GSD at the ACSA conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-at-the-acsa-conference.html GSD students and faculty are addressing a spectrum of urgent issues at the ACSA 101 conference: New Constellations / New Ecologies. Alumni News 527925 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici to Receive Veitch Memorial Medal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/peter-del-tredici-to-receive-veitch-memorial-medal.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/peter-del-tredici.html">Peter Del Tredici</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture and senior research scientist at the Arnold Arboretum) will receive the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in London this spring. The award recognizes his outstanding and extensive work in botany and horticulture over the past forty years. Faculty News 527927 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass announces Latin America sustainable infrastructure awards with IADB http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-announces-award-and-collaboration.html The <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, has announced the inauguration of the Infrastructure 360° Awards, the first infrastructure sustainability awards in Latin America and the Caribbean. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a> (lecturer in architecture and Zofnass Program research director) will be leading this effort for the GSD side. Architecture News 527929 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Toyo Ito named 2013 Pritzker Laureate http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toyo-ito-named-2013-pritzker-laureate.html The Hyatt Foundation announced that Toyo Ito will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Tokyo-based architect has recently taught studios on post-tsunami reconstruction and temporary housing at the GSD. He is recognized for producing an outstanding body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings. Architecture News 527933 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Mikyoung Kim (MLA '92) Completes Crown Sky Garden at the Children's Hospital of Chicago http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mikyoung-kim-mla-92-completes-crown-sky-garden-at-the-children-s.html The Crown Sky Garden incorporates light, sound, water, wood elements and bamboo planters to create a space for both active participation and quiet reprieve.  See videos and more. Alumni News 527798 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Hugo Van Vuuren is venture advisor at NEA Studio http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hugo-van-vuuren-is-venture-advisor-at-nea-studio.html Hugo Van Vuuren (MDesS) is helping innovative designers become entrepreneurs. He's an advisor with venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates' NEA Studio, where investors and experts help designers found mobile and web start-ups in NY. Alumni News 527541 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Chris Reed is easy on the eyes http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-is-easy-on-the-eyes.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture), celebrated for the exemplary style of his landscape designs, now has another claim to style notoriety: his natty attire. Read “<a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/the-most-stylish-bostonians/LGEe8zqTL9Z6RnfmsnRK1H/gallery.html">The 25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2013</a>” in the Boston Globe. Faculty News 527031 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Penny White Fund announces awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/penny-white-fund-announces-awards.html The Department of Landscape Architecture has announced the 2013 Project Awards for the <a href="file:///C:/Users/software/Desktop/Dropbox/GSD-Ruby%20website/all%20tasks/gsd.harvard.edu/pennywhite">Penny White Fund</a>. Sixteen projects were selected for their originality and innovation, as well as their contribution to pressing challenges related to the fields of urbanism, landscape and ecology. Architecture News 527033 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 A birthday nod to Career Discovery http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/a-birthday-nod-to-career-discovery.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/career-discovery/index.html">Career Discovery</a>, one of the oldest career immersion programs in the United States, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.  An article in USNews examines the GSD’s program’s staying power as similar programs gain traction nationwide. Read “<a href="http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/03/12/why-smart-career-changers-choose-hands-on-exploration">Why Smart Career Changers Choose Hands-On Exploration</a>.” Architecture News 527035 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Somayeh Chitchian presents at Northeastern University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/somayeh-chitchian-presents-at-northeastern-university.html Somayeh Chitchian (MDesS ‘13) will be presenting her research “Other[ed] City: (Re)Presentation of Muslim Identities in Contemporary Urban West” at the Northeastern University Annual Graduate Student Conference in World History on March 17. MDesS News 527037 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Zaha Hadid, 10 Years Later http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zaha-hadid-10-years-later.html Zaha Hadid discussed recent projects—both realized and unrealized—with a packed house at Wednesday night's lecture, "10 Years Later." Architecture News 526902 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Bechthold and Mulligan in Kyoto http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/bechthold-and-mulligan.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/martin-bechthold.html">Martin Bechthold</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mark-mulligan.html">Mark Mulligan</a> are headed to the Kyoto International Design Symposium where they’ve been invited to present work highlighting the GSD’s pursuit of interdisciplinary design research and the role of technology as a catalyst to open new avenues for design practice and design research. Architecture News 526773 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 MDesS students are 2013 CASE semi-finalists http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mdes-students-are-2013-case-semi-finalists.html TThe initial results of the MIT Case Competition 2013 were released this afternoon, and GSD students have made the semi-finals. Two teams of MDesS students concentrating in Real Estate and the Built Environment have been invited to submit proposals and compete before judges and industry professionals. Jason McAlees, Dylan Lazovik, Andrea Raynal and Carly Jane Zapernick are on the first year team. The second year team includes Julie Zelermyer, Andre White, Vaibhav Jain and Min Zhou. MDesS News 526776 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 The value of ugliness: Timothy Hyde on the Southbank Centre http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-value-of-ugliness-timothy-hyde-on-the-southbank-centre.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) has published his essay <a href="http://www.anycorp.com/anycorp/article/141">“Piles, Puddles, and Other Architectural Irritants”</a> in the current issue of the journal Log. The latest in a long sequence of proposed ideas for the renovation of the Southbank Centre in London has just been presented to the public. Hyde examines this persistent desire to “fix” the brutalist icon in order to speculate on the possible significance of ugliness for a metropolitan audience. Architecture News 526778 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Marina Abramović and Shohei Shigematsu set stage for collaboration http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/marina-abramovi-and-shohei-shigematsu-set-the-stage-for-upcoming.html Performance artist Marina Abramović and architect Shohei Shigematsu discuss their vision for a new arts institute in Hudson, NY. Architecture News 526649 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Resilient China: GSD students to speak at IACP Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/resilient-china-gsd-students-to-speak-at-iacp-conference.html Lukas Pauer and Lin Ye (both MLAUD '14) have been invited to speak on their work “Rescaling Watersheds: On Shanghai’s Water Infrastructure” at the 7th International Association for China Planning Conference at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from June 29 to July 1. Research News 525957 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Hult Prize Honorable Mention for GSD students http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hult-prize-honorable-mention-for-gsd-students.html A team representing the GSD, Harvard School of Public Health and Kennedy School has secured an honorary mention in the 2013 Hult Prize competition for creatively using design as the medium for social entrepreneurship to address food insecurity in urban slums. The team (from left in the photo above) included Venkata Krishna Kumar Matturi, Conor O'Shea and Ghazal Jafari (<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/master-in-design-studies/index.html">MDesS candidates</a>) working with Yogeeta Manglani (MSc, HSPH) and  Varun Bhandari (MPA, HKS). MDesS News 525959 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Grace E. La appointed professor of architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/grace-e-la-appointed-professor-of-architecture.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Grace E. La (MArch ‘95) as Professor of Architecture, effective July 1, 2013. Alumni News 534130 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Krzysztof Wodiczko exhibit opens in Prague http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-exhibit-opens-in-prague.html “Out/Inside(rs),” a comprehensive show of the work of <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko</a> (professor in residence of art, design and the public domain), opened last week at DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. The exhibit is the artist’s first in the Czech Republic and includes documentation of his projections on public buildings throughout the world and other installations. Faculty News 525325 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Landscape technology project to be shown at International Garden Festival http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-technology-project-to-be-shown-at-international-garden.html The International Garden Festival at the Jardins de Métis of Quebec recently announced the selection of “Smart Small,” an entry by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/niall-kirkwood.html">Niall Kirkwood</a>, (professor of landscape architecture and technology), Jonghyun Baek (MLA '10) and Yongkyu Kim (visiting scholar 2009-2010), as one of six competition winners. Alumni News 525329 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD team finalist for 2013 ULI Hines Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-finalist-for-2013-uli-hines-competition.html The 2013 ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition announced finalists last week, and again once again a team from Harvard is on the list. James Cody Birkey (MDesS), Robert Daurio (MArch), Maynard Hayden Leon (MArch), Cara Walsh (MLA) and Andrew Wisniewski (MLA), advised by Anita Berrizbeitia (professor of landscape architecture and director of the master in landscape architecture degree programs), created Connec+ Minneapolis, a long term development plan for the Downtown East neighborhood. Architecture News 524940 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Upcoming lecture: Toshiko Mori on Japan’s 2011 Disasters http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-lecture-toshiko-mori-on-japan-s-2011-disasters.html On March 11 from 12:30-2:00 pm, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/toshiko-mori.html">Toshiko Mori</a> (professor in the practice of architecture) will join Hirotaka Takeuchi (HBS) and Ichiro Kawachi (HSPH and HMS) for the lecture “Japan’s 2011 Disasters Remembered.” Architecture News 524944 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 ChinaGSD Hosts Professor Peter Rowe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chinagsd-hosts-professor-peter-rowe.html In a recent presentation titled “Some Snapshots,” Peter Rowe (professor of architecture and urban design and former GSD dean) gave insight into his vast research on the history of urban housing types and developments in China. The lecture was sponsored by the ChinaGSD student group. Architecture News 524946 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Constitutional Modernism: new book by Timothy Hyde http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/constitutional-modernism-new-book-by-timothy-hyde.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) has produced a new book, <a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/constitutional-modernism">Constitutional Modernism: Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959</a>, which examines the complex entanglements between architecture, planning, and law in the Cuban Republic. The announcement is accompanied by a <a href="http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/node/1897">lecture</a> at the Center for Latin American Studies on February 27th and an exhibit of source materials at the Frances Loeb Library. Architecture News 524119 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Charles Waldheim writes on urban abandonment and the origins of landscape http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/charles-waldheim-writes-on-urban-abandonment-and-the-origins-of.html Charles Waldheim, the John E. Irving Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture contributed a chapter “Detroit, Disabitato, and the Origins of Landscape” to an anthology of essays on urban abandonment. Faculty News 523506 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0500 Anna Grichting on healing divisions in Cyprus http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/anna-grichting-on-healing-divisions-in-cyprus.html <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Anna%20Grichting%20Solder&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank">Anna Grichting Solder</a> (DDes ’08) has introduced a new publication, Stitching the Buffer Zone: Landscapes, Sounds and Trans_Experiences along the Cyprus Green Line, co-authored with <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Maria%20Costi%20de%20Castrillo&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank">Maria Costi de Castrillo</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Stephanie%20Keszi&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank">Stephanie Keszi</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_4?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Georgia%20Frangoudi&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank">Georgia Frangoudi</a>. Alumni News 523119 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD Faculty speaks at [En]Coding Architecture 2013 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-speaks-at-en-coding-architecture-2013.html The architect is no longer an organizer of matter and space, but a designer of systems with multi-layered components and complex relationships. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/sanford-kwinter.html">Sanford Kwinter</a> (co-director MDesS and professor of architectural theory and criticism), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/panagiotis-michalatos.html">Panagiotis Michalatos</a> (assistant professor of architectural technology) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg Rocker</a> (associate professor of architecture) were at Carnegie Mellon University February 8 and 9 to speak about the the profession's new identity and call to arms at [En]Coding Architecture 2013. Architecture News 523121 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Sam Seidel casts an eye on Innovation Districts http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sam-seidel-casts-an-eye-on-innovation-districts.html Sam Seidel (MUP) is interested in innovation. Currently a visiting fellow at the GSD, Seidel is holding a series of events investigating Cambridge’s Kendall Square, one of the world’s most successful innovation clusters. Alumni News 523124 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 The Architecture of Gilberto Rodriguez (MAUD '97) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-architecture-of-gilberto-rodriguez-maud-97.html This new book, edited by James Trulove (LF '94) features eleven Modern works  designed by Gilberto Rodriguez (MAUD '97). Alumni News 523125 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Emerging Voices: SO - IL and Mass Design Group http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/emerging-voices-so-il-and-mass-design-group.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm SO - IL and Mass Design Group, founded by Michael Murphy (MArch '11) and Alan Ricks (MArch '10), have been named Emerging Voices 2013 by the Architectural League NY. Alumni News 522867 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Melany Sun-Min Park on the new domesticity http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/melany-sun-min-park-on-the-new-domesticity.html What does it mean to be "at home" in a context where land and space are both limited and contentious?  Some answers may lie in a new publication released by Melany Sun-Min Park (MDesS ’14): HOME + BOUND: Narratives of Domesticity in Singapore and Beyond, co-edited with Lilian Chee. Architecture News 522623 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Loeb J-Term roundup http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/j-term-roundup.html Loeb Fellows saw the Harvard University January term as an opportunity to dig into their interests, work closely with GSD students and - by the way - solve some thorny real-world challenges. They designed 4 dynamic courses based on their passions. Read more in the <a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/j-term-roundup/#more-3553">LOEBlog</a> Image: Lynn Richards with students in Retrofitting Suburbia Architecture News 522489 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Retrofitting Suburbia: a popular J-Term for MUPs http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/retrofitting-suburbia-a-popular-j-term-for-mups.html A popular J-term for MUPs, “Retrofitting Suburbia,” led by current Loeb Fellows <a style="font-size: 15px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/lynn-richards.html">Lynn Richards</a> and <a style="font-size: 15px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/">Deanna VanBuren</a>, dealt with the possibilities of revitalizing abandoned or underutilized suburban properties. Fourteen students explored policy and design strategies to facilitate and create incentives for redevelopment in the two-day class. Loeb Fellowship News 522498 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Ali Fard (DDes '15) and Ghazal Jafari (MDesS '14) Published in MONU Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ali-fard-ddes-15-and-ghazal-jafari-mdess-13-published-in-monu.html Ali Fard (DDes '15) and Ghazal Jafari (MDesS '14) authored the article "Tehran: Planning the Unpredictable" published in the latest issue of MONU (Magazine on Urbanism). Alumni News 522114 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 On the Bri(n)ck of discovery: Ingeborg Rocker’s ceramic design seminar http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/on-the-bri-n-ck-of-discovery-ingeborg-rocker-s-ceramic-design.html Ceramic innovations by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg M. Rocker’s</a> (associate professor of architecture) seminar “On the Bri(n)ck” are on display at TRANS/hitos 2013 Exhibition of Architecture and Interior Design in Ceramics in Spain. Architecture News 522118 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 What’s the big idea? http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/what-s-the-big-idea.html The final review of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/urban-planning/degree-programs/index.html">Master of Urban Planning</a> first semester core studio was all about big visions, as students examined the visions and novel physical interventions of influential urban plans from the western planning canon. Faculty News 522119 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Mapping the ephemeral city: GSD students and faculty at the Kumbh Mela http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mapping-the-ephemeral-city-gsd-students-and-faculty-at-the-kumbh.html The gigantic pop-up city established for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela is the perfect crucible for interdisciplinary research. This January 8 faculty and 20 students from the GSD and other Harvard schools are traveling to northern India for fieldwork for the project “Mapping Kumbh Mela.” The initiative is co-led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rahul-mehrotra.html">Rahul Mehrotra</a> (chair of the department of urban design and planning) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/diana-eck.html">Diana Eck</a> (affiliated professor to UPD) with the South Asia Initiative, FAS, HBS and SPH. Read "<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-18/news/37160083_1_kumbh-mela-design-cultural-studies">Mapping the Kumbh Mela</a>" in the Times of India. Architecture News 521742 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD students look to the future of spatial practices http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-look-to-the-future-of-spatial-practices.html GSD students will display the wide range of the school's research when Penn State holds its 1st "Nature of Spatial Practices" conference this Friday. The conference will examine how spatial practice, education and political discourse are responding to recent changes in technology, mobility and socio-cultural patterns. Architecture News 521609 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Krzysztof Wodiczko nominated for Mies van der Rohe Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-nominated-for-mies-van-der-rohe-prize.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko’s</a> (professor in residence in art, design, and the public domain) Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, a project designed with Julian Bonder, was recently nominated for the 2013 European Union Mies van der Rohe Prize. Faculty News 521342 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Joseph Cincotta (MArch '88) Honored by AIA Vermont http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/joseph-cincotta-march-88-honored-by-aia-vermont.html Joseph Cincotta (MArch '88), Principal Architect at LineSync Architecture, received the Merit Award at the 2012 AIAVT Excellence in Architecture Design Awards. Alumni News 521343 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD students join quest to end food poverty http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-join-quest-to-end-food-poverty.html A team from Harvard that includes 3 GSD students has advanced to the regional finals of the 4th Annual Hult Prize.  Venkata Krishna Kumar Matturi,  Conor OShea and Ghazal Jafari (<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/master-in-design-studies/index.html">MDesS candidates</a>) working with Varun Bhandari  (MPA, HKS) and Yogeeta Manglani (MSc, HSPH) will compete for$1 million to launch a sustainable social venture that promotes global food security.   MDesS News 521358 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Small is big for GSD alums http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/for-gsd-alums-small-is-big.html A partnership including several GSD alums just won a major bid for the first-of-its-kind modular building of micro-units in NYC. Alphonse Lembo (MUP '10) of Monadnock Development led the team which included Eric Bunge (MArch '96) and Mimi Hoang (MArch '98) of <a href="http://www.narchitects.com/">nArchitects</a>. Listen to an <a href="http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/01/31/micro-apartments-nyc">interview with Eric Bunge</a> on WBUR's Here and Now. Alumni News 521207 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Benny Ho (MArch '08) ponders The Accidental Career http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/benny-ho-ponders-the-accidental-career.html Benny Ho (MArch '08) wrote The Accidental Career, where he profiles people who stumbled onto meaningful careers, rather than the ones they had planned. Special discout offer for the GSD community. Alumni News 521209 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Natalia Escobar receives grant to study in India http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/natalia-escobar-receives-grant-to-study-in-india.html Natalia Escobar (MDesS candidate ’13) heads to New Delhi, India, at the end of February supported by a grant from Sharda University. She is looking forward to studying informal settlements as conveyors of intangible cultural heritage of Indian society.  MDesS News 520840 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 The mapped terrain: GSD exhibit travels to Places journal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-mapped-terrain-gsd-exhibit-travels-to-places-journal.html “Cartographic Grounds: Projecting the Landscape Imaginary” lives on in Places with an essay by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jill-desimini.html">Jill Desimini</a> (assistant professor of landscape architecture). The exhibit, which ran through December 19 at the GSD, looks back at the historical roots of mapmaking and forward to anticipate the potential of new technologies. The images now in the <a href="http://places.designobserver.com/feature/cartographic-grounds-exhibition/37632/">Places gallery</a> are descriptive, ingenious and beautiful. Faculty News 520338 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed and Eric Höweler join the Movement on Main http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-and-eric-h-weler-join-the-movement-on-main.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eric-howeler.html">Eric Höweler</a> (assistant professor of architecture) are making news again. Reed’s firm <a href="http://www.stoss.net/news/22/detroit-future-city-released/">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a> with partners <a href="http://hyarchitecture.com/">Höweler + Yoon</a> were just short-listed for the Movement on Main design competition in Syracuse, NY. Architecture News 519848 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Ann Forsyth strives for balance http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ann-forsyth-strives-for-balance.html In a profile in Harvard Magazine, professor of urban planning <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ann-forsyth.html">Ann Forsyth</a> talks about why she’s taken up biking and why, in order to improve cities, she feels it’s necessary to look to the suburbs. Read the “<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/ann-forsyth">Harvard Portrait</a>.” Faculty News 519850 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Fondation Le Corbusier’s new president: Antoine Picon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/fondation-le-corbusier-s-new-president-antoine-picon.html Earlier this month, <a style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4666em;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/antoine-picon.html">Antoine Picon</a> (professor of the history of architecture and technology) assumed the post of president of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Architecture News 519727 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD faculty and Loeb Fellows pitch in for Detroit http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-and-loeb-fellows-pitch-in-for-detroit.html Loeb fellows and GSD faculty are applying their talents to the challenges of revitalizing Detroit in the Detroit Works Project. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/toni-griffin.html">Toni Griffin</a> (LF 1998 and adjunct associate professor of urban planning) led the Detroit Works’ technical team and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/danpitera.html">Dan Pitera</a> (LF 2005 and associate professor of architecture), director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, oversaw community outreach. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) firm <a href="http://www.stoss.net/news/22/detroit-future-city-released/">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a> contributed to landscape, ecology and open space planning. Read "<a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/?p=3371&preview=true">Stepping Up for the Future of Detroit</a>" in the LOEBlog. Architecture News 519603 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 (Re)Mapping Health with a grant from the President’s January Innovation Fund http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/re-mapping-health-with-a-grant-from-the-president-s-january.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/courses/details.cgi?term=201230&course=INT-00037-00">“(Re)Mapping Health</a>,” a new interdisciplinary initiative of the GSD and the School of Public Health was launched last week with support from the President's January Innovation Fund. Architecture News 519479 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Eric Shaw heads to Salt Lake City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eric-shaw-heads-to-salt-lake-city.html <img class="rubycontent-asset rubycontent-asset-550810" style="float: left;" title="Eric Shaw" src="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/images/content/5/5/550810.jpg?_=1357873073336" alt="Eric Shaw" width="158" height="158" />Eric Shaw (MUP ’00) didn’t expect to like Salt Lake City. Six months ago he visited for a conference; now he’s the city’s new director of community and economic development.  Alumni News 518998 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Robert Pietrusko: the changing art world http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/robert-pietrusko-the-changing-art-world.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/robert-pietrusko.html">Robert Pietrusko’s</a> (lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning and design) work is being shown in a group exhibition at the Akademie Der Kunste in Berlin, Feb. 1 through March 24. Faculty News 518151 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Jerold Kayden the disrupter http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-the-disrupter.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jerold-kayden.html">Jerold Kayden</a> (professor of urban planning and design) is happy to shake things up, especially if the result is more livable and accessible cities. He is on Next City’s <a href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/disruption-index-jerold-kayden">2012 Disruption Index</a>, a list of “77 people, places and ideas that have changed cities this year.” Faculty News 518155 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Spatial politics: Delia Wendel and Fallon Samuels-Aidoo in Colloquy http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/spatial-politics-delia-wendel-and-fallon-samuels-aidoo-in.html PhD candidates Delia Wendel and Fallon Samuels-Aidoo believe space and politics are intertwined and essential to understanding conflict and consensus. Their research has led to a symposium, a book, and a recent article in Colloquy. Architecture News 518160 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 ArchRecord Editor’s Picks for 2012 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/archrecord-editor-s-picks-for-2012.html Architectural Record’s “Editor’s Picks: Best Architecture of 2012” is studded with GSD stars. Here’s the list of their projects that “defined the year in design.” Alumni News 518163 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD announces the launch of the Wheelwright Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-announces-the-launch-of-the-wheelwright-prize.html Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the launch of the Wheelwright Prize, a 100,000 USD traveling fellowship awarded annually to talented early-career architects worldwide proposing exceptional itineraries for research and discovery. Architecture News 518028 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Andreas Georgoulias presents in Dubai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-presents-in-dubai.html <a href="http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/georgoulias-andreas">Andreas Georgoulias</a> (lecturer in architecture and research director of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/" target="_blank">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>) kicked off the holiday season with a research presentation at the 3rd International Architectural Conservation Conference in Dubai earlier this month. Architecture News 517428 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:00:00 -0500 Hyuntek Yoon and Soobum You reimagine Detroit riverfront http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hyuntek-yoon-and-soobum-you-reimagine-detroit-riverfront.html Hyuntek Yoon and Soobum You (both MArch  ’12) of Atelier WHY have won the Detroit Riverfront Competition with an urban fantasy land that bridges streetscape and river with a magical forest. Alumni News 517424 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 John Hong and Jinhee Park in the Design Vanguard http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-and-jinhee-park-in-the-design-vanguard.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (design critic in architecture and MArch ’02) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor and MArch ‘96) are in the Architectural Record “2012 Design Vanguard.” The honor comes right on the heels of a <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">Chicago Athenaeum<span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;"> <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">American Architecture Award for their <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">White Block Gallery. Alumni News 516696 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Harvard Magazine on the Community Innovation Lab http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/harvard-magazine-reports-on-the-community-innovation-lab.html In the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academics/courses/ses-05468-fall-2012.html">Community Innovation Lab</a>, guided by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/michael-hooper.html">Michael Hooper</a> (assistant professor of urban planning) and Susan Crawford( visiting Stanton professor of the First Amendment), GSD and HKS students teamed up with three community groups in Boston and the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics to make “big ideas” a reality in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods. Faculty News 516697 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Farshid Moussavi a finalist for Moscow Museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-a-finalist-for-moscow-museum.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi</a> (professor of architecture) is a finalist for the competition to design a new science museum and educational center in Moscow. Architecture News 516327 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Preparing for the storm: Jerold Kayden at HSPH forum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preparing-for-the-storm-jerold-kayden-at-hsph-forum.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o9aboYBZyic?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> Jerold Kayden (professor of urban planning and design) joined colleagues from FEMA, MGH, the Harvard Center for the Environment and FAS for a HSPH forum and webcast called “<a href="http://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/big-weather-and-coastal-cities">Big Weather and Coastal Cities: Resilience in the Face of Disaster,”</a>  moderated by Huffington Post senior writer Tom Zeller Jr. Read about the forum in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/12/lessons-for-the-next-sandy/">Lessons for the next Sandy</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Faculty News 516329 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Leena Cho (MLA ’09) and Matthew Jull (MArch ’08) shortlisted for MoMA PS1 YAP http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/tempagency.html <a title="www.tempagency.co" href="/content/sitemap/www.tempagency.co">TempAgency</a>, a design/research collaborative between <a title="www.kutonotuk.com" href="http://www.kutonotuk.com">Kutonotuk</a> (Leena Cho, MLA ’09 and Matthew Jull, MArch ’08) and mcdowellespinosa, is selected as one of the five finalists for the prestigious <a title="momaps1.org/yap" href="http://momaps1.org/yap/">MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2013</a>. Alumni News 515826 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:56:00 -0500 Florian Idenburg competes for UC Davis art museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/florian-idenburg-competes-for-uc-davis-art-museum.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm <a href="http://so-il.org/">SO-Il</a> is part of a partnership selected to compete for the creation of the new Shrem Museum of Art at U.C. Davis. Architecture News 515844 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Sinking Gardens: Alan Waxman and Nikola Bojic connect past to future in Hangzhou http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sinking-gardens-alan-waxman-and-nikola-bojic-connect-past-to.html “Sinking Gardens,” by Nikola Bojic (MDesS 13) and Alan Waxman (MLA 14), was installed in XiXi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou for the 2012 West Lake International Sculpture Exhibition. The work connects the history of families who lived for generations in XiXi with the contemporary building boom, and lays claim to public space for the future of China. Landscape Architecture News 515548 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Edwin Chan (MArch '85) and Burak Pekoglu (MArch '11) lead a seminar in Istanbul http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/edwin-chan-march-85-and-burak-pekoglu-march-11-lead-a-seminar-in.html Edwin Chan (MArch '85) and Burak Pekoglu (MArch '11) led a seminar in Istanbul, Turkey at the Yildiz Teknik University. Alumni News 514931 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Architecture for the senses: Pierre Hermé at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-for-the-senses-pierre-herm-at-the-gsd.html For anyone to whom the similarity between a building and a French pastry is not evident, Pierre Herme’s presentation, “The Architecture of Taste,” at the GSD last week was a revelation. Herme’s approach to designing unique tastes through a combination of flavors and textures “is analogous to the programmatic construction that takes place in architecture,” observes Savinien Caracostea (MArch ’13), the event organizer. Read more about it in “<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/constructing-the-perfect-bite">Constructing the Perfect Bite</a>” in Harvard Magazine. Architecture News 515545 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Imagining Mumbai’s future: GSD team wins APA-MA award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/imagining-mumbai-s-future-gsd-team-wins-apa-ma-award.html A team of Harvard students has won the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association 2012 Student Project Award.  James Cody Birkey (MDesS ’13) and Jaemin Ha (MAUD ’12) collaborated with Mukul Bafana (HBS) and Laura Bishop (HLS) on the Mumbai Port Redevelopment project. Alumni News 514810 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 GSD is 2 for 5 on MoMA PS1 shortlist http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-is-2-for-5-on-moma-ps1-shortlist.html <a href="http://www.archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6342">French 2D</a><a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #000000; text-decoration: initial; line-height: 21.98666763305664px;" href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/"> (Jenny French, MArch ‘11) is not the only homegrown firm to be selected as a finalist for the 2013 </a><a href="http://www.momaps1.org/yap/view/15">MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program</a><a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #000000; text-decoration: initial; line-height: 21.98666763305664px;" href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/">. Leena Cho (MLA ‘09) and Matthew Jull (MArch ‘08) of </a><a href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/">Kotonotuk</a><a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #000000; text-decoration: initial; line-height: 21.98666763305664px;" href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/"> have collaborated with mcdowellespinosa to form </a><a href="http://www.tempagency.co/">TempAgency</a><a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #000000; text-decoration: initial; line-height: 21.98666763305664px;" href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/">, which has also been invited to submit a proposal for the 2013 award.   </a> Alumni News 514535 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Elemental and incremental: Alejandro Aravena's urban approach http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/elemental-and-incremental-alejandro-aravena-s-urban-approach.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jorge-silvetti.html">Jorge Silvetti</a> (professor of architecture) presented the keynote speech at a celebration to launch the Elemental/Incremental Housing and Participatory Design Manual, in Santiago, Chile, on November 26. The book by architect Alejandro Aravena (design critic ‘00-04) and engineer Andrew Iacobelli details 12 years of extraordinary success engaging local communities in a novel program of social housing for the most disenfranchised sectors of the population. Alumni News 514540 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Timothy Hyde to be MacDowell Colony Fellow http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/timothy-hyde-to-be-macdowell-colony-fellow.html Associate professor of architecture <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> will be a residential fellow at the MacDowell Colony, where he will work on his current book project examining the persistence of accusations of ugliness in aesthetic debates in Great Britain. Architecture News 513960 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Rotterdam studio invites the world in http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rotterdam-gsd-studio-invites-the-world-in.html “Reconsidering Architecture,” the Rotterdam-based studio led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/remment-koolhaas.html">Rem Koolhaas</a> (professor in practice of architecture and urban design) and Stephan Trüby (lecturer in architecture) approaches architecture from 40 thousand feet and ground level simultaneously. Recently faculty and students invited the Rotterdam public in for an exhibition and evening of debate about their research at the Dependance at the Schieblock. Read Jaakko van ‘t Spijker's account of the event in <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/61783663/harvard-in-rotterdam-harvard-gsd-amo-presentation-in-the-rotterdam-dependence">Archinect</a>. Architecture News 513962 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 New book by Antoine Picon traces architectural adventure of one postwar French town http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-book-by-antoine-picon.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/antoine-picon.html">Antoine Picon’s</a> new book De la ville nouvelle à la vie durable: Marne-la Vallée offers a comprehensive look at the largest French postwar new town begun in the 1960s and still growing today. Architecture News 514069 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Options studios take students around the world http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/options-studios-take-students-around-the-world.html This semester <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/index.html">urban planning and design</a> students are investigating issues through option studios in New York, Jerusalem, Burkina Faso, China and closer to home. Student News 513954 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Max Rohm on Urban Interrelations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/max-rohm-on-urban-interrelations.html Max Rohm (MArch/MLA ‘01 and visiting design critic in 2005) and Flavio Janches just published a new book, Urban Interrelations, proposing enhancing integration of informal settlements into the urban mainstream through community participation in the development of public spaces and facilities. Alumni News 513958 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Planning programs event features Fainstein on “The Just City” http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/planning-programs-event-features-fainstein-on-the-just-city.html On November 17, the GSD <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/index.html"></a>hosted the annual fall get together of the four accredited planning programs in Massachusetts, featuring a lecture by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/susan-fainstein.html">Susan Fainstein</a> (senior research fellow), “The Argument for Just Outcomes.” Faculty News 513720 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Jeff Mansfield connects with the Amazon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jeff-mansfield-connects-with-the-amazon.html In August, Jeffrey Mansfield (MArch) was in the Brazilian Amazon with the Portable Light Project, when he realized that the remote areas are increasingly covered by 3G networks. Mansfield was inspired to develop “Taking Charge,” a project to provide tools and training to jungle residents to expand cell phone use and crowdsource knowledge for farming, fishing, trade, weather, banking, health and more. Read about his grand scheme in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/taking-charge-with-cellphones/">Taking Charge with cellphones</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Architecture News 513723 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Aliki Economides presents in Istanbul http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/aliki-economides-presents-in-istanbul.html Aliki Economides (PhD candidate ‘14) presented her paper “Constructing Home, Constructing Self: The Maison Cormier and its ‘Architecte & Ingénieur-Constructeur Client’” at the ArchTheo’12 conference in Istanbul, Turkey.  DDes/PhD News 513196 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Danish Kurani wins Boston Foundation for Architecture grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/danish-kurani-wins-boston-foundation-for-architecture-grant.html The Boston Foundation for Architecture recently announced the 2012 grantees, which include Danish Kurani (MAUD '13) and the Classroom Co-Creators Project. The project involves a participatory design process with Blackstone Elementary School in South Boston to engage students and teachers in the creation of their learning environment.  Architecture News 513198 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 2013 Pavilion Program winner announced http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/2013-pavilion-program-winner-announced.html This year the GSD inaugurated a competition for the school’s first Pavilion Program. The jury has ruled, and “Simulated Panorama” was selected for installation in spring 2013 under the Gund Hall portico. Architecture News 513200 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Xiamen studio re-envisions the megaplot http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/xiamen-studio-reenvisions-the-megaplot.html Common Frameworks: Rethinking the Developmental City, a studio taught by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/christopher-lee.html">Chris Lee</a> of Serie Architects<a class="target-blank" href="http://www.serie.co.uk/"></a>, is part of a three-year research project to rethink the development of the megaplot through understanding what a city holds common: its housing. Landscape Architecture News 513079 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:00 -0500 Tracing the Digital/Physical Featured at Prix Ars Electronica http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/tracing-the-digital-physical-project-by-gsd-alums-featured-at.html GSD alums Hans Baumann (MLA ’11) and Aidan Acker (MLA ’11) have been working on a project, <a title="Tracing the Digital/Physical" href="http://www.aec.at/nextidea/tracing-the-digitalphysical/">Tracing the Digital/Physical</a>, that has now been featured at the Prix Ars Electronica [the next idea]. Alumni News 513067 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:34:00 -0500 GSD Alum Working to House Hurricane Sandy Victims http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alum-working-to-house-hurricane-sandy-victims.html Recent GSD alum Molly Turner (MUP ’11), has put what she learned about disaster planning to innovative use. She has worked with her employer, Airbnb, to respond to the devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused over parts of the northeast by creating an <a title="https://www.airbnb.com/sandy" href="https://www.airbnb.com/sandy">online platform</a> for people to host Sandy victims for free. Alumni News 513069 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:30:00 -0500 Recent releases from the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/recent-releases-from-the-gsd.html This fall, the GSD collaborated with Lars Müller Publishers to release three new publications. Faculty News 512960 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 From Analog to Digital: Redesigning Gund for the 21st century http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/from-analog-to-digital.html For 40 years Gund Hall has reigned as an architectural icon of the 20th century: great bones, proudly displayed. But changes in contemporary architectural practice and education, along with the need for increased energy efficiency have argued for updating. The GSD is rising to the challenge. Alumni News 513065 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Theaster Gates Awarded Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/theaster-gates-awarded-vera-list-center-prize-for-art-and.html Theaster Gates (LF 2011) has been named inaugural winner of the Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics at the New School. The biennial prize honors an artist who has taken risks to advance social justice. Read more on the <a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/theaster-gates-awarded-vera-list-center-prize-for-art-and-politics/#more-2749">LOEBlog</a>.  Loeb Fellowship News 513082 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Dean Mostafavi: instigating the design future http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dean-mostafavi-instigating-the-design-future.html Dean Mohsen Mostafavi has published 5 books in the past two years. In his writing as well as his leadership of the GSD, he is tireless in fostering engagement: between mentors and students, people in communities, the design professions with each other, and the GSD with the world. He’ll sleep later. Read Spencer Bailey’s interview with the dean for <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/images/content/5/4/549040/surface-mag-interview-mm.pdf">Surface</a>. Architecture News 513084 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Jenny French’s ghost buildings http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jenny-french-s-ghost-buildings.html Jenny French (MArch ’11) visited 15 unbuilt visionary architecture projects around the world for the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/architecture/fellowships-prizes-travel-programs/julia-amory-appleton-traveling-fellowship.html">Julia A. Appleton Traveling Fellowship</a>. The exhibit based on her inquiry, “Representation’s Ghost,” is on display in Gund through January 28. In other exciting news, French was shortlisted for the 2013 MOMA PS1 Young Architects Program. Results of the competition are expected early next year.  Alumni News 512945 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Hanif Kara shares Stirling Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hanif-kara-shares-stirling-award.html The 2012 RIBA Stirling prize went to a dark horse this year: the Sainsbury Lab designed by Stanton Williams. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/hanif-kara.html">Hanif Kara’s</a> (lecturer in creative engineering) structural and civil engineering firm <a href="http://www.akt-uk.com/">AKT II </a>shared the accolades. Architecture News 512736 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Kryszyztof Wodiczko gives voice to veterans http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kryszyztof-wodiczko-gives-voice-to-veterans.html <a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko</a> (professor in residence of art, design and the public domain) has animated the statue of Abraham Lincoln in NYC with the stories of contemporary veterans for “Abraham Lincoln: War Veteran Projection.” The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324894104578105151602946238.html">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story. Faculty News 512274 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Gund Hall: architecture’s teaching tool http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gund-hall-architecture-s-teaching-tool.html <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Architecture-of-Architecture-Schools.asp">Architectural Record</a> looks at 6 schools that represent exemplary 20th century design for architectural education and reports on how they are faring for the 21st century. Foremost among the gorgeous structures is Gund Hall, which beginning in 2010 has undergone a redesign of its studio spaces overseen by Lee Cott (MArch ’70). More on that to come. In the meantime, read “<a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Architecture-of-Architecture-Schools.asp">The Architecture of Architecture Schools</a>.” Alumni News 511860 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 GSD: still on top http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-still-on-top.html Architectural Record just published the annual review by DesignIntelligence, “America’s Top Architecture Schools 2013,” and Harvard once again appears in first place for graduate architectural education, as it has for 12 of the 14 years of the ranking. Not only that, it is number 1 in graduate landscape architecture education as well. What keeps the GSD at the top? “Not only does it have a strong reputation overall, but it scores very well in design, analysis, planning, and the communication skills that graduates need in professional practice.” Read James P. Cramer’s  <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Americas-Top-Architecture-Schools-2013-2.asp">Architectural Record</a> and <a href="http://www.di.net/articles/big-shifts-in-design-school-rankings-for-2013/">DesignIntelligence</a> articles or download the entire <a href="http://store.di.net/collections/reports/products/best-architecture-schools">DI survey</a>.  Alumni News 511857 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Belinda Tato and Jose Luis Vallejo to design Reggio School http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/belinda-tato-and-jose-luis-vallejo-to-design-reggio-school.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/belinda-tato.html">Belinda Tato</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jose-luis-vallejo.html">Jose Luis Vallejo</a> (design critics in urban planning and design and founding members of Ecosistema Urbano of Madrid) just won a competition for the construction of the Reggio Children Foundation’s new experimental education center in Italy. Architecture News 511849 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Architecture’s shelf life: Teman and Teran Evans’ design seminar http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-s-shelf-life-teman-and-teran-evans-design-seminar.html Twin GSD alums <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/teman-evans.html">Teman</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/teran-evans.html">Teran</a> Evans (MArch ’04 and lecturers in architecture) aren’t worried when the New York Times proclaims the architect is obsolete. They have parlayed their celebrated design skills into a firm that offers brand consulting, architectural design and jewelry design, and they are currently jolting the thinking of GSD students through their Paper or Plastic seminar.  As Teman puts it, “We’re three-dimensional problem-solvers, and we can solve problems at the big scale of buildings and also small problems that fit in your hand.” Read more in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/architects-in-supermarkets/">Architects in supermarkets</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Alumni News 511851 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Risk and resilience: new MDesS concentration featured on WBUR.com http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/risk-and-resilience.html Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, WBUR's Renee Loth highlights the new MDesS concentration, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/master-in-design-studies/risk-and-resilience.html">Risk and Resilience</a>, designed to address “the inevitability of unpredictable shocks to the built and natural environmen.”  MDesS News 511639 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Carlos Garciavelez on the Mexico City Periferico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/carlos-garciavelez-on-the-mexico-city-periferico.html Carlos Garciavelez (MAUD '12 and teaching associate in urban design) published his thesis research "Concrete Matters: Beyond Stillbirth Infrastructure" in the Mexican journal Arquine. Garciavelez argues for the introduction of a rapid transit bus system to the Periférico, a double decker beltway in Mexico City, to partially transform it into a mass transit infrastructure and create new public amenities for the city. Read “<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/images/content/5/4/548211/garciavelez-Arquine-Article.jpg">El Periférico como generador ce cuidad</a>.” Alumni News 511530 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Lucas Correa Sevilla and Pablo Pérez Ramos present in Ecuador http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/lucas-correa-sevilla-and-pablo-p-rez-ramos-present-in-ecuador.html Lucas Correa Sevilla (MAUD '12) and Pablo Pérez Ramos (MLA '12, DDesS candidate)  recently presented their research "Sustainability Through New Methodologies of Urban and Landscape Design" in the "Ecuador Será Sustentable" congress. The congress, organized by Grupo FARO, pursues a multidisciplinary approach to a long-term debate on the interactions among environment, economy and society in Ecuador. Alumni News 511312 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed’s plaza: designed for campus life http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-s-plaza-designed-for-campus-life.html Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) has envisioned the transformation of a heavily used but uninviting space at Harvard – the Science Center plaza – into a new social hub and destination. It’s a fitting task for Reed and his firm Stoss Landscape Urbanism, whose hybridized approach rooted in infrastructure, functionality and ecology was recognized with a prestigious 2012 Smithsonian / Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. Read "<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/community-space-at-harvards-crossroads#article-images">A 'Common Space' at Harvard’s Crossroads</a>" in the current issue of Harvard Magazine. Faculty News 511314 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Stefano Andreani makes a material presentation http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stefano-andreani-makes-a-material-presentation.html Stefano Andreani (MDesS ’13) was a virtual presenter at the AA Visiting School at Rome on October 25, with a lecture that ranged from theories and prototypes of Parametric Architecture to his ongoing Design Robotics Group inquiry into ceramics and robotics. MDesS News 511099 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Chris Reed on building resilient cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-on-building-resilient-cities.html Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) just returned from Asia, where he was a keynote speaker at the 2012 Forum on Resilient Cities, hosted by Kongjian Yu (design critic in landscape architecture and DDesS 95) at the Peking University College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Beijing. DDes/PhD News 511102 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Morgan Wheelock (MLA '64) to be inducted into New England Design Hall of Fame http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/morgan-wheelock-mla-64-to-be-inducted-into-the-new-england.html Morgan Dix Wheelock (MLA '64), landscape architect and former Chairman of the Architectural Review Commission, will be inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame on November 8 in Boston. Alumni News 510868 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:00:00 -0400 Jeanne Gang's compelling vision for Prentice Hospital http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jeanne-gang-s-compelling-vision-for-prentice-hospital.html <h2>In the midst of a battle that has pitted Northwestern University’s expansion against preservation of the historic (albeit quirky) Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, Jeanne Gang (MArch ’93) has come up with an elegant solution. Her design for a tower atop the existing structure adds the research space the university needs, pays homage to a unique landmark and forges a “third way” beyond a seemingly</h2> <h2>insoluble conundrum. Read “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/arts/design/adapting-prentice-womens-hospital-for-new-use-in-chicago.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&">A Vision to Avoid Demolition for a ’70s Pioneer</a>” by critic Michael Kimmelman in the NY Times. Illustration by Jay Hoffman, courtesy of Studio Gang Architects</h2> Alumni News 510870 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400 A hive of activity atop Gund http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/a-hive-of-activity-atop-gund.html GSD students recently harvested the first honey from the beehive located on the roof of Gund Hall. The bees have been on the roof since spring 2011 thanks to Connie Migliazzo (MLA I ‘13) and Hallie Chen (MArch I ‘12) who started the hive and Melissa Alexander (MAUD ’13) and Ben Ruswick (MArch I ‘15) who help to maintain it. The honey will be raffled off on October 26 to benefit a local community garden. Architecture News 510866 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Harvard Graduate School of Design to Create Visiting Professorship in Honor of John Portman http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-to-create-visiting-professorship-in-architecture.html Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) announced this week that it will name a distinguished visiting professorship in architecture in honor of John Portman, Founder and Chairman of John Portman & Associates, a leading design firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Architecture News 510855 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Ken Smith at the Gardner Museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ken-smith-at-the-gardner-museum.html Alumni News 510854 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Felipe Correa traces a Line in the Andes http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-traces-a-line-in-the-andes.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/felipe-correa.html">Felipe Correa’s</a> (director of the Urban Design Degree Program) new publication, A Line in the Andes, examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently under construction in Quito, Ecuador. It sets the stage for well-informed design deliberations regarding the urban future Quito deserves. Faculty News 510857 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Eric Höweler’s new American Dream http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eric-h-weler-s-new-american-dream.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eric-howeler.html">Eric Höweler</a> (assistant professor of architecture) and his firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture took top prize in the <a title="" href="http://mooove.com/audi-urban-future-initiative/en/award/award-2012/jury.html" target="_blank">Audi Urban Future Award 2012</a> for “Shareway 2030, a reimagining of the Boston to Washington metropolitan region. Architecture News 510841 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Museum Without Walls: Boston http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/museum-without-walls-boston.html The major sights of Boston, as well as tidbits of history and arcane lore are as close as your smartphone with a new app that just rolled out thanks to 4 GSD students. Ingrid Bengtson (MArch ’15), Sayli Korgaonkar (MArch ’14), Eduardo M. Llinas-Messeguer (MAUD ’13) and Josh Schecter (MArch ’15) helped CultureNOW create walking tours, photos and podcasts for the Museum Without Walls. Architecture News 510845 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Big City Planning http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/big-city-planning.html Students in the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/index.html">Master of Urban Planning</a> program got a chance to meet with the planning directors of the nation’s 30 largest cities at an evening reception on October 8.  The event was part of the Big City Planning Directors Institute, which is offered every fall by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the American Planning Association along with the GSD. Student News 510830 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0400 Moussavi’s MOCA welcomes change http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/moussavi-s-moca-welcomes-change.html How can a solid structure evoke change and the passage of time? That’s the challenge Farshid Moussavi (professor in practice in architecture) met in designing the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Architecture News 510821 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 International Travel Community Service Fellowship Program 2012 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/international-travel-community-service-fellowship-program-2012.html This past summer, the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/gsd-resources/career-resources/community-service-fellowship/international-travel.html">International Travel Community Service Fellowship Program</a> provided funding to GSD students for travel overseas to perform community service. Their experiences demonstrate the wide range of roles planners and designers perform and their innovative contributions to solve urban challenges. Architecture News 510827 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Sara Hendren: repositioning dis/ability http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sara-hendren-repositioning-dis-ability.html Sara Hendren (MDesS '13) edits <a href="http://ablersite.org/">Abler</a>, a blog about “art, adaptive technologies and prosthetics, the future of human bodies in the built environment.”  She was recently interviewed by Ana Avarez for the art & technology journal Rhizome, which is affiliated with the New Museum in NYC: Read <a href="http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/oct/4/inside-prosthetic-imaginary-interview-sara-hendren">Inside the Prosthetic Imaginary: An Interview with Sara Hendren</a>. MDesS News 510805 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0400 GSD's Design Robotics Group hosts workshop at 2012 RobArch Conference in Vienna http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-s-design-robotics-group-hosts-workshop-at-2012-robarch.html <h2><a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/#/people/martin-bechthold.html">Martin Bechthold</a>, Professor of Architectural Technology and founder of the GSD's <a href="http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/drg/">Design Robotics Group</a> (DRG), and Nathan King (DDes candidate in Technology) will host a robot workshop at Rob|Arch 2012 in Graz.</h2> Architecture News 510814 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Hilderbrand and Beardsley at the Philip Johnson Glass House http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hilderbrand-and-beardsley-at-the-philip-johnson-glass-house.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/gary-hilderbrand.html">Gary Hilderbrand</a> (adjunct professor of landscape architecture, and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-beardsley.html">John Beardsley</a> (adjunct professor of landscape architecture and director of garden and landscape studies at Dumbarton Oaks) shared the stage in an evening of discussion at the Philip Johnson Glass House on September 20. Their dialogue focused on issues of "Procession" in Johnson's work at his New Canaan estate and other projects, and more broadly throughout modernist and traditional works. Faculty News 510800 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Silvia Benedito and Alexander Häusler commissioned to develop Stadt Park-Donau http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/silvia-benedito-and-alexander-h-usler-commissioned-to-develop.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/silvia-benedito.html">Silvia Benedito</a> (assistant in landscape architecture) and Alexander Häusler (MArch II '04) have been commissioned to develop “Stadt Park-Donau,” an urban park along the Donau River in Ingolstadt, Germany. The design team for the plan included Erik Anderson (MLA ’13), Michael Luegering (MLA ’13) and Carolyn Deuschle (MLA ’14). Alumni News 510792 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Design Labs Open House this Friday http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/design-labs-open-house-this-friday.html Announcing the GSD DESIGN LABS OPEN HOUSE 42 Kirkland Street Friday, October 12 – 5:30 PM See where the synthesis of theoretical and applied knowledge is yielding innovative and speculative research that enables design to be an agent of change in society. Research News 510786 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 MLA, DDes and LF alumni inducted into ASLA Council of Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alumni-inducted-into-asla-council-of-fellows.html Several MLA alumni and affiliates have been inducted into the 2012 <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.asla.org/individualaward.aspx?id=4982">ASLA Council of Fellows</a>. Alumni News 510752 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0400 Alda Black and Chris Masicampo win MOBILIciTY competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/alda-black-and-chris-masicampo-win-mobilicity-competition.html Alda Çapi Black (MArch ‘11) is heading to Tirana, Albania, to accept first place award in the MOBILIciTY international competition for design of the city’s transportation station. Her collaborator is Chris Masicampo (MArch '12). Alumni News 510737 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Solar Map at Cambridge Public Library October 3 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/solar-map-presentation-at-cambridge-public-library-october-3.html Solar Map Presentation at Cambridge Public Library October 3, 2012 at 7:00pm Alumni News 510632 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:00:00 -0400 MUPs attend APA Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mups-attend-apa-conference.html MUPs mingled with planning professionals at the Southern New England American Planning Association conference last month in Hartford, where they attended sessions on sustainability, transportation, land use, and public participation. Student News 510696 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students make Park(ing) Day a success http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-make-park-ing-day-a-success.html GSD students transformed a parking space on Cambridge Street into a miniature park for national Park(ing) Day on September 21. It quickly filled with community members who stopped to talk, play music and eat free ice cream. Student News 510699 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Strong MDesS presence at ACADIA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/strong-mdess-presence-at-acadia.html There will be a strong MDesS presence at the 2012 Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) conference in San Francisco on October 18-21. MDesS News 510625 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:00:00 -0400 Road Less Traveled: First year MUPs and MAUDs tour Boston's lesser known sites http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/upd-students-explore-boston-on-bus-tour.html On September 15, first year MUPs and MAUDs took an introductory bus of tour Boston led by Alex Krieger (professor in practice of urban design) and Jim Stockard (curator of the Loeb Fellowship). The tour focused on parts of the city that many tourists and Bostonians do not visit and provided students from the two programs a chance to interact. Loeb Fellowship News 510599 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Burcin Becerik-Gerber (DDes '06) appointed to early career chair at USC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-burcin-becerik-gerber-ddes-06.html Burcin Becerik-Gerber (DDes '06) has been appointed to the Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Southern California Alumni News 510627 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Xiaowei Wang's FLOAT project illuminates pollution in Beijing http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/xiaowei-wang-tells-beijing-to-go-fly-a-kite.html Xiaowei Wang (MLA ’13) has created a public art event that’s also a pollution monitoring project for notoriously smog-ridden Beijing. Wang took advantage of the tradition and beauty of kite flying in China to enlist kite enthusiasts in mapping air quality. Landscape Architecture News 510635 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau and Rafael Moneo jurors for M+ design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-and-rafael-moneo-jurors-for-m-design-competition.html Eve Blau (adjunct professor of urban planning and design) and Rafael Moneo (Josep Lluis Sert professor of architecture) are among the distinguished jurors for the design competition for M+, Hong Kong's future museum for visual culture. Architectural firms wishing to compete must submit an <a href="http://www.wkcda.hk/en/architectural_competition/mplus/EOI_for_design_or_design_consultant/index.html">Expression of Interest</a> by October 15. Architecture News 510637 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 MLA students and alums receive ASLA awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/recent-and-current-students-of-the-landscape-architecture.html Several Master of Landscape Architecture candidates are the recipients of the 2012 American Society of Landscape Architects Student Awards. Alumni News 510611 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:00:00 -0400 Landscape architecture faculty receive ASLA professional awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-architecture-faculty-receive-asla-professional-awards.html A number of Landscape Architecture faculty have been recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Faculty News 510607 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:30:00 -0400 Michael Ezban (MLA '13) presents at DredgeFest http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-ezban-presents-at-dredgefest.html This Friday, September 28, Michael Ezban (MLA 1 AP ’13) will be a panelist at the <a href="http://dredgeresearchcollaborative.org/dredgefest/">DredgeFest NYC</a> symposium. Ezban was invited based on research and design work he produced with Jana Vandergoot (MLA 1 AP ’13) at the GSD. The 2-day gathering of policymakers, designers, theorists and industry experts presents the latest technology and interventions designed to deal with sediment production.  Alumni News 510596 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Albert (MLA '13) and Victor Perez Amado (MAUD, MARCH '13) win Designing Action competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-albert-mla-ii-13-and-victor-perez-amado-maud-march-i-ap.html Michael Albert (MLA II  '13) and Victor Perez Amado (MAUD, MARCH I AP '13) have won the Designing Action International Competition. Their project “theBEND” was selected from among 130 entries in 99 countries. Landscape Architecture News 510585 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:00 -0400 Memorial as activism: recent and upcoming work by Krzysztof Wodiczko http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/memorial-as-activism-the-work-of-krzysztof-wodiczko-and-julian.html Krzysztof Wodiczko creates memorials that evade closure on painful history. This fall his work is giving voice to forgotten, hidden and marginalized members of society in numerous venues in the U.S. and Europe. Faculty News 510568 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Danish Kurani attends State Department dinner http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/danish-kurani-attends-state-department-dinner.html In 2010 Danish Kurani (MAUD '13) was inducted into the U.S. State Department's “Generation Change,” recognizing the best and most innovative American Muslim leaders under the age of 30.  Last week Kurani attended a dinner reception hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss building stronger relationships between the U.S. and the Muslim world. Student News 510589 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Christensen authors journal article on Islamic architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/peter-christensen-authors-journal-article-on-islamic.html DDes/PhD News 510577 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 The design of forests: Dan Handel MArch II '10) curates exhibition at the CCA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-design-of-forests-dan-handel-curates-an-exhibition.html <a href="http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/1781-first-the-forests">First, the Forests</a>, curated by Dan Handel (MArch II '10) at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, looks at the unexplored relationships between forestry, planning and design. Handel is the first winner of the CCA's Young Curator fellowship launched in 2011.   Alumni News 510570 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD tourism club helps students getouttagund http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gotta-getouttagund.html The GSD <a href="http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/gsdtourism">Tourism Club</a> led a walking tour of Jamaica Plain on Saturday, September 8, as this year’s first “getouttagund” program. The tours are one way the club sparks connections and debate about the social, economic, cultural, policy and planning issues related to tourism.  Student News 510573 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD teams win Pruitt Igoe Now competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-teams-win-pruitt-igoe-now-competition.html Xiaowei R. Wang (MLA '13) and Heather Dunbar (MLA '13) were awarded first place in the <a href="http://www.pruittigoenow.org/">competition</a> to re-imagine the vacant Pruitt Igoe housing project in St. Louis, for their submission “St. Louis Ecological Production Line.” Third prize went to the Social Agency Lab for “The Fantastic Pruitt-Igoe!,” with a team including GSD students and alums.  Loeb Fellowship News 510554 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Timothy Hyde's Aggregate group wins Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-power-of-the-aggregate.html The <a href="http://www.we-aggregate.org/">Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative</a>, of which Timothy Hyde (associate professor of architecture) is a founding member, has received a 2012 Graham Foundation grant in support of its digital research and publication initiatives. Architecture News 510563 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Jennifer Luce (MDesS '94) announces exhibition at Venice Biennale http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jennifer-luce-mdess-94-announces-luce-et-studio-exhibition-at.html LUCE et studio, firm of Jennifer Luce (MDesS '94), announce the exhibition "to have and to hold" at the Venice Biennale from August 30-November 30. This exhibit is part of a group exhibit by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Alumni News 510537 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 President Obama appoints Alex Krieger to Commission of Fine Arts http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/president-obama-appoints-alex-krieger-to-the-commission-of-fine.html President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/alex-krieger.html">Alex Krieger</a>, Professor in Practice in Urban Design, to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Faculty News 510552 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students win Bocconi Urban Campus competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-win-bocconi-competition.html A team led by GSD students Stefano Andreani (MDesS '13) and Federico de Molfetta (MDesS '13) has won the Bocconi Urban Campus international competition with the “Bocconi Yard” project. Architecture News 510528 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Andreas Georgoulias on Infrastructure Sustainability and Design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-on-infrastructure-sustainability-and-design.html Renewable Energy Magazine caught up with <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a>, research director for the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/index.html">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>, to dig into the challenge he's undertaken: to offer guidelines for infrastructure sustainability and design for the 21st Century. <a href="http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/at-harvard-information-is-the-infrastructure-facility">Read the interview</a>. Faculty News 510497 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper publishes research on forced eviction and involuntary resettlement http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-publishes-research-on-forced-eviction-and.html Michael Hooper, assistant professor of urban planning, recently published the results of a study of forced eviction and resettlement in Tanzania.  Faculty News 510502 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Ezban talks trash at the University of Sussex http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-ezban-talks-trash.html Michael Ezban (MLA1 AP '13) has been invited to deliver his paper, "The Trash Heap of History," at the TRASH Conference in the UK on September 14. The paper examining the ancient Roman landfill Monte Testaccio was published in <a href="http://places.designobserver.com/feature/rome-monte-testaccio-landfill-reclamation/33268/">Places</a> journal earlier this year.  Landscape Architecture News 510479 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Susan Cory (MArch '78) pens mystery set at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-cory-march-78-writed-conundrum-a-mystery.html Cambridge architect Susan Cory (MArch '78) has published the mystery Conundrum. Alumni News 510434 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Mapping Mumbai's toilets http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mapping-mumbai-s-toilets-tonight-at-5-pm.html Join Rahul Mehrotra (chair of the department of urban planning and design), Richard Cash (senior lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health) and James Potter and Jennifer Weaver (master’s candidates at SPH) for a lively discussion of their work at the intersection of design and public health in Mumbai.  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 5:00 PM <div>K262, CGIS KNAFEL, 1730 CAMBRIDGE STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138</div> Faculty News 510469 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Kees Lokman (MDesS 12') appointed Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at WUSTL http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kees-lokman-appointed-assistant-professor-of-landscape.html Kees Lokman (MDesS 12') has been appointed Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in Saint Louis. <a class="target-blank" href="http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/portfolios/kees_lokman">Read More</a>. Alumni News 510433 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:00:00 -0400 Janet Echelman (AB '87, LF '08) named an Architectural Digest AD Innovator http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/janet-echelman-ab-87-lf-08-an-architectural-digest-ad-innovator.html Janet Echelman (AB '87, LF '08) is changing the very essence of urban spaces with her public artworks. <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/innovators/2012/artist-janet-echelman-sculptures-article">Architectural Digest</a> highlights her current projects and plans for future installations. Alumni News 510423 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Fadi Masoud wants to feed Toronto http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/fadi-masoud-wants-to-feed-toronto.html Fadi Masoud (MLAII '12) has been awarded the 2012 RAIC National Urban Design student award with a team from the University of Toronto.  Landscape Architecture News 510409 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Community Service Fellows gain firsthand planning experience http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/community-service-fellows-gain-firsthand-planning-experience.html GSD students brought their design and research skills to address practical community needs this summer through the Community Service Fellowship Program. Their internships took them to government agencies and nonprofits in Boston and other cities. Landscape Architecture News 510428 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Project Link: A key to the future http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/project-link-a-key-to-the-future.html Greater Boston teens have been getting a taste of architecture and design in a small but important program at the GSD.  GSD Announcements/Alerts 510407 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 ICE-POPS at Venice Biennale http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ice-pops-at-venice-biennale.html Elizabeth MacWillie (MDesS ’14) and colleagues from Harvard, MIT and Tufts presented their ICE-POPS project at the prestigious Architecture Biennale in Venice. Architecture News 510393 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students study urban heat island effect in Bronx http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-study-urban-heat-island-effect-in-bronx.html GSD students Naz Beykan (MDesS) and Jainxaing Huang (DDesS) had fun with field research that will make a serious contribution to understanding the cooling effects of green space on the urban landscape.  DDes/PhD News 510361 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Wang Shu’s architecture of change in China http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/wang-shu-s-architecture-of-change-in-china.html Wang Shu starts his day reading 17th C poetry and writing Chinese calligraphy. The first Chinese architect to win the Pritzker prize spent the last couple of years at the GSD and is showing China the way to bring the traditional in harmony with the modern. Architecture News 510245 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui profiles GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/l-architecture-d-aujourd-hui-profiles-gsd.html Read what one of France’s most important architecture journals has to say about the GSD in their July/August issue. Architecture News 510248 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Students at the Chicago Waterline http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-at-the-chicago-waterline.html The “Waterline” exhibit at the Chicago River Museum presents provocative design solutions by GSD students in Philip Enquist's 2012 option studio. Student News 510251 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Introducing the 2013 Loeb Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/introducing-the-2013-loeb-fellows.html The new Loeb Fellowship class includes an environmental policymaker, an electronic gaming designer, 3 producers of urban spectacle, and an architect who uses her craft for conflict resolution. Loeb Fellowship News 510283 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Maurice Cox (LF '05) appointed as Associate Dean for Community Engagement at the Tulane School of Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/maurice-cox-lf-05-appointed-as-associate-dean-for-community.html Maurice Cox (LF '05) new Associate Dean for community engagement at Tulane School of Architecture. Alumni News 510216 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD shines among Architectural Digest’s 2012 Innovators http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-shines-among-architectural-digest-s-2012-innovators.html Architecture News 510230 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology concentration puts focus on sustainable cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/urbanism-landscape-ecology-concentration-puts-focus-on.html Imagine if cities were planned taking into account water use, alternative energy sources, waste streams, biodiversity, and green space. That’s just what students are challenged to do in the <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/08/making-green-a-primary-color">Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology</a> research concentration at the GSD. Faculty News 510232 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Andreas Georgoulias envisions a new Athens Hellinikon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-envisions-a-new-athens-hellinikon.html Andreas Georgoulias, research director for the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, examines the redevelopment plans for the former Athens Hellinikon Airport in the July 21, 2012 issue of Imerisia. Architecture News 510172 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Stephen Ervin awarded Esri Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stephen-ervin-awarded-esri-lifetime-achievement-award.html Stephen Ervin, assistant dean of information technology, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, California in July. Ervin was recognized as a “visionary of geospatial sciences” for his active involvement in the development of the theoretical foundations of geodesign. Faculty News 509770 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students present at Med.Net.EU.12 conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-present-at-med-net-eu-12-conference.html GSD students Daniel Ibañez (MDesS '12, DDesS Candidate '15), Fadi Masoud (MLAII ' 12), Laurent Corroyer (MDesS '13) and Jeannette Sordi (Visiting Student '13) were invited to deliver papers at the international Med.Net.EU.12 conference in Genoa, Italy in June. DDes/PhD News 509695 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Maurice Cox new associate dean at Tulane http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/maurice-cox-new-associate-dean-at-tulane.html From urban design to community development to civic leadership to education, with a stop at the Loeb Fellowship, Maurice Cox (LF 2005) has taken an unusual path to his role as architectural educator. On July 1 he was named associate dean for community engagement and director of Tulane City Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. <a class="more-link target-blank" title="Read more at the LOEBlog" href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/maurice-cox-new-associate-dean-at-tulane/#more-1246">Read more at the LOEBlog</a> Architecture News 509664 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Reencuentros Iberica with Daniel Ibañez http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/reencuentros-iberica-with-daniel-iba-ez.html Daniel Ibañez (DDes candidate and co-founder of Margen-Lab) participated in the symposium "Arquitectura Iberica | Reencuentros y Talleres" directed by  Eduardo Souto de Moura (2011 Pritzker Prize) and Francisco Mangado (both former GSD visiting professors). Architecture News 509604 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Williamson Chong Architects has won the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture from the Canada Council for the Arts; Shane Williamson (MArch '99) and Betsy Williamson (MArch '97) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/williamson-chong-architects-has-won-the-professional-prix-de.html 2 GSD Grads win Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture from the Canada Council for the arts. Alumni News 509515 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Mark Gilbert (MArch '90) named advisor to Vienna's Advisory Council for Public Housing http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mark-gilbert-march-90-named-architectural-advisor-to-the-city-of.html Mark Gilbert, (MArch '90) has been named Architectural Advisor to the City of Vienna's Advisory Council for Public Housing. Alumni News 509476 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Retooling Gabon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/retooling-gabon.html Gabon, a tiny country with enormous challenges and opportunities, turned to Ben Aranda’s studio when reimagining the future of its capital city. Their solutions for navigating the park-city boundary just might help position Libreville as a model for the 21st Century. Architecture News 509552 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty honored at White House for National Design Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-honored-at-white-house-for-national-design-awards.html The GSD was well represented among the winners of the National Design Awards at a ceremony hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mack-scogin.html">Mack Scogin</a> (Kajima professor in practice of architecture) and his wife and partner Merrill Elam won the award for architecture. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) and his firm, Stoss Landscape Urbanism, won in the landscape architecture category. Alumni News 509524 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD team wins ASLA National Award for Collaboration http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-wins-asla-national-award-for-collaboration.html Michael Albert (Master in Landscape Architecture), Victor Perez Amado (Master in Architecture), and Anna Cawrse,  (Master of Landscape Architecture) have been chosen to receive an American Society of Landscape Architects National Honor Award in Student Collaboration for their project “<a href="http://www.udcompetition.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Team-1482.pdf">Bayou Commons</a>,” a master land use plan for downtown Houston. Architecture News 509431 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 LA alumni featured in International Garden Festival http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-architecture-alumni-featured-in-jardins-de-metis.html Kimberly Garza (MLA II '11), Andrew Tenbrink (MLA II '10) of <a class="target-blank target-blank" href="http://www.atlaslab.net/">ATLAS Lab</a> and Forbes Lipschitz (MLA I '11), a landscape designer at <a class="target-blank target-blank target-blank" href="http://www.dlandstudio.com/">dlandstudio</a>, are featured in the 13th International Garden Festival in Quebec. Alumni News 509339 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0400 Christopher Lee’s winning design for Singapore courts complex http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/christopher-lee-s-winning-design-for-singapore-courts-complex.html The Singapore Subordinate Courts have announced the winning design for a new courts complex after an open competition process that started in September last year.  The design, by Christopher Lee of London-based Serie Architects, in collaboration with local Singaporean firm Multiply Architects, includes two new towers and the renovation of the existing Octagon courts building. Faculty News 509358 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Feast for the Senses: MDesS students host Food Opera at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/art-design-and-asparagus-the-new-frontier.html What happens when art and design engage with the public realm to shape social and aesthetic experience? Sometimes a new sensory experience is born, as in the recent Food Opera: Four Asparagus Compositions, hosted by Jutta Friedrichs (MDesS ‘12), Elizabeth MacWillie (MDesS ‘12) and Sara Hendren (MDesS ‘13). MDesS News 509334 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra and RMA Architects win Open Innovation Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-and-rma-architects-win-open-innovation-challenge.html How does one ensure sammaan, or diginity, when designing toilet facilities for the slums of India? UPD Chair Rahul Mehrotra’s answer made him the Open Innovation Challenge winner. Faculty News 509336 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 New undergraduate track in architectural studies to begin this fall http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/undergraduate-architectural-studies-track-begins-in-fall.html For the first time this fall, a select group of undergraduates will take classes at the GSD as part of a new architectural studies track. GSD Announcements/Alerts 509330 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Victor Sanz (MAUD '11) is a company man http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/victor-sanz-maud-11-is-a-company-man.html In the early 20th Century, the founder of the Bata Shoe Company combined American methods of factory management with the European ethic of communalism to realize a vision of more efficient working and living conditions. Victor Sanz (MAUD '11) begins his odyssey to visit the global network of Bata towns with a GSD Druker Traveling Fellowship, and shares notes of his travels with the Canadian journal On Site Review 27 and with us. Alumni News 509327 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Recent GSD Alumni Daniel Ibanez and Fadi Masoud present at Med.Net.EU Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-gsd-alumni-daniel-ibanez-and-fadi-masoud-to-present-at-med.html Daniel Ibañez (MDesS ‘12, DDesS candidate) and Fadi Masoud (MLA II ' 12) have been accepted to present their paper, Topo-logics in the Mediterranean Basin: Exploring potentials of topography as infrastructure and resource for new urban metabolisms, at the <a title="Med.Net.EU conference call for proposals (PDF)" href="http://www.addgenova.org/home/images/stories/e_Mednet/med.net.eu_call.pdf">Med.Net.EU conference</a> in Italy. Alumni News 509233 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:56:00 -0400 NPR Dazzled by Andy Cao's Light http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/npr-dazzled-by-andy-cao-s-light.html NPR's Susan Stamberg traveled to France and Washington, D.C., to experience Andy the installations by <a title="Andy Cao" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andrewcao.html">Andy Cao</a> (LF '11) and Xavier Perrot at Beauvais and Dumbarton Oaks. <a class="target-blank" title="Listen to report" href="http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=155719513&m=155751339">Listen to her report</a> on Morning Edition or <a class="target-blank" href="http://m.npr.org/news/front/2101242?singlePage=false">read the transcript</a>. Loeb Fellowship News 509154 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Dongsei Kim (MDesS '12) wins awards for work on borders http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dongsei-kim-mdess-12-wins-awards-for-his-work-on-borders.html Dongsei Kim (MDesS '12) in Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology, has won an Honorable Mention in the National Geographic Award in Mapping for "The Demilitarized Zone: Redrawing the 151 mile border between North and South Korea." Alumni News 509150 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:00 -0400 GSD Hosts United Nations Expert Meeting on Gender and Urbanization http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-hosts-united-nations-expert-meeting-on-gender-and.html On June 11-12, the GSD was home to a United Nations Expert Group Meeting (EGM) entitled “Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Critical Element for Prosperous Cities.” The global gathering, hosted by Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Michael Hooper, brought together key urban policymakers and the leadership of grassroots women’s organizations to forge a policy platform for addressing women’s economic empowerment in cities. Faculty News 509128 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Anthony Acciavatti (MArch '09), Justin Fowler (MArch '10) and Dan Handel (MArch '10) win Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/acciavatti-09-fowler-10-and-handeln-10-win-graham-foundation.html Three recent GSD graduates, Anthony Acciavatti (MArch '09), Justin Fowler (MArch '10) and Dan Handel (MArch '10), have won a Graham Foundation grant to develop a new magazine on American architecture and urbanism. Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism seeks to ask questions and initiate discussion about the state of American architecture in both cities and outlying areas. Alumni News 509055 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Felipe Correa and the South America Project featured in PLOT Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-and-the-south-america-project-featured-in-plot.html The theory section of the Buenos Aires-based <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.revistaplot.com/contenidos-plot7/">PLOT magazine</a> featured the <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.sap-network.org/">South America Project </a>(SAP) in its most recent issue. The magazine presents an overview of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/the-south-america-project-hinterland-urbanisms-symposium.html">SAP conference</a> held at the GSD last October, and highlights the work in progress of the research network.  Faculty News 509140 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Nader Tehrani (MAUD '91) and Dan Gallagher (MArch '91) receive awards for Hinman Research Building http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/nader-tehrani-maud-91-and-dan-gallagher-march-91-receive-12.html Nader Tehrani (MAUD '91) and Dan Gallagher (MArch '91) have received 12 awards for the restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.aiaga.org/award-detail/539896-hinman-research-building-rehabilitation-georgia-institute">Hinman Research Building</a> Alumni News 509127 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Dwayne Oyler (MArch '01) and Jenny Wu (MArch '01) unveil installation at Los Angeles Convention Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dwayne-oyler-march-01-and-jenny-wu-march-01-unveil-an.html Oyler Wu Collaborative, the LA-based architecture firm of Jenny Wu (MArch '01) and Dwayne Oyler (MArch '01), unveil their architectural installation entitled Screenplay at the LA Convention Center on June 22. Alumni News 509087 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Glass canopy by Preston Scott Cohen lauded in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/glass-canopy-by-preston-scott-cohen-lauded-in-new-york-times.html New York Times dubs Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in lower Manhattan, "one of the best new works of architecture in New York." <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/arts/design/architectural-canopy-shines-in-battery-park-city.html?pagewanted=all">Read the article</a>. Architecture News 509088 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Dyett (AB '68, MRP '72) of Dyett & Bhatia receives two APA Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-dyett-ab-68-mrp-72-of-dyett-bhatia-receives-two-apa.html Alumni News 509078 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Reed/Hilderbrand Recipient of 2012 BSLA Design Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/reed-hildebrand-recipient-of-2012-bsla-design-awards.html Reed/Hilderbrand, the firm of Professor of Landscape Architecture Gary Hilderbrand, is the recipient of three 2012 Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) design awards. Faculty News 509071 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:00:00 -0400 MDesS students win big at Commencement 2012! http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mdess-commencement-prize-winners.html MDesS students swept the awards for academic achievement during commencement exercises on May 24, 2012. MDesS News 509072 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra interviewed in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-interviewed-in-new-york-times.html In a recent interview with India Ink, a New York Times blog, Professor Rahul Mehrotra discusses the rise of “parasitic” gated communities in India’s cities, and the need for planning experts in its smaller towns. <a class="target-blank" href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/a-conversation-with-urban-planner-rahul-mehrotra">Read the full interview</a>. Faculty News 509062 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rafael Moneo awarded Principe de Asturias prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rafael-moneo-awarded-principe-de-asturias-prize.html Professor of Architecture Rafael Moneo has been awarded Spain's prestigious Principe de Asturias prize for his "serene and meticulously tidy architecture." The prize is given to an individual or institution whose work "constitutes a significant contribution to mankind's culture heritage." <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/rafael_moneo_honored_with_2012_prince_of_asturias_award_for_the_arts/">Read more</a>. Faculty News 509064 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Gareth Doherty (DDes '10) receives funding from the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gareth-doherty-receives-funding-from-the-drclas-brazil-studies.html Gareth Doherty, Lecturer in Landscape and Urban Planning and Design, has been awarded Coolidge First-step Funds for Harvard-Brazil Faculty Engagement from the <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/">David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies</a> for research on urban ecology and color in Brazil.        Alumni News 509065 Wed, 30 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Interview with Carl Steinitz featured in ArcWatch http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/interview-with-carl-steinitz-featured-in-arcwatch.html ArcWatch features a conversation with Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Carl Steinitz about his forthcoming book Framework for Geodesign. <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0412/a-conversation-with-carl-steinitz.html">Read the full interview</a>. Faculty News 509063 Mon, 28 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Design Robotics Group featured in reports from Smartgeometry 2012 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/reports-from-smartgeometry-2012-at-rpi.html The Design Robotics Group has been prominently featured in the reports from Smartgeometry 2012 at RPI in Troy, New York. The group was <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/drg-to-present-ceramics-2-0-at-smartgeometry.html">selected to lead a cluster</a> on Ceramics 2.0, an outgrowth of research in the course Material Processes and Systems: CeramicsLAB.  The theme of this year's conference was "Material Intensities -Simulation, Energy, Environment," and its first day was structured in clusters to promote collaborative work across multiple disciplines, rather than one-directional information. Ceramics 2.0 was one of the "material research" clusters, creating custom bricks with a robot. MDesS News 508969 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 David Jaubert, MArch '08 Publishes Article in Mark Magazine 37 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/david-jaubert-march-08-publishes-article-in-mark-magazine-37.html Alumni News 509047 Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Hiroshi Jacobs, MDesS '11, Exhibition on Experimental Media at Artisphere Gallery through May 20 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hiroshi-jacobs-mdess-11-exhibition-on-experimental-media-at.html Alumni News 509048 Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass Program develops new tool for measuring environmental impact http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-program-develops-new-tool-for-measuring-a-project-s.html A diverse project team of Harvard experts led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/spiro-pollalis.html">Spiro Pollalis</a>, GSD professor and director of the Zofnass Program, and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a>, GSD Lecturer and Zofnass Research Director, has released a tool for evaluating infrastructure projects of all types and sizes based on environmental, economic, and community benefits. <a href="/content/structured-data/blog_post_list/of all types and sizes based on environmental, economic, and community benefits.">Read the full article in the Harvard Gazette</a>. Faculty News 509056 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Karen M'Closkey MLA '99 Wins 2012 Rome Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/karen-m-closkey-mla-99-wins-2012-rome-prize.html Alumni News 509040 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Phil Freelon, AM, LF '90 Honored with 2012 Design Guild Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/phil-freelon-am-lf-90.html Phil Freelon Wins 2012 Design Guild Award from Design Guild of the College of Design at NC State University.   Alumni News 509035 Mon, 07 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Mack Scogin and Chris Reed awarded Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/faculty-awarded-cooper-hewitt-national-design-awards.html Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners of the 2012 National Design Awards. Among the recipients are GSD faculty Mack Scogin and Chris Reed.  Faculty News 509037 Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Zofnass and the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure launch Envision framework http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-and-the-institute-for-sustainable-infrastructure-launch.html The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure and the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) <a href="http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2012/4/30/New-Rating-System-Envisions-Sustainable-Infrastructure/">have launched Envision</a>, a framework for evaluating infrastructure projects. The <a href="http://www.sustainableinfrastructure.org/rating">system</a> takes what ISI calls a holistic view, touching on quality of life, resource allocation, impacts on ecosystems and climate, and issues of risk and leadership. Project owners and design teams can use a self-assessment tool or can submit the project for third-party verification, which includes evaluation of the project during three phases: pre-construction, construction, and operations and maintenance. Future versions of the rating system will also incorporate additional tools for complex or multi-stage projects.  Research News 509038 Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Rosetta Elkin Awarded 2012- 2013 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rosetta-elkin-awarded-2012-2013-daniel-urban-kiley-fellowship.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rosetta-elkin.html">Rosetta Elkin</a>, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, is the recipient of the Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Fellowship is awarded competitively on an annual basis, and is intended to recognize and foster emerging design educators whose work embodies the potentials for landscape as a medium of design in the public realm. A jury comprised of leading figures from the Harvard GSD faculty including the incumbent Kiley Fellow took part in the selection process. The Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship builds upon the GSD’s history of pedagogic innovation as well as the Department of Landscape Architecture’s century of leadership in landscape education. Faculty News 509036 Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Michael Ezban (MLA I AP '13) article on Roman landfill Monte Testaccio published in journal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-ezban-mla-iap-13-article-on-roman-landfill-monte.html Student News 509017 Wed, 02 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper writes on slum dweller mobilization in Environment and Urbanization http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-writes-on-slum-dweller-mobilization-in.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/michael-hooper.html">Michael Hooper</a>, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, and his colleague Leonard Ortolano at Stanford have published results from their research on slum dweller mobilization in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Their recent paper, in the journal <a href="http://eau.sagepub.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/24/1/99.abstract">Environment and Urbanization</a>, examines factors motivating slum dweller participation in physically and politically risky social movement activities. The research looked at grassroots mobilization around a large-scale eviction in the city's Kurasini ward. The study's results suggest that the dynamics of participatory decision making are more complex than usually assumed by planners, policymakers and community organizers alike.  Faculty News 509010 Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Fadi Masoud (MLA II '12) selected as 2012 National Olmsted Scholar Finalist http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/omsted-scholar.html Fadi Masoud (MLA II '12) was recently selected by the Landscape Architecture Foundation as one of four <a href="http://www.lafoundation.org/scholarship/olmsted-scholars/all-scholars/?year=2012">2012 National Olmsted Scholar Finalists</a>.<a href="http://www.lafoundation.org/scholarship/olmsted-scholars/all-scholars/?year=2012"></a> He was selected from a  pool of 46 candidates nominated by their faculty as University Olmsted Scholars.  Student News 509002 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Governing by Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century, a new book by Timothy Hyde and the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/governing-by-design-architecture-economy-and-politics-in-the.html <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Governing-Design-Architecture-Twentieth-Environment/dp/0822961784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335278027&sr=8-1">Governing by Design:</a> <a href="http://www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=36276">Architecture, Economy, and Politics in Twentieth Century</a>, a new book by Associate Professor Timothy Hyde and the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative, is an innovative collection of essays on the relation between architecture and political, economic, social, and biological forms of governance. “Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history, disputing the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looking to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves.” Faculty News 509001 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World conference featured in Singapore Center for Liveable Cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rising-tide-asia-lifts-the-world-conference-featured-in.html The April 14 "Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World" conference organized by the GSD and Harvard Business School was featured in the Singapore Center for Liveable Cities <a href="http://gsi.g2m.sg/emails/CLC/issue16.html">newsletter</a>. The annual Asia Business Conference conference examined Singapore as a global city and an economic model. While other economies have been struggling with crises in recent years, Asia has emerged as a pivotal force in the global economy. Today, Asian consumers and companies shape the direction of international markets, business and law. Faculty News 508996 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Preston Scott Cohen featured in "From Nothing, Something" film http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preston-scott-cohen-featured-in-from-nothing-something-film.html Preston Scott Cohen represents the practice of architecture in the documentary film, <a href="http://fromnothingsomething.com/">From Nothing, Something</a>, about the creative process. Directed by Tim Cawley, "From Nothing, Something profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines and finds common methods, habits, mindsets and neuroses that help bring breakthrough ideas into being." The film will be shown at the <a href="http://iffboston.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/fromnothingsomething_timcawley_iffboston2012">Independent Film Festival of Boston</a> on Sunday, April 29th at 5:30, <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-22/movies/31366503_1_filmmakers-medical-marijuana-documentary/2">among others</a>. Faculty News 508997 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Farshid Moussavi delivers keynote at AJ Women in Architecture Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-delivers-keynote-at-aj-women-in-architecture.html Professor in Practice <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi</a> delivered the <a href="http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/women-in-practice/">keynote address</a> at the inaugural Architects' Journal Women in Architecture Awards on April 20 in London. Moussavi is the founder and principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA), an international practice based in London currently working on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, USA and a Quran Museum in Tehran, Iran. Moussavi was co-founder and co-principal of the award-winning Foreign Office Architects (FOA), known for projects such as the Yokohama International Ferry Terminal in Japan.  Faculty News 508981 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Work of Rahul Mehrotra featured in Harvard Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/work-of-rahul-mehrotra-featured-in-harvard-magazine.html An <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/05/designs-for-a-new-india">extended feature</a> in Harvard Magazine on Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rahul-mehrotra.html">Rahul Mehrotra</a> (MArch '87) describes his work in Hyderabad, between the historic town that developed from the 14th century hilltop fort built by Hindu rulers, and HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy) with towering office buildings and high-rise apartment towers. Mehrotra's Mumbai-based firm, <a href="http://www.rmaarchitects.com/home/index.php">RMA</a>, endeavors to "soften thresholds" between these different sectors of society, building for a new India while conserving its past. The article by Elizabeth Gudrais traces the firm's evolution, Mehrotra's design methodology, and the context of Hyderabad. Faculty News 508982 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD Appoints Three Faculty Members in the History of Landscape Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-appoints-three-faculty-members-in-the-history-of-landscape.html Three significant appointments have been made in the history of landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.  Dr. Sonja Duempelmann appointed Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Dr. Edward Eigen appointed Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Dr. John Dixon Hunt appointed Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture Faculty News 508979 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:15:00 -0400 Seung Teak Lee (MArch '09) and Mi Jung Lim (MArch '09) of STPMJ win 2012 Architectural League Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/seung-teak-lee-march-09-and-mi-jung-lim-march-09-of-stpmj-win.html Alumni Seung Teak Lee (MArch '09) and Mi Jung Lim (MArch '09) are STPMJ and were announced today as recipients of the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. The Prize is one of North America’s most prestigious awards for young architects. Alumni News 508975 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Mitchell Joachim (MAUD '02) featured in Dwell Magazine, the Now 99 issue http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mitchell-joachim-maud-02-featured-in-dwell-magazine-the-now-99.html Mitchell Joachim, founder of <a href="http://www.terreform.org/">Terreform</a>, was featured in the May issue of Dwell Magazine for the <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/last-words-take-two.html#ixzz1scK0fG1T">Now 99</a>- Today's Design Landscape: Ideas, People, Products & Plans. An interview with Diana Budds explores Joachim's designs for biologically based architecture as the future of housing. The <a href="http://archinode.blogspot.com/">published</a> interview follows. Alumni News 508976 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Everett Fly (BArch '75 and MLA '77) working toward preserving Historic Black Towns http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/everett-fly-mla-77-helps-save-historic-black-towns.html A recent feature in the University of Texas Alumni Magazine, <a href="http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2012/04/landscape-architects-research-helps-save-historic-black-towns/">The Alcalde</a>, positions the work of Everett Fly (BArch '75 and MLA '77), a landscape architect from San Antonio, within the history of architectural preservation in America. Establishing his work in historic black communities and sites including Nicodemus, Kansas, and the Winks Panorama Lodge in Gilpin County, Colorado, the sole Rocky Mountain resort open to African-Americans between 1928 and 1960, Fly found himself in Eatonville, Florida, one of the most significant towns in black history. Alumni News 508949 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Re-imagining Cape Cod's Hatch Cottage in film http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/re-imagining-cape-cod-s-hatch-cottage-in-film.html A group of GSD students will spend this semester documenting, researching and re-imagining the Hatch Cottage on <a href="http://ccmht.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html">Cape Cod</a>. With professors <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mark-mulligan.html">Mark Mulligan</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/christopher-hoxie.html">Chris Hoxie</a>, the students are producing a film documenting the cottage and landscape's past, present and possible futures, includes footage shot on site, archival photos and extensive digital animation.  Student News 508967 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 MoMA Exhibition to feature two faculty competition projects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/moma-exhibition-to-feature-two-faculty-competition-projects.html The <a href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/newyork.html">Young Architects Program</a> is an annual collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative design research and promotes emerging talent. Five finalists for the PS1 courtyard design will be featured in an exhibition at MoMA this summer, including <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/mariana-ibanez-cameron-wu-shortlisted-for-moma-ps1-young.html">two entries</a> by GSD faculty.  Faculty News 508970 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Jinhee Park and John Hong of SsD win quadruple AIA Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jinhee-park-and-john-hong-of-ssd-win-quadruple-aia-awards.html SsD, the firm led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (Design Critic in Architecture) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (Adjunct Associate Professor) won four AIA awards for recent work: The White Block Gallery, featured in <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20120125/dialogue-in-light">Metropolis Magazine</a>, won both a regional AIA New England Design Award as well as an Honor Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/residential/8-towers/">8 Towers</a>, part of the Ordos 100 project, and<a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/urbanism/island-of-water/">Island of Water</a>, a landscape urbanism project in Incheon, Korea both won BSA Unbuilt Architecture Awards with the latter project taking the highest Honor Award in that category. Alumni News 508958 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD's first Distinguished Executive in Residence for the REAI will be Gerald D. Hines http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-s-first-distinguished-executive-in-residence-for-the-reai.html Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced that its first Distinguished Executive in Residence for the Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) will be Gerald D. Hines, the internationally renowned real estate developer. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/hines-and-robert-a-m-stern.html">Two conversations</a> will be held on Wednesday, April 18 at the GSD: Creative Collaboration:  An Overview of the Hines and Robert A.M. Stern Architects Project Portfolio at 1:00 p.m. and Evolution of an Investment Builder: How a House Renovation in 1956 Lead to the Creation of a Global Firm at 6:00 p.m. Faculty News 508954 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD team to participate at the Bocconi University “Urban Campus” international competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-to-compete-at-urban-campus-competition.html A GSD team has been invited by the Politecnico di Milano to participate at the Bocconi University “Urban Campus” International Competition. Led by Professor Joan Busquets and  Professor Hashim Sarkis, the design team includes Stefano Andreani (MDesS ’13), Federico de Molfetta (MDesS ’13), and Xing Xiong (MArch II ’12) and will compete with nine international teams. Faculty News 508955 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Article by Dan Weissman (MDesS '12) on [Re]Building Port-au-Prince http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/article-by-dan-weissman-mdess-12-on-re-building-port-au-prince.html An <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/groundtruth/rebuilding-port-au-prince">article</a> by Dan Weissman (MDesS '12) on his experiences in Haiti was published in Gobal Post. Since February 2011 he has been involved in a series of<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/projects/designing-process-creating-long-term-replicable-community.html"> reconstruction projects</a> that are a collaboration between the GSD, MIT’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and various NGOs, government agencies and corporate entities throughout the Port-au-Prince region. Over the course of six trips to the city, the team continues to engage in projects ranging from small architecture and urban design to macro-scale territorial planning, water and landscape management projects.  MDesS News 508957 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Anita Berrizbeitia to participate in SAH 2012 Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/berrizbeitia-participating-in-sah-2012-conference.html Faculty News 508945 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Richard Kuhn (MArch '87) designs libraries in nation's capital http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/richard-kuhn-march-87.html Richard Kuhn (MArch '87) shares an article in <a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/community-projects/stacked.aspx">ARCHITECT</a> magazine on two new libraries that he designed at the Freelon Group in Washington, D.C.—the Tenley Friendship Library and the Anacosta Neighborhood Library. The projects are featured as examples of the new generation of library architecture. Alumni News 508944 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Forthcoming book by Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Abolition of War http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/forthcoming-book-by-krzysztof-wodiczko-the-abolition-of-war.html This month, Black Dog Publishing, London will publish a new book by Krzysztof Wodiczko titled The Abolition of War, an insight into the working practice of Wodiczko and the political and social concepts infused in his work. With an extended essay by Wodiczko as the starting point for discussions on war and war-related history and memory, texts from theorists and critics in the field support a parallel forum.  In March 2012, Wodiczko was awarded the "Feed the World with More Art" 2012 award for "his lifelong inspiring and life-changing work" in New York City.  Faculty News 508941 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Jim Stockard, Curator of the Loeb Fellowship, appointed to the Governor's Commission for Public Housing Sustainability and Reform http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jim-stockard-curator-of-the-loeb-fellowship-appointed-to-the.html Curator of the Loeb Fellowship, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/james-stockard.html">Jim Stockard</a> (MCP ’68, LF ’78) has been appointed to the Governor’s Commission for Public Housing Sustainability and Reform. The Commission has been established as a result of the Governor’s commitment to dramatically reform the outdated and inefficient system by which 242 local agencies manage a stock of 50,000 public housing units funded by the state and another 37,000 supported by the federal government. The purpose of the 23 member Commission is to “develop recommendations for the sustainability and reform of public housing authorities and the portfolio of state aided public housing that will ensure the long-term viability of public housing as an affordable housing resource, including the reform of the statutory governance structure with a goal of creating a practical, cost-effective and modern regional governance structure.” Faculty News 508942 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Levi-designed IRS Northeast Headquarters opens first phase http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/levi-designed-irs-northeast-headquarters-opens-first-phase.html The U.S. Treasury Department's IRS Northeast Headquarters, designed by Adjunct Professor in Architecture, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jonathan-levi.html">Jonathan Levi</a>, opened its first phase in January 2012. A GSA Design Excellence Commission, the second phase of the project is to be completed in February 2012.  The Roger F. Wellington School in Belmont, Massachusetts, was designed by <a href="http://www.leviarc.com/">Levi</a> and dedicated in September 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Massachusetts State Treasurer Steven Grossman.  Faculty News 508943 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 NADAAA, Inc., firm of Nader Tehrani ’91, Dan Gallagher ’91, and Katie Faulkner ’93, Wins 2012 AIANY Honor Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/nader-tehrani-91-dan-gallagher-91-katie-faulkner-93-wins-an.html Alumni News 508914 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Höweler+Yoon's Sky Courts honored by Architect Magazine and Boston Society of Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/h-weler-yoon-invited-to-participate-in-audi-urban-futures.html Professor <a href="/content/structured-data/blog_post_list/Professor Eric Höweler's firm,">Eric Höweler</a> and his firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture won an Annual Design Award from <a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/cultural-projects/chengdu-skycourts.aspx">Architect Magazine</a> and a Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for their project Chengdu Sky Courts. The firm has been invited to participate in the<a href="http://www.audi-urban-future-initiative.com/en/research/experiments-in-motion.html"> Audi Urban Futures Initiative</a> 2012, a year long research project that speculates on the future of cities and mobility. Having recently completed the Boston Society of Architects headquarters <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/howeler-yoon-designed-bsa-space-opens.html">BSA Space</a>, the project has been published in <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/building_types_study/Office_Buildings/2012/bsa-space.asp">Architectural Record</a>, <a href="http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/in-form-communicating-the-city/">Domus</a>, <a href="http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5168">The Architect's Newspaper</a> and <a href="http://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/space">Architecture Boston.</a>  Faculty News 508934 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD and University of Colorado team wins first prize in ULI/Gerald Hines Urban Design Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-and-university-of-colorado-team-wins-first-prize-in-uli.html A joint team representing the GSD and University of Colorado won first prize in the ULI/Gerald Hines Urban Design Competition for their proposal, "Bayou Commons." The master plan was strategically designed to be downtown Houston’s first residential district celebrating cultural diversity and urban lifestyle. The team consisted of three students from Harvard University (Michael Albert, Master of Landscape Architecture, Anna Cawrse, Master of Landscape Architecture and Victor Perez Amado, Master of Architecture I AP + Master of Architecture in Urban Design) and  two students from the University of Colorado (Chad Murphy, MBA Real Estate and Alex Atherton, MBA Real Estate). Student News 508935 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ingeborg Rocker to speak at Technische Universität Munich http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ingeborg-rocker-to-speak-at-technische-universit-t-munich.html <a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/ingeborg-rocker">Ingeborg Rocker</a>, Associated Professor and Director of the GSDigital Mediaworkshops and Principal of <a href="http://rocker-lange.com/">Rocker-Lange Architects</a>, will speak at the Technische Universität Munich, Department for Architecture on April 20, 2012.  Her lecture will focus on the historical development of representation technologies and the role these play in design, particularly the digital medium and its impact on conception, representation and fabrication. The lecture will present Rocker's ongoing research project at the GSD, On the Bri(n)ck (<a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/archive/fall-2010/on-the-bri-n-ck-architecture-of-the-envelope/">2010</a> and <a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/archive/fall-2009/on-the-bri-n-ck-architecture-of-the-envelope/">2009</a>) and her practical and theoretical work on "Serial Multiplicites," of which different design versions have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2010 and other venues. Rocker-Lange Architects' "Density & Openness: Recoding Building Bulk in Hong Kong," is currently exhibited at the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale curated by Terence Riley. Faculty News 508936 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 "Cloud" by SsD opens in Heyri, Korea http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/cloud-by-ssd-opens-in-heyri-korea.html Jinhee Park (Design Critic in Architecture, MArch ‘02) and John Hong (Adjunct Associate Professor, MArch ‘96) of <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/cultural/cloud/">SsD</a> recently completed ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV2V7xX8G2s&feature=youtu.be">Cloud</a>,’ an interactive public art piece in Korea’s Heyri Art Valley. 'Cloud' is a permanent light, sound, and sculpture installation that responds to the movement of passersby as well as to the dynamically changing weather patterns of the Heyri Art Valley. Three ethereal canopies come alive when people approach: patterns of changing light and sound invite one to discover new paths under and between them, inspiring impromptu gatherings or even improvised performances. When not responding to people, 'Cloud' enhances the dynamic experience of the weather: detecting temperature, wind, rain, and humidity, the sculpture takes each of these conditions and creates a new link between human and atmosphere through light and sound. Faculty News 508939 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Kyu Sung Woo (MUD '70) awarded Harleston Parker Medal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kyu-sung-woo-mud-70-awarded-harleston-parker-medal.html <a href="http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/woo-kyu-sung">Kyu Sung Woo</a> (MUD '70) was awarded the <a href="http://awards.architects.org/2011/">Harleston Parker Medal</a> by the Boston Society of Architects and the City of Boston. The annual award recognizes "the single most beautiful building or other structure" built in Boston within the past ten years. The Harvard University Graduate Student Housing building at 10 Akron Street was completed in 2008 with consideration for the specific goals of the university. “Every institution has a different mission,” he says. “It’s interesting and exciting to see how we relate those missions into different buildings. For example, all the dormitories we have done, none of them have the same unit plan or floor plan. It’s not just because of a site being rural or urban or suburban, but also, I think, each university has a different tradition and a different mission.” Alumni News 508940 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Anita Berrizbeitia participated in Writing Landscape symposium at Syracuse University School of Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-anita-berrizbeitia-participated-in-writing-landscape.html Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/anita-berrizbeitia.html">Anita Berrizbeitia</a> participated in <a href="http://upstate.syr.edu/programming-conferences-writing-landscape.html">Writing Landscape: Criticism Now</a>, a symposium sponsored by UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research, and Real Estate at Syracuse University School of Architecture. The symposium explored the role of criticism in the design, reception, and dissemination of landscape in contemporary culture. Faculty News 508951 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Cao | Perrot Studio's Cloud Terrace opens at Dumbarton Oaks http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/cao-perrot-studio-s-cloud-terrace-opens-at-dumbarton-oaks.html Cloud Terrace, a new temporary installation by landscape artists <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andrewcao.html">Andy Cao</a> (LF '11) and Xavier Perrot, recently opened at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. Clouds sculpted from chicken wire dangle 10,000 loaned Swarovski crystals creating the effect of gathered raindrops over the property's Arbor Terrace. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-beardsley.html">John Beardsley</a>, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at the GSD and Director of Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, says temporary installations “breathe new life into these landscapes,” which are “living works” no matter how historic. The commission developed from Cao's visit to the institute as a Loeb fellow in 2011. Alumni News 508905 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Felipe Correa to lecture in Montevideo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-felipe-correa-to-lecture-in-montevideo.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/felipe-correa.html">Felipe Correa</a>, Assistant Professor and Director of the Urban Design Program, will speak at Universidad de la República in Montevideo (Uruguay) on April 13th. His lecture will focus on resource extraction within the South American continent and its effects on current urbanization processes.  The lecture will also mark the launch of the<a href="http://www.sap-network.org/p/about.html">South America Project</a> Research Workshops to be carried out in Montevideo throughout the next two years. Faculty News 508906 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Erika Naginski appointed Robert Sterling Clark Professor for 2012-2013 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/erika-naginski-appointed-robert-sterling-clark-professor-for.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/erika-naginski.html">Erika Naginski</a> has been appointed the Robert Sterling Clark Professor for 2012-2013. The Robert Sterling Clark Visiting Professorship at Williams College and the Clark Art Institute brings to campus a distinguished art or architectural historian to teach at the graduate and undergraduate level and circulate in the  intellectual community. Previous Clark Professors have included Robin Kelsey (Harvard University), Michael Cole (Columbia University), and Harry Francis Malgrave (IIT College of Architecture). Faculty News 508907 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Kiel Moe awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-kiel-moe-awarded-macdowell-colony-fellowship.html Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kiel-moe.html">Kiel Moe</a> has been awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Summer 2012. Founded in 1907, the MacDowell Colony is the nation’s leading artist colony. The Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. Faculty News 508908 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori breaks ground at Novartis, wins prize for best design show http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-architects-to-break-ground-and-publish-work.html A new lab building designed by Toshiko Mori Architect will break ground at the Novartis Campus in Cambridge, MA this spring.   Two recent design commissions include the Peter Freeman Gallery in SoHo, as well as Sean Kelly’s new gallery space in Hell’s Kitchen.  A book about Kelly’s recently completed house in upstate New York, also designed by Toshiko Mori Architect, will be published by Hatje Cantz in the fall.   Faculty News 508910 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Memorial by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Julian Bonder (MDesS '96) unveiled in Nantes, France http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/memorial-by-krzysztof-wodiczko-and-julian-bonder-mdess-96-to.html Professor in Residence in Art, Design, and the Public Domain Krzysztof Wodiczko, in collaboration with Julian Bonder (MDesS '96), has recently completed construction of the <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/en/le-memorial/">Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery</a> in Nantes, France. Alumni News 508769 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 The great cultural and urbanistic legacy of Manuel de Solà-Morales http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-great-cultural-and-urbanistic-legacy-of-manuel-de-sol.html The legacy of Manuel de Solà-Morales is extraordinarily important; without a doubt, his multifaceted work revitalized urbanism, creating new and enduring ways of understanding and conceiving the city. For Manuel, urbanism was a question of ideas and their rigorous application to each specific reality. He saw urbanism as a social product and, as such, the object of complex, controversial political debate, in the framework of which he formulated strategies and projects that cast light on questions of urban space and social use of the agents involved. He proposed a certain autonomy as a guarantee that the city could be better. Alumni News 508891 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD mourns the passing of Luis Moreno Mansilla and Manuel de Solà-Morales http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-mourns-luis-moreno-mansilla-and-manuel-de-sola-morales.html It is with enormous sadness that we announce the recent deaths of Luis Moreno Mansilla and Manuel de Solà-Morales. The unexpectedness of both passings adds to the shock of a great loss. Alumni News 508894 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Rafael Moneo honored by UVA and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rafael-moneo-honored-by-uva-and-the-thomas-jefferson-foundation.html The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture on April 13 to <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rafael-moneo.html">Professor Rafael Moneo</a>. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals are the highest external honors bestowed by the University, which grants no honorary degrees. They recognize achievements of those who embrace endeavors in which Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president, excelled and held in high regard. The Medal presentation will be followed with a lecture by Moneo. Faculty News 508896 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Remembering Luis Moreno Mansilla http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/remembering-luis-moreno-mansilla.html Luis Moreno Mansilla was among the best, if not the best of architects to have passed through my office. His loss leaves behind a valuable body of work now, unfortunately, interrupted. My office must now adjust, but we must trust that our mission will not change. The nuances of Luis’s complex, subtle, and sensitive personality made his contribution as definitive as unpredictable. We will certainly feel his absence. Faculty News 508892 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Dean Mohsen Mostafavi interviewed by Nicolai Ouroussoff http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dean-mohsen-mostafavi-interviewed-by-nicolai-ouroussoff.html In an interview by critic and author Nicolai Ouroussoff, Dean Mohsen Mostafavi discusses his favorite books. Faculty News 508855 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Alex Krieger invited to lecture in China and Israel http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/alex-krieger-invited-to-lecture-in-china-and-israel.html Over the GSD Spring Break Alex Krieger lectured at six of China's leading architecture and planning schools including Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tonji University in Shanghai, Dongnan University in Nanjing, Xian University, Harbin University, & Tianjin University.   Additionally, he addressed the staff of the Planning Bureaus of  the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing and Fuzhou about the importance of urban design.  Earlier in March he delivered the Keynote Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Israel Planners Association, on this year's organizing theme of planning large scale urban infrastructure. Alumni News 508852 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass methodology published in Infrastructure Sustainability and Design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-methodology-published-in-infrastructure-sustainability.html Recently released, Infrastructure Sustainability and Design compiles the first two years of research of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/index.html">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>. The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure was founded in 2008 by a generous donation from Paul and Joan Zofnass, and is housed at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Its activities are extended to several schools at the University including Public Health, Government, Business, and the Center for the Environment. Faculty News 508854 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Dwayne Oyler (MArch '01) and Jenny Wu (MArch '01) of Oyler Wu Collaborative honored by Architectural League Emerging Voices Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dwayne-oyler-march-01-and-jenny-wu-march-01-of-oyler-wu.html Dwayne Oyler (MArch '01) and Jenny Wu (MArch '01) of <a href="http://oylerwu.com/">Oyler Wu Collaborative</a> were honored by Architectural League with an Emerging Voices Award <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/john-hong-march-96-and-jinhee-park-march-02-of-ssd-win-emerging.html">alongside fellow alumni from SsD</a>. The two firms will speak at tonight's lecture at the Cooper Union in Rose Auditorium, the third evening of the 30th annual Emerging Voices lecture series.  Alumni News 508851 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Carl Koepcke (MArch '12) and Marshall Prado (MArch '11) featured in ArchDaily http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/carl-koepcke-march-12-and-marshall-prado-march-11-featured-in.html Carl Koepcke (MArch '12) and Marshall Prado (MArch '11) are featured in <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/219734/fabricating-grounds-ice-shelter-installation-koepcke-prado/#more-219734">ArchDaily</a> for their construction system of a rapidly deployable ice shelter using snow and ice as building materials. The temporary shelter is intended for cold environments and utilizes the insulative properties and inherent compressive strength of the proposed building materials to craft a spatial catenary volume. Using parametric modeling and digital fabrication techniques, plastic panels create a lightweight and packable structure. “Instead of using traditional igloo construction, the proposed process could be self-forming under wet, frozen conditions,” explained the designers. Research News 508853 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Aloysha Verzhbinsky (MArch '90) promoted to partner at Tom Eliot Fisch Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/aloysha-verzhbinsky-march-90-promoted-to-partner-at-tom-eliot.html Aloysha Verzhbinsky (MArch '90) has been promoted to partner at Tom Eliot Fisch Architects in San Francisco. With the firm since 2001, Verzhbinsky has more than 20 years of experience in the design and construction of major institutional and public works projects, including hospitals, libraries, recreational facilities, and commercial buildings. His projects have appeared inArchitect, Architecture, and Progressive Architecture and received design awards from the AIA California Council and the San Francisco, New York, and Boston Chapters of AIA. Alumni News 508840 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau spoke as part of the Presidential Lecture Series at Hampshire College http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-spoke-as-part-of-the-presidential-lecture-series-at.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eve-blau.html">Eve Blau</a> participated in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU7rGjyHpVM">panel discussion</a> with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and literary critic Christopher Benfey on "The Human Prospect: A Panel on History, Art and the Humanities" at Hampshire College, as part of the Presidential Lecture Series on February 21, 2012.   Faculty News 508842 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Karolina Kawiaka (MArch '94) Nominated for People's Choice Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/karolina-kawiaka-march-94-nominated-for-people-s-choice-award.html Karolina Kawiaka (MArch '94) has been named a winner in the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument grounds. Her design, "The People's Forum," is currently on display at the National Building Museum and will be included in an upcoming show at the Virginia Center for Architecture. View her design, listen to the interview, and vote for it to win the <a href="http://www.wamocompetition.org/vote.">People's Choice Award.</a> Alumni News 508822 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Dongwoo Yim (MAUD '08) and PRAUD are Finalists in the Urban Intervention Seattle Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dongwoo-yim-maud-08-and-praud-are-finalists-in-the-urban.html Dongwoo Yim (MAUD '08) and PRAUD are finalists in the Urban Intervention Seattle Competition for their design "<a href="http://www.praud.info/Seattle-Jelly-Bean" target="_blank">Seattle Jelly Bean</a>." Alumni News 508823 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Architecture and Urban Planning Studio meets with Harvard Alumni in Quito, Ecuador http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-and-urban-planning-studio-meets-with-harvard-alumni.html Students in Felipe Correa's option studio "A line in the Andes" travelled to Quito, Ecuador in February to examine ways the city might employ its new metro stations as foci for further urban transformations, including cultural, educational, and recreational facilities. Alumni News 508820 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Chris Reed to speak at LABASH Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-chris-reed-to-speak-at-labash-conference.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (AB '91), Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Founding Principal of <a href="http://www.stoss.net">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a>, will present a keynote lecture entitled "Landscape and City-Making" at the annual <a href="http://www.fiulabash2012.com/">LAbash</a> conference on Friday March 16 in Miami.  Faculty News 508821 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Daniel Ibañez (MDesS '12) featured in El Mundo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/daniel-ibanez-mdess-12-featured-in-el-mondo.html Daniel Ibañez (MDesS ’12) and his design partner Rodrigo Rubio at MARGEN-LAB have been featured as an up-and-coming, cutting-edge duo in the Spanish national newspaper, <a href="http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/ARTE/30350/Arquitectos_Nueva_generacion">El Mundo</a>. MDesS News 508768 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Carson Chan (MDesS '05) Curates 2012 Arts in Marrakech Biennale http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/carson-chan-mdess-05-curates-2012-arts-in-marrakech-biennale.html  The 4th Edition of <a href="http://www.marrakechbiennale.org/">Arts in Marrakech (AiM) Biennale</a>, titled <a href="http://www.higheratlas.org">Higher Atlas</a> and curated by Carson Chan (MDesS '05) and Nadim Samman, opened on February 29 and will run through June 3. Located throughout the former Imperial City–the half-finished Théâtre Royal and its oversized courtyard being the main venue–the exhibition features immersive installations by international artists and architects.  Alumni News 508814 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau Delivered Inaugural Woodruff Memorial Lecture at Yale SOA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-delivered-inaugural-woodruff-memorial-lecture-at-yale.html Adjunct Professor of the History of Urban Form in the Department of Urban Planning and Design Eve Blau delivered the inaugural George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/events/lectures">Memorial Lecture at Yale University</a> on Februray 23, 2012 entitled Transparency + Architecture: Between Information + Experience.  Faculty News 508815 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Two GSD Teams Recognized at ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/two-gsd-teams-recognized-at-uli-gerald-d-hines.html The <a title="Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition" href="http://www.udcompetition.org/" target="_blank">Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition</a> challenges multidisciplinary student teams to create a comprehensive development program for a real, large-scale site. This year's student entries numbered 139 between 64 schools and proposed a long-term vision for creating a distinct identity for a new downtown Houston district. Two teams of GSD students were recognized in the tenth annual competition, one with an honorable mention for superior site planning, and the other, a joint team with the University of Colorado, was selected as one of four finalists. Student News 508806 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0400 Dallas Felder (MArch '96) Joins Leo A Daly Houston as Design Director http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dallas-felder-march-96-joins-leo-a-daly-houston-as-design.html International architecture, planning, engineering, interior design and program management firm Leo A. Daly welcomes Dallas E. Felder, AIA, LEED AP (MArch '96), as vice president and director of design for the Houston office.  Alumni News 508757 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Horace Hogan (MCRP '79) Inducted into California Building Industry’s Hall of Fame http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/horace-hogan-mcrp-79-home-building-executive-in-state-group-s.html David Ogul of the <a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/13/horace-hogan-ii-home-building-executive-state-grou/?page=1#article">San Diego Union-Tribune</a> reported on the induction of Horace Hogan II into the California Building Industry’s Hall of Fame. Alumni News 508803 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Been Wang (MAUD '76) Honored for Supporting Work to Cure Diabetes http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/been-wang-maud-76-honored-for-supporting-work-to-cure-diabetes.html In 2003, the New England Monte Jade Science and Technology Association invited two research doctors from Joslin Diabetes Center to speak on the alarming increase of diabetes in Asian-Americans. It was this presentation that inspired Been Wang to get involved with the world’s preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization, something that has become a passion for the renowned local architect.  Alumni News 508793 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Kenneth Luker (MArch '96) Named Principal of The Freelon Group http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kenneth-luker-march-96-named-principal-of-the-freelon-group.html Kenneth Luker, MArch ’96, AIA, LEED® AP--Kenneth joined The Freelon Group in 2006 as a Senior Project Designer and became an Associate Principal in 200, and Principal in 2012. His award-winning design career spans a variety of architectural project types with a particular emphasis on college/university design, cultural institutions, and public architecture. He is currently working as Senior Designer on NCSU Gregg Museum (Raleigh, NC) and National Center for Civil and Human Rights (Atlanta, GA). Kenneth received his Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and his Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from Texas A&M University. Alumni News 508794 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500 John Johansen’s (SB '39, BArch '42) Goddard Library and Expansion is Highlighted http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-johansen-s-sb-39-barch-42-goddard-library-and-expansion-is.html This exhibition celebrates the life of Clark’s campus buildings—then and now. Based on the research and creative work of students in the art history, studio art, screen studies, and music programs, the exhibition uncovers the exciting history of the Clark campus and also showcases contemporary student expressions of life on our campus. It features archival photographs and documents; drawings, photographs, and video documentaries by current students; and an evening of musical compositions by students inspired by the buildings that frame their lives. Alumni News 508795 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500 William Morgan (AB '52, MArch '58) Awarded Honorary Degree from the University of Florida http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/william-morgan-ab-52-march-58-awarded-honorary-degree.html William Morgan (MArch '58), award-winning architect and pioneer in researching the origins of architectural creativity, recently received an honorary degree, Doctor of Arts, from the <a href="http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/morgan">University of Florida</a> during a ceremony in Jacksonville, Fla. Alumni News 508756 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dongwoo Yim (MAUD '08) and PRAUD Win Honorable Mention http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dongwoo-yim-maud-08-and-praud-win-honorable-mention.html Dongwoo Yim (MAUD '08) of <a href="http://praud.info/">PRAUD</a> (Progressive Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design) received an <a href="http://www.enyacompetitions.org/winners.html">honorable mention</a> for their design, the <a href="http://praud.info/The-Harlem-Edge">Greenhouse Transformer</a> in the Harlem Edge/Cultivating Connections competition. The competition called for redevelopment designs of the decommissioned Department of Sanitation marine transfer station located in the Hudson River at 135th Street. Alumni News 508753 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Michael Murphy (MArch '11) and Alan Ricks (MArch '10) of MASS Design Group named 2012 Contract Designers of the Year http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-murphy-march-11-and-alan-ricks-march-10-of-mass-design.html <a href="http://www.contractdesign.com/contract/design/2012-Designer-of-the-6746.shtml">Contract</a> named Michael Murphy (MArch '11) and Alan Ricks (MArch '10) of MASS Design Group as the 2012 Designer of the Year. With design and healthcare projects in Rwanda and Haiti, MASS thinks big and executes. And it is on a trajectory to continue designing for dignity, to improve people’s lives through design, and to be a primary example for how designers can rethink their role in a world of increasingly global impact. A <a href="http://www.contractdesign.com/contract/design/2012-Designer-of-the-6746.shtml">full report from Contract</a>, including a number of MASS Design Group's projects and a glimpse into their philosophy in video is featured on their website. Alumni News 508754 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500 James S. Lee (MArch '78) Awarded Research Grant from the Urban China Initiative http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/james-s-lee-march-78-awarded-research-grant-from-the-urban-china.html James S. Lee (MArch '78), Founder of <a href="http://icontinuum.com/about.htm">iContinuum Group</a>, has been awarded a one-year research grant from the <a href="http://www.urbanchinainitiative.org/article.aspx?id=205607">Urban China Initiative</a>, a Beijing-based research partnership between the McKinsey & Company, Tsinghua University and Columbia University.  Alumni News 508755 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Restoration of Charles River Esplanade for the Century http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/restoration-of-charles-river-esplanade-for-the-century.html <a href="http://www.esplanadeassociation.org/projects/TheEsplanadeAssociationProjects-Esplanade2020VisionStudy.html">Esplanade 2020</a>, a visionary plan published by The Esplanade Association, outlines the conservation of the Charles River Esplanade at the park’s 100th anniversary. The project aims to transform Boston’s waterside park into a world-leading urban public space.  Alumni News 508688 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Howeler+Yoon designed BSA Space opens http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/howeler-yoon-designed-bsa-space-opens.html Eric Howeler of <a href="http://www.hyarchitecture.com/">Howeler+Yoon Architecture</a> has recently completed the new <a href="http://bsaspace.org/about/">BSA Space</a> at the Atlantic Wharf in Boston. A striking green "cloud" ceiling and dropped stair invites visitors to the meeting space and 6,000sf exhibition space dedicated to architecture and design.  Faculty News 508689 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Wang Shu Awarded the 2012 Pritzker Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/wang-shu-awarded-the-2012-pritzker-prize.html Wang Shu is the first architect in China to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and at 48, the fourth youngest. The architect is celebrated for his commitment to China’s history in a time of rapid development, integrating salvaged materials in experimental modern forms. Faculty News 508741 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 John Hong (MArch '96) and Jinhee Park (MArch '02) of SsD Win Emerging Voices Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-march-96-and-jinhee-park-march-02-of-ssd-win-emerging.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/johnhong.html">Jon Hong</a> (MArch '96) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinheepark.html">Jinhee Park</a> (MArch '02) of <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/">SsD</a> recently received the Architectural League of New York’s <a href="http://archleague.org/category/events/emerging-voices-events/">Emerging Voices Award</a>. Emerging Voices spotlights individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism.   Alumni News 508731 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Horizontal Systems Bought by Autodesk Inc. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/horizontal-systems-bought-by-autodesk-inc.html <a href="http://www.horizontalsystems.com">Horizontal Systems</a>, co-founded by CEO Jordan Brandy (DDes '08) and VP Ivan Panushev (DDes '08) was purchased by Autodesk Inc. for cloud-based computing and modeling software. Based in New York, Horizontal Systems provides Building Information Modeling (BIM) programs, which will be incorporated into Autodesk's 360 program, as reported by the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP9718ce84d9b045f3aec15d00177cdefe.html">Wall Street Journal</a>.  Alumni News 508713 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Betty Otto Joins the Market and Enterprise Program at the World Resources Institute http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/betty-otto-joins-the-market-and-enterprise-program-at-the-world.html Betsy Otto (LF '07) recently joined the Markets and Enterprise Program at the <a href="http://www.wri.org/">World Resources Institute</a>, a global environmental think tank in Washington, DC. She is directing WRI’s <a href="http://insights.wri.org/aqueduct">Aqueduct project</a>, a global water risk assessment and mapping tool to inform private and public sector investment and water management decisions. The Aqueduct project team engages business, NGOs and governments for positive change in managing water resources worldwide.  Alumni News 508714 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Philip Freelon (LF '90) Breaks Ground on NMAAHC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/phil-freelon-lf-90-breaks-ground.html Philip Freelon (LF '90) broke ground on the <a href="http://nmaahc.si.edu/">Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture</a> last week in Washington DC. Alumni News 508715 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Firm of Silvia Benedito selected as finalists for Bayern-Oil site development competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/oficinaa-selected-as-finalists-for-bayern-oil-site-development.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/silviabenedito.html">Silvia Benedito</a>, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, and Alexander Häusler (MArchII '04) have been selected as finalists for the Bayern-Oil site development Competition in Ingolstadt, Germany. Alumni News 508726 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sculpture by Nathan King (DDes '13) and Herbert Dreiseitl (LF '11) Unveiled at Ann Arbor Municipal Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sculpture-by-nathan-king-ddes-13-and-herbert-dreiseitl-lf-11.html A collaboration between Nathan King (DDes '13) and <a href="http://www.dreiseitl.de/index.php?id=526&lang=en&choice=17">Herbert Dreiseitl</a> (LF '11) yields a permanent sculptural installation at the newly constructed <a href="http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/city-hall-water-sculpture-formally-unveiled/">Ann Arbor Municipal Center</a>. The sculpture, designed by Herbert Dreiseitl, consists of a vertical cast bronze element and a horizontal waterway that together carry water through the site. Nathan King has also been invited to give several lectures and collaborate on curriculum development for emerging programs in Design Research and robotic fabrication technologies. Alumni News 508728 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Faculty to Speak at 100th Annual Meeting of ACSA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/faculty-to-speak-at-100th-annual-meeting-of-acsa.html Two faculty members have been invited to speak at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology March 1-4. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborgrocker.html">Ingeborg Rocker</a>, Associate Professor of Architecture and Coordinator of Digital Workshops at the GSD, will be on the conference's opening panel alongside <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/sanfordkwinter.html">Sanford Kwinter</a>, Co-Director of the Master in Design Studies Program and Professor of Architectural Theory and Criticism at the GSD. Faculty News 508729 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 'Lightfall' Reviewed in Boston Globe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/lightfall-reviewed-in-boston-globe.html The Boston Globe's Robert Campbell <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-19/arts/31074183_1_arcades-digital-tools-photographs/2">reviews</a> Preston Scott Cohen's 'Lightfall' exhibit in Gund Hall on the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Faculty News 508730 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Arthur Huang (MArch '04) of Miniwiz Named NYC Venture Fellow http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/arthur-huang-march-04-of-miniwiz-named-nyc-venture-fellow.html Arthur Huang (MArch '04), co-founder of Miniwiz SED, has been selected as the first Taiwanese entrepreneur for the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Venture Fellows program. Alumni News 508682 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Design Robotics Group to present Ceramics 2.0 at SmartGeometry workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/drg-to-present-ceramics-2-0-at-smartgeometry.html The GSD <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/advanced-studies-program/mdess/technology/digital-fabrication-robotics.html">Design Robotics Group</a> (DRG) has been selected to lead a cluster during the 2012 SmartGeometry workshops that will take place in Troy, New York from March 19-24. ASP News 508703 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Chee Pearlman to Curate TED Conference Session on Design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chee-pearlman-to-curate-ted-conference-session-on-design.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/cheepearlman.html">Chee Pearlman</a> (Loeb Fellow '11) will join architect David Rockwell of Rockwell Group in curating 'The Design Studio," a session on design and creativity at this year's TED Conference in Long Beach, California on March 1. The session will feature a range of contributors to explore creative development, design innovation, and using art and design to mold the human experience. Alumni News 508704 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Viking publishes children's book by Deborah Freedman (MArch '86) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/viking-publishes-blue-chicken-a-children-s-book-by-deborah.html <a href="http://www.deborahfreedman.net/">Deborah Freedman</a> (MArch '86) has left the practice of architecture to build worlds in children's picture books. <a href="http://www.deborahfreedman.net/book/bluechicken.html">Blue Chicken</a> was released by Viking in 2011 to three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal, and was on Kirkus's list of "Best Children's Books of 2011".  Alumni News 508681 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Jill Desimini and Jane Hutton speak at University College London http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jill-desimini-and-jane-hutton-speaking-at-university-college.html Faculty News 508695 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Steven Landau (MArch '86) develops Talking Tactile Campus Model http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/steven-landau-march-86-develops-talking-tactile-campus-model.html Steven Landau (MArch '86) of Touch Graphics, Inc. developed the Talking Tactile Campus Model at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA.  Alumni News 508683 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Ben Ledbetter (MArch '84) wins Construction Award for 2011 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ben-ledbetter-march-84-wins-construction-award-for-2011.html A recently completed project by Ben Ledbetter (MArch '84) has won first place in the Connecticut Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Awards for 2011.  Alumni News 508684 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Spedstudio to design Aalst Masterplan http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/spedstudio-to-design-aalst-masterplan.html Venice-based Spedstudio, founded by Saverio Panata (MArch '08), has won the competiton for the <a href="http://www.spedstudio.com/web/project_detail.php?valo=e_11_27">Aalst masterplan</a> in Belgium. The integrated schematic design for 40 hectares will include 800 dwellings. Alumni News 508685 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Eric Randolph (MArch '86) designing soccer stadium in Sao Paulo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eric-randolph-march-86-is-designing-a-new-soccer-stadium-in-sao.html Eric Randolph (MArch '86) is designing a new soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brasil, for the Corinthians F.C. Randolph is a Sports practice project manager at the Gensler–Los Angeles office. Alumni News 508686 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Timothy Twomey (MArch '78) elevated to AIA College of Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/timothy-twomey-march-78-elevated-to-aia-college-of-fellows.html The 2012 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated <a href="http://www.rtkl.com/">RTKL</a>’s Timothy Twomey, MArch '78, to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. Alumni News 508687 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Lee designs BMW Olympic Pavilion http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/christopher-lee-of-serie-designs-bmw-olympic-pavilion.html BMW recently revealed plans for the 2012 Olympic Pavilion in London, designed by Serie co-founder and GSD Design Critic in Architecture, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/christopherlee.html">Christopher Lee</a>.  Faculty News 508691 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 GSD Faculty and Alumni speak at Yale SOA drawing conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-and-alumni-speak-at-yale-soa-drawing-conference.html Over the weekend of February 9, Yale School of Architecture hosted the symposium <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/events/symposia/spring2012">"Is Drawing Dead?"</a> to question the historic role of drawing in an architectural practice now focused on parametric modeling, computational design, digital design and fabrication, and Building Information Management (BIM). Alumni News 508692 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 "The Garden in the Machine" featured at MoMA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-garden-in-the-machine-featured-at-moma.html “The Garden in the Machine,” a collaborative project by an interdisciplinary team led by Jeanne Gang (MArch '93) which includes Roberta M. Feldman, Theaster Gates (Loeb Fellow '11), Greg Lindsay, Kate Orff (MLA '97), and Rafi Segal (Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design), will be on display at <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1230">The Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream</a> exhibition to open at the Museum of Modern Art on February 15, 2012. The project proposes a new plan for transforming Cicero, a former factory town outside Chicago, and reimagines the remains of the suburb's industry to transform it into an "arrival city." Alumni News 508679 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Students expand professional experience over J-Term http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/students-expand-professional-experience-over-j-term.html In the inaugural year of off-campus J-Term externships, students expanded their experience in non-profit research, public arts design, and architecture and landscape practice between the fall and spring semesters. Students were paired with alumni for a two-week mentorship to broaden their disciplinary outreach and develop specific skill sets. Alumni News 508680 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Andre Kikoski (MArch '95) receives 2012 AIA Honor Award for The Wright http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andre-kikoski-march-95-receives-2012-aia-honor-award-for-the.html Alumni News 508635 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0500 Tiffany Beamer (MLA '05) Appointed Partner at OLIN http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/tiffany-beamer-mla-05-appointed-partner-at-olin.html Alumni News 508633 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Kevin Harris (MAUD '80) Appointed to the Residential High Wind Consensus Committee of the International Code Council http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kevin-harris-maud-80-appointed-to-the-residential-high-wind.html Alumni News 508634 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Yugon Kim (MArch '04) Completes Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Extension with Renzo Piano Building Workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/yungon-kim-march-04-completes-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum.html Alumni News 508636 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Richard Kuhn (MArch '87) wins AIA/NC 2011 Honor Award for Tenley Friendship Library http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/richard-kuhn-aia-march-87-wins-an-aia-nc-2011-honor-award-for.html The library received one of only two AIA/NC Honor Awards within the state.  Alumni News 508637 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Susan Pepple (MCRP '80) Awarded the MaHIMA Champion Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-pepple-mcrp-80-awarded-the-mahima-champion-award.html Alumni News 508638 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Felipe Correa to speak at Princeton/UCLA Watershed Workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-to-speak-at-princeton-ucla-watershed-workshop.html Faculty News 508576 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Joan Busquets receives Prix spécial de l’Urbanisme http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/joan-busquets-receives-prix-sp-cial-de-l-urbanisme.html Faculty News 508325 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Charles Waldheim delivers Timothy Egan Lenahan Memorial Lecture at Yale University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/charles-waldheim-delivers-landscape-as-urbanism-lecture-at-yale.html Faculty News 508271 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500 James Leng (MArch '13) wins first prize in suckerPunch competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/james-leng-march-13-wins-first-prize-in-suckerpunch-competition.html Student News 508232 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Eugenio Simonetti (MAUD '08) designs LEED Silver office tower in Santiago, Chile http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eugenio-simonetti-maud-08-designs-leed-silver-office-tower-in.html Alumni News 508204 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 John Ronan Architects wins AIA National Honor Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-ronan-architects-march-91-has-won-an-aia-institute-national.html Alumni News 508205 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Sarah Graham (MArch '82) holds book signing at Swissnex San Francisco http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/sarah-graham-march-82-and-mark-angelil-hold-book-signing-at.html Alumni News 508206 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Francisco Rodriguez (MArch '97) and Darwin Marrero (MAUD '09) co-edit book http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/francisco-rodriguez-march-97-and-darwin-marrero-maud-09-co-edit.html Alumni News 508143 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Bernardo Maldonado (MAUD '08) appointed senior project manager for Arboleda Development in San Pedro, Mexico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/bernardo-maldonado-maud-08-appointed-senior-project-manager-for.html Alumni News 508144 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Jessica Bridger (MLA '09) wins Jaap Bakema Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jessica-bridger-mla-09-wins-the-jaap-bakema-2011-2012-fellowship.html Alumni News 508184 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Edward Baum (MArch '64) receives American Architecture Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/edward-baum-march-64-receives-american-architecture-award.html Alumni News 507944 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Princeton Architectural Press releases Reveal: Studio Gang Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/princeton-architectural-press-releases-reveal-studio-gang.html Alumni News 507945 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 David Goodman (MArch '01) co-authors An Introduction to Architectural Theory: 1968 to the Present. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/david-goodman-march-01-co-authors-an-introduction-to.html Alumni News 507946 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Professor Hashim Sarkis visits members of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-hashim-sarkis-visits-members-of-the-harvard-club-of.html Alumni News 507947 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Michael Murphy (MArch '11) Featured in the Boston Globe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-murphy-march-11-featured-in-the-boston-globe.html Alumni News 507948 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Ivan Depena (MArch '98) Completes "Reflection" Installation at Miami Government Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ivan-depena-march-98-completes-reflection-installation-at-miami.html Alumni News 507949 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Places/Design Observer publishes three essays by David Heymann (MArch '88) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/places-design-observer-publishes-three-essays-by-david-heymann.html Alumni News 507950 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/daniel-urban-kiley-teaching-fellowship-in-landscape-architecture.html Faculty News 507943 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0500 Susannah Drake's dlandstudio among winners of YUL-MTL: Moving Landscape International Ideas Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susannah-drake-s-dlandstudio-among-winners-of-yul-mtl-moving.html Alumni News 507899 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0500 Jerold Kayden's Zoning the City conference—"Planning NYC's next 50 years" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-s-zoning-the-city-conference-planning-nyc-s-next.html Faculty News 507867 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Loeb Fellow Anna Heringer elected as International Fellow by Royal Institute of British Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-anna-heringer-elected-as-international-fellow-by.html Loeb Fellowship News 507830 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Pierre Belanger receives first prize in Dubendorf Airport design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/pierre-belanger-receives-first-prize-in-dubendorf-airport-design.html Faculty News 507822 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Tye Farrow (MAUD ’92) and Farrow Partnership Team selected for South African Ministry of Health Care “Centre of Influence” projects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/tye-farrow-maud-92-and-farrow-partnership-team-selected-for.html Jury members from five continents have selected Farrow Partnership’s team as the winner in response to an open design brief, which called for a new type of health centre. Alumni News 507811 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Susan Chin (LF '00) appointed Executive Director at the Design Trust for Public Space http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-chin-lf-00-appointed-executive-director-at-the-design.html Alumni News 507812 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Ralph Johnson (MArch '73) designs Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ralph-johnson-march-73-designs-tinkham-veale-university-center.html Alumni News 507814 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Alpa Nawre (MLAUD '11) speaks at European New Towns & Pilot Cities EAST workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/alpa-nawre-mlaud-11-speaks-at-european-new-towns-pilot-cities.html Alumni News 507816 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 J. Scott Kilbourn (MArch ’83) joins Perkins Eastman as Principal and COO of international operations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/j-scott-kilbourn-march-83-joins-perkins-eastman-as-principal-and.html Alumni News 507817 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 ORO Editions releases Distillations: The Architecture of Margaret McCurry (LF '87) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/oro-editions-releases-distillations-the-architecture-of-margaret.html Alumni News 507818 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Raveevarn Choksombatchai (MLA '86, MArch '87) profiled in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/raveevarn-choksombatchai-mla-86-march-87-profiled-by-the-new.html Alumni News 507823 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Philip G. Freelon, LF '90, appointed to Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/philip-g-freelon-lf-90-appointed-to-commission-of-fine-arts-by.html Loeb Fellowship News 507807 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Chen Chen (MLA1 '13) selected for 2012 Rotterdam Architecture Biennial http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chen-chen-mla1-13-selected-for-2012-rotterdam-architecture.html Chen Chen (MLA1 '13) has been selected to exhibit her design project—Willets Point, Delta City—at the Rotterdam Architecture Biennial 2012. Student News 507800 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Loeb Fellow Andres Lepik is new director of TU Munich Architecture Museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-andres-lepik-is-new-director-of-tu-munich.html Loeb Fellowship News 507761 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Martha Schwartz inducted into College of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/martha-schwartz-nominated-for-fellowship-by-boston-society-of.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/marthaschwartz.html">Martha Schwartz</a>, Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, was nominated by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects in the Works Category. Faculty News 507757 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Mariana Ibanez, Cameron Wu, shortlisted for MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mariana-ibanez-cameron-wu-shortlisted-for-moma-ps1-young.html Faculty News 507717 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Kimberly Garza, MLA '11, Andrew ten Brink, MLA '10, win Capitol Mall design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kimberly-garza-mla-11-andrew-ten-brink-mla-10-win-capitol-mall.html Alumni News 507719 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 The Labor of Production: Marina Abramović Speaks on Performance Art at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-labor-of-production-marina-abramovi-speaks-on-performance.html Research News 507708 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0500 DesignIntelligence names Charles Waldheim among most admired design educators in U.S. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/designintelligence-names-charles-waldheim-among-most-admired.html Faculty News 507700 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Joan Busquets receives 2011 Erasmus Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/joan-busquets-receives-2011-erasmus-prize.html Faculty News 507703 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Michael Van Valkenburgh, 2011 ASLA Design Medal Recipient http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-van-valkenburgh-2011-asla-design-medal-recipient.html Faculty News 507696 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Jinhee Park, MArch '02, named Top Architect in Marie Claire Women on Top Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jinhee-park-march-02-named-top-architect-in-marie-claire-women.html Alumni News 507629 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Nina Chase (MLA ’12) and Anna Cawrse (MLA ’12) winners of the Institute for Urban Design’s ideas competition, “By the City/For the City” http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/nina-chase-mla-12-and-anna-cawrse-mla-12-winners-of-the.html Student News 507583 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Assistant Professor Felipe Correa featured in revista Arquine of Mexico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/assistant-professor-felipe-correa-featured-in-revista-arquine-of.html Faculty News 507540 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed's CityDeck earns Top Honor Award from Waterfront Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-s-citydeck-earns-top-honor-award-from-waterfront.html Faculty News 507544 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Preston Scott Cohen's Herta and Paul Amir Building opens at Tel Aviv Museum of Art http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preston-scott-cohen-s-herta-and-paul-amir-building-opened-at-tel.html Cohen's 195,000-square-foot museum addition expresses a faith in the latest technology. And like much traditional Mediterranean architecture, it hides an intriguing core within a cool, white exterior. Faculty News 507536 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0500 GSD Platform series releases fourth edition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-platform-series-releases-fourth-edition.html Faculty News 507508 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0400 Charles Waldheim delivers keynote lecture for Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture Annual Meeting in Nanjing, China http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/charles-waldheim-delivers-keynote-lecture-for-chinese-society-of.html Faculty News 507505 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Design Dispatches: Meshing Past, Present, and Future http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/design-dispatches-meshing-past-present-and-future.html When Peter Christensen, GSAS ’14, set out to create an exhibit representing the first 75 years of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), he hit an immediate snag: how should he portray an institution that prides itself on being very much “in the present” without shortchanging the school’s rich history? Alumni News 507491 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0400 New Geographies (Vols 3 and 4) to be launched at Van Alen Books http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-geographies-vols-3-and-4-to-be-launched-at-van-alen-books.html <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Geographies/174974207374#!/">New Geographies</a> 3 and 4 will be launched at <a href="http://www.vanalen.org/projects/events/BrownBagReadingSeriesAtVanAlenBooks">Van Alen Books</a> in New York on November 12, 2011. Research News 507494 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0400 GSD Alumni Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova win Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alumni-mitchell-joachim-and-maria-aiolova-win-victor-j.html Mitchell Joachim MAUD '02 and Maria Aiolova MAUD '02 were among the winners of the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award sponsored by The Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. Alumni News 507419 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 GSD students bring expertise to Japan tsunami victims http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-bring-expertise-to-japan-tsunami-victims.html Several students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design spent two months in northeastern Japan over the summer, bringing their expertise to bear on a region still reeling from an earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Before heading overseas, they researched participatory design and other concepts. Research News 507403 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Construction of Tinkham Veale University Center at CWRU to begin next spring; designed by Ralph Johnson, MArch '73 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/construction-of-tinkham-veale-university-center-at-cwru-to-begin.html Alumni News 507406 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper critiques growing anti-participation sentiment in Next American City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-denounces-growing-anti-participation-sentiment-in.html Amidst a rising chorus of anti-participation rhetoric, Assistant Professor Michael Hooper extolls the benefits of civic engagement in urban planning. Faculty News 507447 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici's search for the wild gingko http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/peter-del-tredici-s-search-for-the-wild-gingko.html Faculty News 507394 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Jerold Kayden's Op-Ed on Occupy Wall Street and Privately Owned Public Spaces http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-jerold-kayden-s-op-ed-on-occupy-wall-street-and.html Faculty News 507383 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellow Fills New Role at University of Chicago http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-fills-new-role-at-university-of-chicago.html Theaster Gates (LF '11) was recently appointed to a new role at the University of Chicago as the Director of Art and Public Life.  See <a title="Theaster Gates" href="http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20111025_gates/" target="_blank">the announcement</a>. Loeb Fellowship News 507388 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Associate Professor Pierre Bélanger selected to jury of YUL-MTL: Moving Landscapes International Ideas Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/associate-professor-pierre-b-langer-selected-to-jury-for-yul-mtl.html Faculty News 507139 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jorge Silvetti's firm among winning teams in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Port Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jorge-silvetti-s-firm-among-winning-teams-in-rio-de-janeiro.html Faculty News 507116 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori's Center of Excellence shortlisted for 2011 WAF Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-s-center-for-excellence-shortlisted-for-2011-waf.html Faculty News 507120 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Farshid Moussavi's FMA wins competition to design Paris residential complex http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/firm-of-professor-farshid-moussavi-wins-competition-to-design.html Faculty News 507052 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Jerold Kayden on occupying Wall Street at the public-private frontier http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-jerold-kayden-on-occupying-wall-street-at-the-public.html In future years, people will remember 2011 as the year in which physical public space reclaimed its lofty status in the public sphere thanks to the audacious actions of engaged individuals. Faculty News 507049 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400 Zofnass Program and Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure establish partnership to support sustainable infrastructure http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-program-and-institute-for-sustainable-infrastructure.html Faculty News 507051 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Charles Waldheim, Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, talks about the invention of GIS http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/charles-waldheim-chair-of-the-department-of-landscape.html Since its origins in the 1960s, GIS has enabled designers, planners, developers, public agencies, and communities to make better decisions about the shape of urbanization and its impact. GIS improves design and planning by using geographically referenced data on subjects ranging from the economy to ecology and beyond. Faculty News 507095 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:00:00 -0400 South America Project Symposium and Network Launch at GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/south-america-project-symposium-and-network-launch-at-gsd.html “The South America Project (SAP): Hinterland Urbanisms” symposium took place at Harvard’s GSD on October 7th and 8th. The event marked the launch of an applied research and design network that examines the space of design within recent resource Extraction and continental Integration policies in South America. Faculty News 507017 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Theaster Gates (LF '11) Solo Exhibit at MOCA, LA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-theaster-gates-11-featured-in-the-ny-times-for-moca.html Loeb Fellowship News 507013 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:00:00 -0400 SURFACE DEEP Reford Gardens, Grand Metis, Quebec, Canada http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/surface-deep-reford-gardens-grand-metis-quebec-canada.html Surface Deep is a new garden recently installed within the entry sequence for the visitors to the Reford Gardens' Metis International Garden Festival in Quebec, Canada. Supported by the Department of Landscape Architecture, the project's design was led by Harvard Graduate School of Design lecturers <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/leireasensiovilloria.html">Leire Asensio Villoria</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/davidmah.html">David Syn Chee Mah</a> and developed and fabricated in collaboration with students from the Landscape Architecture and Architecture programs at the Harvard GSD. Faculty News 507008 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Firm of Professor Jorge Silvetti Wins KLIFD Competition to Design Kuala Lumpur International Financial District http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/firm-of-professor-jorge-silvetti-wins-klifd-competition-to.html Machado and Silvetti Associates, firm of <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jorgesilvetti.html">Jorge Silvetti</a>, Nelson Robinson, Jr. Professor of Architecture, with its international partner, Akitek Jururancang (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (AJM) has recently been awarded the commission as master planners for the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD). Alumni News 507012 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jeanne Gang, MArch ’93, Winner of MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award, Talks about Intellectual Intensity and Breadth at GSD and in Her Work http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jeanne-gang-march-93-winner-of-macarthur-foundation-genius-award.html For Jeanne Gang, who was just awarded one of the twenty-two $500,000 no-strings-attached MacArthur Fellowships, her time as a student and (last semester) as a studio critic at the GSD has meant primarily an experience of intellectual intensity and broadening. Alumni News 506992 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:00:00 -0400 ASLA 2011 Student Awards honor GSD students, recent grads http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/asla-2011-student-awards-honor-gsd-students-recent-grads.html Alumni News 506948 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jerold Kayden, Amanda Burden to Co-Chair Zoning the City Conference in NYC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellows-participate-in-the-zoning-the-city-conference.html Alumni News 506928 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty, alumni, among ASLA Professional Awards recipients http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-alumni-among-asla-professional-awards-recipients.html Alumni News 506917 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Students Tomas Folch and Daniel Ibanez shortlisted in international landscape competition to design park in Chile http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-shortlisted-in-international-landscape-competition.html Student News 506899 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 The NCPC, with Loeb Fellows Marcel Acosta and Christine Saum, receives 2011 ASLA Honor Award for Analysis and Planning. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-ncpc-with-loeb-fellows-marcel-acosta-and-christine-saum.html Loeb Fellowship News 506923 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori's House in Ghent featured in Architectural Review http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-s-house-in-ghent-featured-in-architectural-review.html Faculty News 506892 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Michael Van Valkenburgh's Penn Park offers new open space for the Penn community http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-van-valkenburgh-s-penn-park-offers-new-open-space-for.html Faculty News 506880 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, to receive Paul Davidoff Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-fainstein-professor-of-urban-planning-to-receive-paul.html Faculty News 506884 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Jeanne Gang, MArch '93 among 2011 MacArthur Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jeanne-gang-march-93-among-2011-macarthur-fellows.html Alumni News 506876 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellows Theaster Gates ('11) and Kennedy Smith ('06) to be Featured Speakers at Cityworks (X)Po 2011 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellows-theaster-gates-11-and-kennedy-smith-06-to-be.html Loeb Fellowship News 506925 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD Alum questions Professor Chris Reed on "Landscape Optimism" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alum-questions-professor-chris-reed-on-landscape-optimism.html Alumni News 506838 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellow Janet Echelman on cover of Sculpture Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-janet-echelman-makes-the-cover-of-sculpture-magazine.html Loeb Fellowship News 506926 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellow '99 Susan Chin Appointed to Head Design Trust http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellow-99-susan-chin-appointed-to-head-design-trust.html Loeb Fellowship News 506929 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD alum Aron Chang, MArch '09, questions the future of the single-family suburban house http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alum-aron-chang-march-09-questions-the-future-of-the-single.html Alumni News 506816 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400 First Look: Rem Koolhaas’ Architecture for Architects at Cornell University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/first-look-rem-koolhaas-architecture-for-architects-at-cornell.html Faculty News 506541 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 New Geographies journal receives Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-geographies-journal-receives-graham-foundation-grant.html Alumni News 506534 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:00 -0400 Pierre Belanger selected as finalist for Dubendorf Airport Design Competition, Zurich, Switzerland http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/pierre-belanger-selected-as-finalist-for-dubendorf-airport.html Faculty News 506518 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:00:00 -0400 Architecture in India, by Rahul Mehrotra, released in Mumbai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-in-india-by-rahul-mehrotra-released-in-mumbai.html Faculty News 506508 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400 Somatic Collaborative, design practice of Assistant Professor Felipe Correa and Anthony Acciavatti (MARCH II ’09), unveils a proposal for Plaza República in Quito, Ecuador http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/somatic-collaborative-design-practice-of-assistant-professor.html Faculty News 506515 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400 GSD Alumni Maja Paklar '09 and Ting Li '08 Win AIA Competition for Architect Barbie® Dream House™ http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alumni-maja-paklar-09-and-ting-li-08-win-aia-competition-for.html Alumni News 506504 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:00:00 -0400 Harvard Design Magazine, Architectures of Latin America now available http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/harvard-design-magazine-number-34-now-available.html Alumni News 506488 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0400 Fall 2011 Studio Presentations & Lottery Information http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/fall-2011-studio-lottery.html The Fall 2011 Studio Lottery will be held Tuesday, August 30th. Lottery guidelines and instructions are located at: <a href="http://internal.gsd.harvard.edu/studiolottery/">http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/studiolottery/</a> Student News 505633 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Firm of Boris Dramov (LF '80) designs MLK National Memorial http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/firm-of-boris-dramov-lf-80-designs-mlk-national-memorial.html Loeb Fellowship News 505564 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Coordinates Conference on a Sustainable Future for the Exumas http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-coordinates-conference-on-a-sustainable-future-for-the.html The Ministry of The Environment of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in conjunction with the Bahamas National Trust and the Harvard Graduate School of Design held a one-day conference in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Friday, July 8, 2011. Faculty News 505561 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Doug Meffert (LF '08) leads research center in hydrokinetic power http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/doug-meffert-lf-08-leads-research-center-in-hydrokinetic-power.html Loeb Fellowship alumnus Doug Meffert is on a mission to end the southeastern United States' reliance on fossil-fuel energy from the Gulf of Mexico. Loeb Fellowship News 505563 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 New publication by Rahul Mehrotra released in Mumbai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-publication-by-rahul-mehrotra-released-in-mumbai.html   Faculty News 505473 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici joins call for reassessment of non-native species in science journal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/peter-del-tredici-joins-call-for-reassessment-of-non-native.html Peter Del Tredici, Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, joins call for reassessment of non-native species in Nature science journal Faculty News 505450 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students win first prize in Arizona Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-win-first-prize-in-arizona-challenge.html Student News 505575 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Schools of the future: Design teams present fresh concepts for daily learning http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/schools-of-the-future-design-teams-present-fresh-concepts-for.html What will the K-12 education sector look like in 20 years? Recently, a group of Harvard students tried to answer that question by designing schools of the future. Academic News 500304 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Students Win Federal Home Loan Bank's 2011 Affordable Housing Development Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-student-team-wins-federal-home-loan-bank-s-2011-affordable.html Student News 500301 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD to Study Persian Gulf http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-to-study-persian-gulf.html Researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Design recently launched a cross-disciplinary study of the Persian Gulf region to aid future sustainable urbanism in the area when various economies shed their dependence on gas and oil revenue. Faculty News 500302 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Former Loeb Fellow Cathleen McGuigan Named Editor in Chief of Architectural Record http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/former-loeb-fellow-cathleen-mcguigan-named-editor-in-chief-of.html McGraw-Hill Construction announced that Cathleen McGuigan, longtime Newsweek architecture critic and arts editor, has been named editor in chief of Architectural Record. Alumni News 500299 Mon, 02 May 2011 13:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori, Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture, designs “Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay,” exhibition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-robert-p-hubbard-professor-in-the-practice-of.html The exhibition opens at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum March 18, 2011. Faculty News 500295 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0400 Thomas Schroepfer presents results of Dense+Green Studio; opens exhibition at the Singapore Institute of Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/thomas-schroepfer-presents-results-of-dense-green-studio-opens.html Associate Professor of Architecture Thomas Schroepfer was invited to present the results of his Fall 2010 Dense+Green Architecture Option Studio, in conjunction with their exhibition, at the Singapore Institute of Architects last month. Faculty News 500298 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500 Eve Blau, Adjunct Professor of Architectural History, visits Azerbaijan with students of Baku http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-adjunct-professor-of-architectural-history-visits.html Eve Blau's research seminar "Oil City" analyzed the development of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in the context of the shifting geopolitics of the region. Faculty News 500296 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500 GSD Students Awarded First Prize in "Network Reset: Rethinking the Chicago Emerald Necklace" Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-awarded-first-prize-in-network-reset-rethinking-the.html Network Reset is an international design competition sponsored by the Chicago Architectural Club and MAS Studio. A GSD student team won first prize for their entry, "Chicago Constellation." Student News 500300 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500