Harvard GSD: Landscape Architecture News

Harvard GSD: Landscape Architecture News http://www.gsd.harvard.edu News from the Department of Landscape Architecture. Allen Sayegh wins Creative City Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/allen-sayegh-wins-creative-city-challenge.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/allen-sayegh.html">Allen Sayegh's</a> (adjunct associate professor of architectural technology) firm INVIVIA has won the inaugural Creative City Challenge to produce a major public interactive art project in the city of Minneapolis. Architecture News 537016 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 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 GSD team 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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