Harvard GSD: MDesS News

Harvard GSD: MDesS News http://www.gsd.harvard.edu News from the Master in Design Studies (MDesS) program. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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