Harvard GSD: Urban Planning and Design News

Harvard GSD: Urban Planning and Design News http://www.gsd.harvard.edu News from the Department of Urban Planning and Design. Creating Resilient Cities, part 2: studio presentations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/creating-resilient-cities-part-2-studio-presentations.html Students of the Disaster Field Lab: Creating Resilient Cities proved their mettle Monday, May 13, as they showcased projects with practical implications for intervention and future planning in the communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. Attended by a jury that included Loeb Fellows, GSD faculty, disaster experts and community representatives, they displayed the innovation, creativity, social awareness and problem-solving abilities for which the GSD is famous. Faculty News 536890 Tue, 28 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Jerold Kayden changed her life http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-changed-her-life.html Nancy Slotnick writes in the Huffington Post blog that <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jerold-kayden.html">Jerold Kayden</a> (professor of urban planning and design) “literally wrote the book on the POPS”—Publicly Owned Private Spaces—and that talking with him saved her business. Read about it in “<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-slotnick/how-pops-changed-my-life_b_3295075.html">How POPS Changed My Life</a>.” Kayden is quoted in another recent Huff Post article “<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado-rebuilding_n_3315029.html">After Oklahoma Tornado, To Rebuild Or Not To Rebuild</a>.” Faculty News 537145 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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