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Bringing Harvard Yards to the River

Joan Busquets, author

Felipe Correa, project director
Luis Valenzuela, editor

Harvard University
Graduate School of Design

Contents

Preface
George Hargreaves

Preface
George Hargreaves

Introductory Remarks
Kathleen Bullard, Mia Lehrer

Six Design Strategies
A Synthetic Drawing of the Studio Proposals
Speculations - Joan Busquets
Strategy 1: Rescaling Infrastructure
Infrastructure as a Maker of Landscape - Aaron Young
Redefining the Sunken Street - Guillaume Van der Vaeren
Rescaling Infrastructure along the River's Edge - Miks Karklins
Strategy 2: The Contours of the River Banks
The Ephemeral River - Jae Chung
The South Side River Bank - Young Zhiyang Zhang
Strategy 3: Expansion with Resistance
Tactical Insertions in Contested Sites - Ahmed Khadier
Reconfiguring the Landscape along the River Banks - Jose Lorenzo
Strategy 4: The Promenade as a New Form of Urban Access
Enhancing the Longfellow Access - Gaston Canas
A River Island as a New Form of Centrality - Ben M. Matteson
Stragegy 5: Crossing the River
Stitching the River - Hyo Jin Kim
The Harvard Corridor - Tianyao Sun
Strategy 6: Embracing the River
Intensifying Morphologies - Bo Yoon
Increasing Identity - Georgy John

References
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Bibliography
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Publication Title
Bringing Harvard Yards to the River

Year Published
2004, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Author/Editors
Joan Busquets
Felipe Correa
Luis Valenzuela