Visit the GSD

Urban Planning and Design Open House Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 AM

  • Check-in – Lobby
    • Admissions staff available throughout day at information table

9:30 – 9:45 AM

  • Welcome from Dean Sarah Whiting – Piper Auditorium

9:45 – 10:45 AM

  • Student Studio and Research Presentations, all programs – Piper Auditorium

11:00 – 11:15 AM

  • UPD Department Welcome – Room 124
    • Alex Krieger, Interim Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design
    • Ann Forsyth, Co-Director of Urban Planning (MUP)
    • Rick Peiser, Co-Director of Urban Planning (MUP)
    • Rahul Mehrotra, Director of MAUD and Co-Director MLAUD

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

  • Program and Course Overviews
    • Ann Forsyth, Co-Director of Urban Planning (MUP)  — Room 123
    • Rick Peiser, Co-Director of Urban Planning (MUP) — Room 123
    • Rahul Mehrotra, Director of MAUD and Co-Director MLAUD — Room 122

1:00 – 2:00 PM

  • Lunch with Faculty and Current Students – Room 121 – 123
    • Faculty Introductions

2:00 – 3:00 PM

  • Discussion with Current Students – Room 122 – 123

2:00 – 6:00 PM

  • Open Studios and Courses
    • Housing & Infrastructure in Yucatan: Beyond the Mayan Train, Castillo – 3rd floor north tray
    • Newness and Synchronicity: Visions for Novi Sad 2050, Wall –  4th floor north tray

3:00 – 4:00 PM

  • Faculty and Student Office Hours – Room 122 – 123

2:30 – 5:00 PM

School-wide Resources, Publications, Tours

Sign up for tours at information desk in Lobby (specific times noted)

Pick up your ticket for Beer & Dogs at information table, 2:30-4:30

  • VISIT STUDENTS at their Studio Desks (identified by paper color): 2:30 – 4:30
  • TOURS AND GROUP SESSIONS: Sign up for tours at information desk in Lobby
    • Tour of the Fabrication Lab: 2:30, 3:00, 3:30
      • Tours will start in Room L35 (use the stairway next to the Pit–Gund 110)
    • Loeb Library Tour: 2:30, 3:00
      • Including unique holdings in Special Collections – Library Circulation Desk
    • Additional Degree Options and Concurrent Degrees: 3:30 – Piper Auditorium
    • Drawing for Designers: Techniques of Expression, Articulation, and Representation.
      • Exhibition of Student Work, 2:30-4:30 – The Pit (Gund 110)
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Platform 12 Book Launch: “How About Now?”, Q&A, 4:00-4:30
      • Loeb Library
    • GSD Publications Book Sale: 3:00 – 4:00 and 4:30-5:00 (Platform 12)
      • Lobby
  • STUDENT GROUPS
    • Design Research Forum, 5:30-6:30 – Gund 510
    • Womxn in Design, Projects and Initiatives, 5:00-6:30 – Gund 516

BEER & DOGS, 6:30 PM

  • Co-sponsored by Latin GSD and Admissions – Chauhaus & Stubbins