GSD students win Bocconi Urban Campus competition

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.

Sep 10, 2012

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Kees Lokman (MDesS 12′) appointed Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at WUSTL

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. Read More.

Sep 3, 2012

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Community Service Fellows gain firsthand planning experience

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.

Aug 29, 2012

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ICE-POPS at Venice Biennale

Elizabeth MacWillie (MDesS ’14) and colleagues from Harvard, MIT and Tufts presented their ICE-POPS project at the prestigious Architecture Biennale in Venice.

Aug 26, 2012

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GSD students study urban heat island effect in Bronx

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.

Aug 21, 2012

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Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology concentration puts focus on sustainable cities

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 Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology research concentration at the GSD.

Aug 13, 2012

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GSD students present at Med.Net.EU.12 conference

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.

Jul 24, 2012

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Feast for the Senses: MDesS students host Food Opera at the GSD

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).

Jul 1, 2012

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