Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture: Hannah Beachler with Jacqueline Stewart
Hannah Beachler is a prolific production designer with an affinity…
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Ranjani Mazumdar, “The Cinematic Slum”
The slum has been a visual force in a number of city films from…
Kees Christiaanse, “Inversion and Subtraction in Urban Design”
The European city is a nucleus in a network of approximately 500 cities with…
“Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”
What can be done to reduce the cost of housing, particularly in the United…
“Territorializing the Urban, Urbanizing the Territory: New Research” Colloquium
How should we study the territorial dimensions of urbanization? In what ways are inherited territorial…
Harvard HouseZero Typology Symposium
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) retrofitted its headquarters, a…
Alumni Insights Lecture: Experiments in Global Design Practice: The VERITAS Adventure
/p> Join us for a GSD Alumni Insights Lecture with David…
Reinier de Graaf, “Phantom Urbanism”
Once cities were designed to accommodate the masses; today the masses have to be…
The Camp and the City: Territories of Extraction
Please join editors, Jeannette Sordi, Luis Valenzuela, and Felipe Vera for a discussion of…
Mark Joseph and Amy Khare, “Succeeding Where Mixed-Income Transformation Falls Short: A Path to Equity and Inclusion in Our Cities”
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies,…
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Office…
Ken Yeang, “Ecoarchitecture and Ecomasterplanning: The Work of Ken Yeang”
Please join us for a lecture by Ken Yeang. Yeang…
GSD Talks: Richard Sennett, “The Open City”
Cities should open up opportunities, connect people to new people, free us from the narrow…
Exhibition Lecture: Rahul Mehrotra
As a point of entry and exit, a threshold has a dual coding in…
2017 APA National Planning Conference GSD Alumni Reception
Join fellow alumni and colleagues during the American Planning Association 2017 National Planning Conference in…
Conversations on Public Art: Nato Thompson
How can public art and design practice remain socially engaged in a moment when images…
Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture: Jonathan Franzen, “So Do We Just Give Up on Nature?”
Jonathan Franzen is the author of a series of novels that have been highly praised…
After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula
In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls, and…
Erik Swyngedouw, “Insurgent Architects and the Spectral Return of the Political in the Post-Democratic City”
“Since 2011, a seemingly endless proliferation of urban rebellions, sparked by a variety of…
Mexico City at a Crossroads: Urban Challenges of the 21st Century – Keynote Address*
Keynote Address: Urban Challenges in an Era of Climate Change Mexico City’s Mayor Miguel…