Bert De Jonghe
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture

Bert De Jonghe is a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD). He specializes in landscape architecture, urbanism, and design research in the Arctic regions.
De Jonghe is the founder of Transpolar Studio and a Doctor of Design candidate at Harvard GSD. In the past, he has worked as a designer at a range of landscape architecture offices worldwide, including in Belgium, South Africa, and Norway. He has served in several teaching positions, including as a University Lecturer at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. He holds degrees from Harvard GSD (Master in Design Studies), the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (Master of Landscape Architecture), and the School of Arts in Ghent (Bachelor of Landscape and Garden Architecture).
De Jonghe’s publications include Arctic Practices – Design For a Changing World (Actar Publishers, forthcoming); Brief Notes on Arctic Extremes (Kerb Journal 31, forthcoming); Airport Landscapes: The Case of Qaqortoq Airport, South Greenland (Routledge, 2023); Tracing the Limits to Climate Adaptation: From the Pacific Small Island Developing States to the Arctic Region (KoozArch, 2022); Inventing Greenland – Designing an Arctic Nation (Actar Publishers, 2022) and The Opening of the Transpolar Sea Route: Logistical, Geopolitical, Environmental, and Socioeconomic Impacts (Marine Policy Journal, 2020).
He has presented his work at the DocTalks x MoMA forum, the University of Cambridge’s Architecture Department, the Arctic University of Norway, the Scott Polar Research Institute, the AA Bookshop in London, the University of Toronto, and the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers.