Design Labs
Image from "Atlas for a City-Region: Imagining the Post-Brexit Landscapes of the Irish Northwest," a research project by the Critical Landscapes Design Lab. Assembled using satellite images from NASA's Earth Observatory, 2018.
Our Design Labs synthesize theoretical and applied knowledge to produce innovative and speculative research that enables design to be an agent of change in society.
These labs house masters and doctoral students working on both lab projects and their theses and dissertations, guided by faculty with shared interests. The labs offer pro-seminar courses, build shared databases, generate public forums and publications and work together on common endeavors.
Computational Geometry Lab
Preston Scott Cohen, Andrew Witt
Critical Landscapes Design Lab
Gareth Doherty
Healthy Places Design Lab
Ann Forsyth, Jennifer Molinsky
The Just City Lab
Toni Griffin
Material Processes and Systems Group
Martin Bechthold
Responsive Environments & Artifacts Lab
Allen Sayegh
The GSD also collaborates with metaLAB, a program of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.