2022 Landscape Architecture Thesis Prize: Liwei Shen’s “The Echoes of Sky River – Two Pre-modern and Modern Atmospheric Assemblages”
by Liwei Shen (MLA I ’22) — Recipient of the Landscape Architecture Thesis Prize. The…
Topic Climate Change
2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Isaac Henry Pollan’s “This Is Not A Firehouse”
by Isaac Henry Pollan (MArch I ’22) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize,…
2022 Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize, Second Prize: “Miami Gateway”
by Nicolas Carmona (MArch II ’22), George Guida (MArch II ’22), and Manu Moritz (MDes…
Climate Migration: Latin America Prepares for an Increase in Environmental Refugees
Infrastructure, in conventional imaginations, exists as a tool of permanence: bridges, roads, sidewalks, and utilities…
Zina Fraser (MLA ’23) named a 2022 Hart Howerton Fellow
Courtesy of Zina Fraser The global planning and design firm, Hart Howerton has named Zina…
Parallel History
by Hanh Nguyen (MArch II/ MLA I AP ’21) The National Mall in Washington, DC,…
Design Now Podcast, Episode 1: How designers are tackling climate change with restoration ecology, food sovereignty, and sewage
In the inaugural episode of this Harvard GSD podcast we hear from people…
Water at the Edge: Towards Water Independence for Mexico City’s INFONAVIT Housing
by Ciara Stein (MLA I/ MUP ’21) “Water at the Edge” envisions a new hydrologically…
Climate Change, Water Rights, and the Future of the Mexican Altiplano: An interview with Lorena Bello
Apan Lagoon, formerly a 600-hectare lake, dries up seasonally. Image: Gustavo Madrid The recent United…
Student-Developed Environmental-Impact Assessment Tool Released for Grasshopper
Cardinal LCA, an early-stage environmental-impact assessment tool developed by Jessica Chen (MDes…