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…
Topic Climate Change
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…
Coming Soon: Harvard Design Magazine #49: Publics questions how public spaces operate in a fragmented social and political environment
Harvard Design Magazine relaunched with March 2021’s Harvard Design Magazine 48: America, an issue that…
An Island in Flux: Envisioning a more resilient Nantucket
Nantucket offers a vivid illustration of the principle of flux, the idea that everything is…
Spiro Pollalis, “Sustainability and Climate Change: From Science to Design”
Registration Information The GSD’s Fall 2021 Public Programs are all virtual and…