Hidden Territories: Uncovering the racist legacy of the American landscape
The term “landscape” historically referred to pictures of the world—vistas or views—and so it is…
Topic Ecology
Making Next to Forest: Toshiko Mori’s studio demonstrates how design decisions relate to natural-resource use and protection
The argument that forests should remain untouched by human beings poses counterintuitive but considerable risks.
L. Blount (MLA ’17) is changing how we envision the natural landscape—and how people of color are depicted within it
Although she graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design Master in Landscape Architecture program…
Cooking Sections’ Salmon: A Red Herring: Are our ideas about color and nature based on fundamental misconceptions?
How do you like your salmon? If you prefer the natural look, that’s fine—there’s a…
Sacred Groves and Secret Parks: A two-day colloquium focused on the landscapes of Orisha
Princess Faniyi in front of Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design. Photo: Moisés…
Sacred Groves and Secret Parks: An interview with Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi and Moises Lino e Silva
The Graduate School of Design’s colloquium “Sacred Groves and Secret Parks”…
A Guidebook to an Empty Land: When the Indonesian government relocates its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, will Indigenous life there be erased?
“When an area is empty, there’s a desire to fill it in—it’s the colonizing mindset,”…
From an Autosimulacrum to a new Transitopia, 2019-20 Irving Innovation Fellows share their post-graduate research
Each year since 2016, the Irving Innovation Fellowship has enabled recent Harvard Graduate School of…
The Right to Sewage: Agriculture, climate change, and the growing need for cities to embrace wastewater reuse
Epidemiological Soils. Drawing by Chelsea Kashan, Santiago Mota, and Seth Denizen. An immense pipe connects…
Kathryn Yusoff, “Geo-Logics: Natural Resources as Necropolitics”
The GSD is pleased to present a series of talks and webinars…