Material Processes and Systems Group installs pavilion at 2017 Cevisama
The annual Cevisama fair is the largest exhibition of ceramics and terracotta in the world,…
Topic Fabrication
Designing Planes and Seams
Designing Planes and Seams focuses on the relationship of flat or planar materials and the seaming and construction necessary for creating expressive three-dimensional form. Focusing on the pattern pieces of iconic historic designs, the dressing of the contours of the body is represented by examples…
Hybrid Formations: Interdisciplinary Design
This exhibition features work produced in the Fall 2016 studio Hybrid Formations: Interdisciplinary Design (SCI-6463). Led by Volkan Alkanoglu, Lecturer in Architecture, the course examines and implements techniques and strategies for the design of prototype structures out of aluminum sheet metal. It is a study…
John Collins, “Paper Airplane Guy”
John Collins had been a professional in television since 1979, working as a creative director,…
Computational Craft: Construction of Carbon-fiber Composites
by Tiffany Cheng (MDes '16) How can new technologies enable carbon fiber to be pushed…
City Form Lab’s Grid Structures
The City Form Lab’s research on grid structures has developed a novel building technology…
BRICK: THICK/THIN
Frano Violich
Brick: Thick/Thin aims to challenge perceived notions of brick and its use in architecture…
Student-designed pavilion celebrates the unbuilt at Design Miami
The annual Design Miami fair traditionally features an entry pavilion designed by early-career architects, a…
Material Processes and Systems Group students exhibit at 2016 Cevisama
The annual Cevisama fair is the largest exhibition of ceramics and terracotta in the world, and this year a team of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Material Processes and Systems Group (MaP+S) are presenting what Architect’s Newspaper called “one of the most advanced and exciting projects in the entire fair.”
Multi-disciplinary team wins Urban Heat Island Effect 2015
Cold Spot: Evaporative Cooling through Ceramics, a research-build project that investigates passive cooling strategies developed by the…