Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Ethan Carr, “Letting It Alone at Franklin Park: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
A recording of this event is available with audio description. Event Description This…
Topic Infrastructure
Below, Above, and Beyond: Revealing the abandoned underground subway infrastructures as urban form and experience
Boston’s subway system is the oldest in the United States and the second oldest…
The Canary in the Mine: Wildfires and Rural Communities in the Mediterranean Hinterland
Once a necessary disturbance for landscape management and economic growth, fire has become an…
Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles
Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles explores themes of connectivity,…
Shigeru Ban in Conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi about Designing for Refugee Relief
In the early weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pritzker-winning architect Shigeru Ban flew…
Work in Progress: Sijia Zhong’s heritage site in Lima, Peru
Sijia Zhong (MLA I AP ’23) describes her final project for the option studio…
Olmsted: Bicentennial Perspectives
Event Description The Harvard University Graduate School of Design, in partnership with the…
Environmental Justice, Energy Infrastructure, Migration and War: What Role Does Design Play in Mitigating a Crisis?
At their speculative edge, the design professions flourish in envisioning future scenarios, and we usually…
2022 Urban Design Thesis Prize: Rogelio Cadena’s “How Are ‘We’ Living? Reevaluating the Chicago Boulevard System”
by Rogelio Cadena (MAUD ’22) — Recipient of the Urban Design Thesis Prize. At its…
2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Qin Ye Chen’s “Fluid Permanence – A Shotengai-Archive in Tokyo”
by Qin Ye Chen (MArch I ’22) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize,…