Cross-Harvard team develops shape-shifting 3D material
Chuck Hoberman, lecturer in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is part of…
Topic Materials
Bechthold publishes new book “Ceramic Material Systems”
Martin Bechthold (DDes '01), professor of architectural technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, recently published the book Ceramic Material Systems in Architecture and Interior Design
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…
Celosía Cosida
by Kritika Dhanda, Alkistis Mavroeidi, and Jake Rudin (all MDes ‘16) How can we create…
Innovation from Tradition: Ceramic Materials Formations
Students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design teamed up with the Harvard Ceramics Program to design innovative techniques for ceramic materials. Led by Leire Asensio-Villoria, lecturer in architecture and landscape architecture, and DDes candidate Felix Raspall, the “Ceramic Materials Formations” exhibition at Gallery 224 in Allston showcased the students' exploration of fabrication techniques and the behavior of different ceramic materials.
Ceramic Materials Formations now on view
Innovation fosters collaboration, and at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design important and exciting cross-university dialogues are always taking place. Leire Asensio-Villoria’s “Ceramic Materials Formations” exhibition is a case in point.
Experiments in ceramics research on display in Valencia
The Material Processes and Systems (MaPS) group at Harvard University has been experimenting. Protoceramics is an ongoing project geared toward producing novel material formations with a special interest in tectonic performance.
Colloquium: Wood Urbanism
From under-considered thermal properties to emerging manufacturing possibilities to forestry regimes to larger ecosystem and…