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…
Topic Resilience
2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Isaac Henry Pollan’s “This Is Not A Firehouse”
by Isaac Henry Pollan (MArch I ’22) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize,…
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…
Two Years Later: What has COVID-19 Permanently Changed for Design?
Tables on the Gund Hall front plaza accommodate outdoor learning and social space. Photograph…
The Future of Tourism: Can the pandemic change how we visit popular sites for the better?
Oonagh Davis’s (MArch II ’23) proposal for the option studio “Between Wilderness and Civilization,”…
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…
GSD experts on a major barrier to climate crisis mitigation: “The majority of Americans have little experience with the land and its rhythms”
If Earth’s biosphere is in crisis, it is a peculiar sort of crisis. To human…
Landscapes of the Void: Speculative design for tunnels, mines, cemeteries and other underground spaces
At once welcoming and foreboding, the underground realm has long captured our attention. When considered…
Resilience Untangled: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America
Event Description Given that resilience has emerged globally as a guiding principle for development, understanding…