Refugees, Resilience, and Public Space
Global displacement has surpassed that witnessed in the wake of World War II,…
Topic Social Equity
Urban Intermedia
“Urban Intermedia” argues that the complexity of contemporary urban societies and environments makes…
Work In Progress: Rose Florian Rodriguez’ school and food production facility
Rose Florian Rodriguez (MAUD ’18) describes her final project for the option studio…
Redefining the State-Society Interface: Learning from Ghana’s Ministry of Inner City & Zongo Development
by Colleen Brady (MUP '18) — Recipient of Urban Planning and Design Thesis Prize in Urban…
Design and the Just City
Imagine that the issues of race, income, education and unemployment inequality, and the resulting segregation, isolation and fear, could be addressed by designing for greater access, agency, ownership, beauty or empowerment. Now imagine the Just City — the cities, neighborhoods and public spaces where all…
Mark Joseph and Amy Khare, “Succeeding Where Mixed-Income Transformation Falls Short: A Path to Equity and Inclusion in Our Cities”
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing…
Border Ecologies
Borders shape and consolidate relations between states, people, jurisdictions, political entities, and territories. While some borders are stable, others are in a constant flow. The demarcation of borders is a body politic. It regulates economic relations and people’s access to places, resources, and rights. Borders…
2017 Black in Design Conference examines where and how design and activism intersect
Empowering; uplifting; sobering; timely; necessary. An event that evades simple distillation, the Harvard Graduate School…
Sovereignty on Stilts: Drawing a Genealogy of Extra-Territorial Urbanization along the Mudflats of the Tropical Belt
by Gabriel Muñoz Moreno (MDes '17) and Santiago Serna Gonzalez (MDes '17)—Recipient of the Project Prize in…