“We were never considered fully human, so why should we care about this crisis?” Rosi Braidotti on collective positivity in the face of human extinction
We do not have time for entrenched antagonisms or building communities that bask in apocalyptic…
Topic Sustainability
Work in Progress: Amirah Ndam Njoya’s vision for a new neighborhood in Allston
Amirah Ndam Njoya (MUP '19) describes her final project for the option studio…
Work in Progress: Varat Limwibul’s Oaxaca Valley
Varat Limwibul (MLA '19) describes his final project for the option studio “…
“Why We Cycle”: Documentary Film Screening & Panel Discussion
To the Dutch, cycling is as normal as breathing. They don’t think about…
Janette Sadik-Khan, “Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution”
If you can change the street, you can change the world. Streetfight discusses the transformative…
Parametric Energy Simulation in Early Design
This project proposed a framework for the development of early-design guidance to inform architects and policy-makers using…
Aga Khan Program Lecture: Anna Heringer, “Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives”
“The vision behind, and motivation for my work is to explore and…
ULSAN REMADE: Manufacturing the Modern Industrial City
The Spring 2017 option studio “ULSAN REMADE: Manufacturing the Modern Industrial City” worked with the presence of the ‘Fifth Industrial Revolution,’ a current systematic transformation combining accelerated and automated methods of manufacture and industrial production. This transformation features changes to local patterns of energy,…
Strong GSD showing in 2017 regional LafargeHolcim Awards
A variety of Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty and alumni have found themselves honored…
Teardrop Park
Teardrop Park is a 1.8-acre public park in lower Manhattan that transcends its small size,…